The Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao
Juan Goiria. President of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao is an institution that is over a hundred years ago, founded on 9th January 1895 at the First-aid Post in the Ensanche area of Bilbao. Over its long history, it has enjoyed the participation and collaboration of the most distinguished doctors, chemists, veterinary surgeons, odontologists and biologists from Bizkaia, as well as distinguished members of the university.
Since that time, the Academy has carried out uninterrupted work in the field of continuous training of professionals from the health sector by organizing courses, workshops, symposiums, conferences and all types of scientific meeting in which medical advances are studied in depth and debated, also incorporating other medical and health-related disciplines such as pharmacy, biology, veterinary medicine and odontology. The Academy in turn promotes and strengthens the humanistic side attached to medical practice and has entered into partnership agreements with different social and health institutions.
The passing of time and the effective work carried out by the institution over this time have made it a leading socio-health reference point. The Academy constitutes the bridge that links two worlds that are not really so far away from each other - health and society.
Via this website, the Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao seeks to extend this training and disseminatory work even more, taking advantage of the opportunities provided by technological advances. This modern vehicle enables health data bases to be accessed and makes it possible for the Academy to create its own data bank that may facilitate and speed up the work carried out by professionals.
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao has developed this virtual space with an unequivocal commitment to establishing closer links with society. Over the pages that precede this document, the general public has access to reliable and safe information about health, thus increasing the social dissemination of the knowledge generated by this hundred-year-old institution.
The website in turn helps to facilitate the exchange of scientific knowledge of Academy members as far as possible, together with the different areas of science encompassed by the Academy and relations with other scientific communities both within Spain and overseas.
In this way, the Academy remains faithful to a philosophy that has demonstrated its good qualities over the years – none other than that of using the tools put made available to it by knowledge and technique to achieve the utmost excellence in carrying out effective professional and social work.
Kindest regards,
Juan Ignacio Goiria Ormazabal
President
