Dr Javier Cortes received a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1996. He specialised in Medical Oncology through the Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, and was awarded the title of Doctor in Medical Oncology from the University of Navarra in 2002.

From June 2003 to July 2015, he worked in the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, where he was the Coordinator of the Teaching and Training Programme for Residents in Oncology.

In addition, he was the Head of the Breast Cancer Program from July 2006 to August 2015. From September 2015 to October 2018, he was Head of the Breast Cancer and Gynecological tumors at Ramon y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid.

Dr Cortes was the Head of the Breast Cancer Program at IOB Institute of Oncology, Quironsalud group, in both Madrid and Barcelona, from 2011 to September 2020. He has been a Senior Clinical Investigator of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology from 2011 to February 2022.

Dr Cortes is currently the Head of the International Breast Cancer Centre (IBCC) in Barcelona, and a founding partner of Medica Scientia Innovation Research (MedSIR), a company involved in the clinical development of clinical trials.

In addition to his medical specialties, he has two master's degrees in “Medical Direction and Clinical Management” from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and “Research methodology in Health Sciences” from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona and a degree in “Statistics in Health Sciences” from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.