Dr. Jesús San Miguel Izquierdo, specialist in Hematology and Hemotherapy, director doctor of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra and Clinical and Translational Medicine of the University of Navarra, received the award "ABC Salud" "Doctor of the Year" award from the hands of the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, Alfonso Alonso. This is the fourth edition of the health awards promoted by the newspaper.

The jury was chaired by Pilar Farjas, administrative assistant general for Health, and made up of Beatriz Lozano, Nuria Ramírez Castro, Margarita Alfonsel, José Ramón Rubio, Juan José Rodríguez-Sendin, José Manuel Romay Beccaria, Joaquín Poch and Rafael Matesanz. The committee has valued "the initiatives and trajectories that have contributed most to improving the quality of life of patients and to generating knowledge in the field of healthcare throughout 2014".

The members of the jury have thus decided to distinguish Jesús San Miguel as "one of the most prestigious European hematologists and current director of Clinical and Translational Medicine at the University of Navarra". director Dr. San Miguel is also the scientific director of the research center Médica Aplicada (CIMA) of the University of Navarra and Associate Dean of research of the School of Medicine of the same university.

Recognized as one of the leading international experts in myeloma, Jesús San Miguel is president-elect of the International Myeloma Society; coordinator of the Spanish Myeloma group ; founder and board member of the network European Myeloma Society and founder and board member of the International Myeloma Society.

Other awards

During the celebration, the newspaper also awarded the award for "Best Private Hospital" to the Order of St. John of God, "which serves nearly 20 million people on five continents. Their work in Africa with Ebola is just one example of their altruistic work ". The Hospital del Niño Jesús in Madrid has won the award for "Best Public Hospital of 2014" for its Pediatric Palliative Care Unit, "an exemplary model of public healthcare".

The ABC newspaper has distinguished as "Drug of the Year" the drug "Perjeta" from Roche Laboratories, "which opens up hope for many women with advanced breast cancer and metastasis", as reported by the organization of the awards.

Health technology also received an award at result , with award going to Laboratorios Abbot's resorbable stent . Finally, the jury awarded the prize to La Caixa for "IrsiCaixa", an institute of research AIDS, an international reference letter center for the improvement of knowledge, prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS.