Professor Carlos Rivas Echeverría

Professional statement

Professor Carlos Rivas Echeverría is a highly accomplished and distinguished GP with a special interest in sleep medicine who possesses expertise in sleep disorders, sleep-obstructive bronchitis, sleep apnoea, diabetes, obesity, and chronic fatigue. He is the medical director and CEO of Sleepcare Clinics, which he is responsible for running in Spain, Venezuela, and the UK. He currently practises at the Sleep Care Clinic at The Health Suite in Leicester. 

After qualifying with an MD at the Andes University in Venezuela in 1992, Professor Echeverría went on to successfully complete specialist training in internal medicine, intensive and critical care medicine, as well as family and community medicine. Following this, Professor Echeverría obtained a masters in sleep medicine, a PhD degree, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship in sleep medicine. These accomplishments were achieved in Canada, Spain, Venezuela, and the USA. 

To date, he has published an extensive amount of scientific papers and chapters in textbooks, and also lends his hand for several editorial committees and as a reviewer for journals and conferences. Professor Echeverría's priority is not only to provide top-class medical care to patients in the UK, but also to make himself as visible as possible to Spanish patients. He treats patients in the UK, Spain, and Venezuela.