Verónica Crisóstomo

Department Head
Dr. Verónica Crisóstomo is the Head of Cardiovascular Research at the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (JUMISC) in Cáceres, Spain. After graduating from Veterinary School in the Complutense University, Madrid, she completed her PhD at the University of Extremadura. She has developed her career at JUMISC, an institution specialized in preclinical research and training, focusing her research on cardiovascular diseases and their therapy by minimally invasive and image guided procedures. Her lab is working on strategies for translational research in the prevention and treatment of cardiac remodeling, with early and repeated application of regenerative myocardial therapies in experimental animal models; as well as studies of new therapies for electrical remodeling after myocardial infarction.