Professional experience

Dr Óscar Merino entering the operating theatre

Clinical career

  • 2017 – present: Head of the Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Clínica Rotger – Quirónsalud Group (Palma).
  • 2006 – 2022: Consultant in Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Son Dureta University Hospital / Son Espases University Hospital.
  • 2001 – 2006: Specialty registrar (MIR) in Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Son Dureta University Hospital. External rotation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis (USA), in 2006.
  • 1999 – 2001: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, and research fellow in heart transplantation.

Teaching

  • Trainer of Angiology and Vascular Surgery registrars at Son Espases (2012 – 2022).
  • Associate lecturer in Vascular Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of the Balearic Islands.
  • Director of the Clínica Rotger workshops on the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal and pelvic venous disease (five editions since 2025; 6th edition in February 2027 and 7th, international edition in 2027).
  • Proctor for Medtronic (2025 – present).

Scientific activity

  • Vice-president (2016 – 2019) and secretary of the Assessment Committee (2007 – 2015) of the Vascular Diagnosis Chapter of the Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery.
  • Associate editor of the journal Angiología (2009 – 2015).
  • Reviewer for Annals of Vascular Surgery since 2010.
  • Collaborating investigator in international clinical trials (CALISTO, EUCLID, TAMARIS).
  • Member of the Son Espases committees on vascular anomalies and complex vascular access for haemodialysis, and of the regional vascular access working group.

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Consultation with duplex ultrasound at Clínica Rotger, in the centre of Palma.