Alergóloga María José Giménez, new President of AlergoSur.

-Málaga natural is the first woman to preside over this scientific society

-the new Board of Directors, acting as the annual meeting held recently in Seville, AlergoSur XL has as I challenge to improve the current map of the allergy in Andalusia

– want allergic patients have the same opportunities in specialized medical care as in other autonomous communities”

Seville, July of 2011- the Andalusian society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Alergosur), which held the past weekend your XL annual meeting in Seville, meeting attended by 200 specialists, has been its Executive Board chairs the Dr. María José Giménez.

The native of Malaga alergóloga is the first woman President of the scientific society. The new working group posed as a challenge progress in better care of the allergic patient so this can have the same opportunities in specialized medical care as in other autonomous communities ”, explains the new President of AlergoSur.

Want to promote the specialty of allergy in all health care, scientific and participatory levels in society in general. To this end, we want to create more prevalent specific committees of some diseases such as asthma and food allergies, which will allow greater participation of AlergoSur in health care processes requiring a higher implementation ”, adds.

Dr. María José Giménez

one of the challenges of the team chaired by Dr. María José Giménez is further encourage the participation of AlergoSur in health programs and registries that currently has the Ministry of health and affecting the allergic disease such as the healthcare process of asthma, the registration of patients in air (food allergy and Anaphylaxis) program or registry of patients with rare diseases, among others ”.

Giménez also explains that his intention was move to the Andalusian public health system need to position our Allergists in the SAS services portfolio, reviewing each of the eight Andalusian provinces, to facilitate the meeting between the Group of professional specialists in allergy and citizens who need his assistance. From here went availability and collaboration to improve the current map of the allergy in Andalusia ”.

Also, the new President of AlergoSur has highlighted that it begins this new task with illusion, wanted to work with hope ” because want the very best in quality of care, training, scientific activity and all the activities involved in allergy in Andalusia ”.

AlergoSur is a scientific organization made up of professional specialists in allergy in order to promote the study and the improvement in the treatment of allergic disease in Andalusia.

Curriculum vitae of the specialist

María José Giménez Romero holds a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Malaga. Specialising in Allergology as MIR conducted at the Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena of Sevilla.

She is graduated in healthcare management by the Andalusian School of public health and he has done a PhD in paediatrics.

It belongs to the optional upper body in medicine of the Junta de Andalucía. He has continued his training with training programs accredited by the Spanish society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC), European Academy of Allergy and reception of health of the Board of Andalusia.

New Board policy AlergoSur

currently operates medical allergy with diverse practice tasks: asthma, immunotherapy, food allergy, Pediatric allergy, allergy skin and labor, along with specific research is such areas.

He is a member of the SEAIC for 18 years. He is currently a member of the Committee of asthma, Member of AlergoSur and member of the SAMFYC.

In recent years he has compatibilizado his activity as a specialist in allergy with primary health care (General Medicine and Pediatrics) and healthcare management.