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Yolanda Gilaberte, head of the Dermatology service at the Miguel Servet Hospital in Zaragoza, has appeared on the Forbes list of Spanish doctors recognized for their work.
Yolanda Gilaberte (Huesca, 1965) has just appeared on the Forbes list of best Spanish doctors. She is the head of Dermatology at the Miguel Servet in Zaragoza. The magazine makes a list of the 100 best doctors in Spain classified by specialties. These are professionals recognized nationally and internationally who stand out for their healthcare, clinical, research, dissemination and teaching activities, the publication explains.
He studied at the University of Zaragoza and has developed his career in public health, at the San Jorge hospital in Huesca and the Miguel Servet hospital in the Aragonese capital. He has just appeared on the Forbes list of the most prestigious Spanish doctors. How does he feel?
Very excited by the expressions of affection from my colleagues and grateful to all the professionals with whom I have been able to collaborate during this time because this recognition is the result of having worked with them. And to my family, because these things are not achieved if you do not take time away from your loved ones. It is an honor, but you think that there are many colleagues who do not have the same visibility, but who deserve to be on the list. Most Spanish professionals are exceptional.
The health crisis due to Covid-19 Has it helped to value them more or with seven waves of infections and the collapse of primary care have we forgotten the applause on the balconies?
What is the pandemic implying?
It has put that to the test, that we have 'x' professionals hired based on the economic capacity allocated to healthcare and that these professionals are suffering from 'overbooking' due to this wave. It is not causing as much mortality as the first, but it is causing a lot of income. That is straining the system.
How is the third year of coronavirus coping in the hospital?
In general, we are all tired of the pandemic, but now having to endure another wave of care like the one experienced at the beginning, I think it has surprised us all because we did not expect it. Everyone is out there fighting, but it's exhausting.
And they also get infected...
We are people. It is another litmus test, but as I believe that humans in general are people with hope and hope, and also healthcare workers, we always hope that things will get better. This will be overcome like all the plagues and pandemics that have occurred in Humanity.
How did you get into Medicine? Did you follow in the footsteps of someone in his family?
No, there was no one who was a doctor, but there was a lot of history of illnesses and perhaps that was what determined me to do medicine. It was something that was very clear to me since EGB. You see the suffering in the family and you think that being a doctor maybe you can help.
Was it more complicated than you thought?
Yes of course. You realize that not everything in medicine is about healing, but it is about helping others. Relieving is already a lot.
He works on the Medicomp project with the pharmacist Edgar Abarca from Barbastro. What is it?
They are the traditional master formulas, which are now called individualized medication design. We are working on a computer system that supports doctors so that they can make prescriptions by choosing, for example, the active ingredients.
Are they going to compete with pharmaceutical companies?
No. It will never be profitable for a pharmaceutical company to make a custom medicine.
Do you have free time left?
I like playing sports and music. There is nothing I am more grateful to my parents for taking me to learn piano. I listen to classical music, opera and whatever comes out, which allows me to connect with my two children.
Source: Heraldo de Aragón
