Dr. Carlos Rivas Echeverría
Prof. Rivas-Echeverria is a GP with an extended role (previously called GP with special interest) in sleep medicine, working part-time salaried and as a Locum for the NSH and is the Medical Director of SLEEPCARE Clinics of Sleep and Respiratory Medicine.- He qualified in Venezuela in 1992 and completed specialist training in Internal Medicine, Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, a Master in Sleep Medicine, a PhD degree, a postdoctoral fellowship in Sleep Medicine and Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Venezuela, Spain, the USA, and Canada. He is licenced to practice in the UK, Spain, and Venezuela.
- Having been the pioneer of sleep medicine in Venezuela, he has patented software and methods for diagnosing sleep Apnoea and developed a franchise system of a network of sleep clinics. In addition, he was a professor at the best university in Venezuela and has published dozens of scientific papers and chapters in textbooks. He is also part of several editorial committees and a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals.
