Full Name
Dr Enrique Terol
Job Title
Health Counsellor
Company/Organisation
Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union
Speaker Bio
Enrique Terol works as Health Counsellor in the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union.
He is a medical doctor, specialising in Family and Community Medicine. He also has a PhD in Public Health and has followed specialisation courses on healthcare management and quality of healthcare.a doctor, specialised in Family and Community Medicine. He also has a PhD in Public Health and has followed specialisation courses on healthcare management and quality of healthcare.
His professional experience includes clinical practice, managerial positions as Medical Director and CEO of Primary and Specialised Healthcare in private and public institutions and healthcare planning. He was Deputy General Director of Quality and Health Planning of the Ministry of Health of Spain between 2004 and 2008.
He worked as Health Attaché in the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU and coordinator of the area of Health in the Spanish Presidency of the EU between 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2020, he worked as a Policy officer in DG SANTE, developing the legal and organisational bases for and the set-up and implementation of the European Reference Networks (ERN) under the framework of the Directive of Cross-border Health. Between 2021 and 2022, Enrique worked as team leader in the Medical Service of the European Commission.
Enrique Terol