Dr. Luis Madero

Dr. Madero has been developing his work for over 37 years; as well as running the Paediatric Haemato-Oncology Department at Quirónsalud Madrid Hospital, he is Head of Haemato-Oncology and Haematopoietic Transplantation at Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital in Madrid.

He has also spent a large part of his professional career teaching and is now Professor of Paediatrics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

• Head of Paediatric Haemato-Oncology at Quirónsalud Madrid University Hospital.
• Head of Haemato-Oncology and Haematopoietic Transplantation at Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital, 2003 - present.
• He is currently Professor of Paediatrics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
• Group Leader at La Princesa Hospital Research Institute.
• Head of Oncology at Sanitas Group, 2010-2016.
• Head of Oncology and Haematopoietic Transplantation at Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital, 1995-2003.
• Specialist in Haemato-Oncology and Haematopoietic Transplantation at Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital, 1989-1995.
• Professor of Paediatrics at the Autonomous University of Madrid, 1989-2004.
• Resident Medical Intern in Paediatrics at Ramón y Cajal Hospital, 1979-1982.

• Spanish Paediatric Association (AEP) (1992-present).
• Spanish Association of Paediatric Haematology.
• Spanish Association of Paediatric Oncology.
• SIOP (International Society of Paediatric Oncology).
• EBMT (European Bone Marrow Transplantation).
• Spanish Association of Haematology and Haemotherapy (AEHH).
• Spanish Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (SEHOP).
• Patron of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Foundation, 2001-present.
• Secretary of the Paediatrics Foundation, 2007-2009.
• President of the Paediatric Haemato-Oncology Foundation, 2003-present.
• Patron of the McDonalds Foundation, 1997-present.
• Patron of the Caico Foundation, 2009-present.
• President of the Scientific Commission for the ‘One in a hundred thousand’ Foundation, 2013-present.
• President of the Scientific Commission for the ‘Play Therapy’ Foundation, 2017.
• President of the Spanish Paediatrics Association Foundation, 2009-2017.

• Corresponding Academic for the Royal Academy of Medicine, June 2017.
• Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Madrid, February 2009 - present.
• Vice-Rector of Academic Planning, Faculty of Medicine, 2002-2008.
• Director of the ‘Antineoplastic chemotherapy in cancer patients’ Sponsored Chair, Autonomous University of Madrid, Mundipharma, 2010-2017.
• Director of the ‘Infectious pathology in immunosuppressed patients’ Sponsored Chair, Autonomous University of Madrid, Gilead, 2006.
• Principal Investigator in publicly-subsidised competitive research projects (FISS: 10).
• Collaborating Researcher in publicly-subsidised competitive research projects (FISS: 9, CAM: 1).
• Principal Investigator in privately-subsidised competitive research projects (3).
• Collaborating Researcher in privately-subsidised competitive research projects (3).
• Principal Investigator in clinical trials (17).

• 14 books published.
• 75 book chapters.
• 225 conferences/presentations.
• Community of Madrid Silver Plate 2008.
• Military Order of Merit with White Distinction Medal, 2006.
• Research awards (11).

Pediatric oncohematology
Central nervous system tumors
Sarcomas and connective tissue tumors
Rare types of malignant tumors