Ricardo Arregui

After studying Medicine at the University of Zaragoza,^[when?] Arregui researched Mountain Medicine^[1] at the Frostbite Unit at Hospital Clínico Universitario "Lozano Blesa", and later 2000 in Clinica MAZ.^[2]

He became the official doctor of the Al filo de lo imposible TV documentary series^[when?] for which went on expeditions to Mount Everest (year 1992) and the North Pole (year 2000). After the Mount Everest expedition, Arregui wrote a scientific and personal journal: "El quirófano del hielo: del bisturí al Everest".^[3]

Spanish mountaineers Edurne Pasaban,^[4] Juanito Oiarzabal^[5] and Alberto Iñurrategi have been treated by Arregui, as have Ecuadorian, Ivan Vallejo, and Juanjo San Sebastian who lost fingers and toes through frostbite.^[6]

Besides his medical career, Arregui was from 2003 to 2008 president of CAI Balonmano Aragón handball team that played for the EHF Cup and the Asobal League.^[7] He also was president of Asobal League (2006–2007).^[8]

• Arregui's research: elpais.com, retrieved 22.Feb 2011.
• aragondigital.es, retrieved 22.Feb 20