Florentino Villanego is a nephrologist at Hospital Puerta del Mar in Cádiz, Spain. He earned his Master of Organ Donation and Kidney Transplantation from Pablo de Olavide University. Currently, he is dedicated to the follow-up of kidney transplant recipients in this hospital.During his residency, he published several articles and submitted more than forty communications to international and national congresses, winning an award for the best communication presented by a resident in the 11th Congress of The Andalusian Society of Organ and Tissue Transplantation. He has participated in several national and international clinical studies. He also belongs to the platform for young nephrologists of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, teaching courses on management of acute infections in kidney transplant recipients and inclusion criteria in kidney transplant waiting list. One of his current research interests is the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in kidney transplant recipients. Furthermore, he is interested in the assessment of the expanded criteria donors using the Kidney Donor Profile Index and the preimplantation biopsy score.