Maximo Vento

Dr. Vento presently holds a number of positions including: Professor of Pediatrics (since 1993) at the University of Alicante; Chief of the Division of Neonatology (since 2005); University & Polytechnic Hospital La Fe.; Director of the Neonatal Research Unit (since 2005) at The Health Research Institute La Fe. He is also President of the Spanish Neonatal Society (SEN) and National Coordinator of the Spanish Network for Maternal and Infant Health and Development (Red SAMID) pertaining to the INSTITUTO CARLOS III (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness). In 2017, he has been appointed Chairman of the European Board of Neonatology and Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Pediatric Research.

His academic honors and activities began with advanced degrees from the University of Valencia starting in 1975, and have included numerous featured speaking engagements at over 80 National and International Congresses of the Neonatal Societies and Research Symposium. Max diverse lines of research and interests have included areas of general neonatal care; Physiology of the Fetal to Neonatal transition; Perinatal Asphyxia; Resuscitation in the Delivery Room; Oxygen: physiology, hypoxia/hyperoxia derived toxicity, oxidative and nitrosative stress and biomarkers; Redox Regulation; microbiome/infection/genome wide expression. His presence among national and international journals have added up to well over 350 speaking and published works.