Dr Beatriz Ugalde

• Hormonal disorders affecting the thyroid, adrenal and gonadal axes.
• Overweight and obesity, including nutritional assessment and morpho-functional evaluation.
• Cardiovascular risk: identification of risk factors and preventive and therapeutic strategies.
• Metabolic and nutritional disorders, including diabetes mellitus, vitamin deficiencies and micronutrient imbalances.
• Mineral and bone metabolism disorders, including calcium metabolism alterations.
• Hyperandrogenism, including polycystic ovary syndrome, acne, alopecia and hirsutism.

Professional Career

• Consultant Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.

• Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Grupo Pedro Jaén.

• Consultant Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid.

• Peer reviewer for scientific journals in the field of Endocrinology.

Academic Training

• Clinical fellowship at the High-Resolution Thyroid Nodule Unit, Hospital Clínico de Valladolid, focused on thyroid ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB).

• Member of the Teaching Committee at Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor.

• Doctoral thesis in progress (2019–present):
  “Usefulness and adherence to preventive activities in patients with diabetes.”
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

• University Expert Diploma in Cardiovascular Risk, Universidad de Córdoba.

• Specialist training in Endocrinology and Nutrition (MIR) at Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor.

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Medicine and Medical Professionalism, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.

• MD in Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria.

• Academic stay at Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota. Mentorship programme with Mayo Clinic (Dr G. S. Daftary, MD).

Continuing education:

• Training programme in body composition assessment techniques for muscle mass estimation applied to nutrition.

• Course on subclinical hypothyroidism.

• Morpho-functional assessment of disease-related malnutrition (DRE). Sociedad Española de Endocrinología y Nutrición.

• VI Endocrinology and Nutrition Update Course and XVIII Continuing Education Course in Endocrinology and Nutrition (March 2021).

• Multidisciplinary training in Cushing’s syndrome (October 2020 – February 2021).

• Adolescence: Gynaecology and Endocrinology. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron.

• XXV Continuing Education Course in Endocrinology and Nutrition.

• XXI Advanced Course in Diabetology.

• Diabetes update: Continuous glucose monitoring workshop.

• Multidisciplinary management of advanced thyroid cancer. Hospital Ramón y Cajal.

• Training in the appropriate use of interstitial glucose monitoring systems for prescribing endocrinologists and paediatric endocrinologists.

• XXV Update Course in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics.

• Simulation Course in Endocrine Emergencies. Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid.

• Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Conference: Update on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Dermatologist at Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.

Affiliations

• Member of the Sociedad Española de Diabetes (SED).

• Member of the Sociedad Española de Endocrinología y Nutrición (SEEN).

• Member of the Sociedad Madrileña de Endocrinología y Nutrición (Sendimad).

• Member of the Official College of Physicians of Madrid.

Awards and Distinctions

• Author of more than 40 scientific publications and communications presented at national and international medical congresses.