Mrs. Yolanda Hernandez Gago | Farmacia | Innovative Research Award

Jefe de Seccion | Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil | Spain

Yolanda Hernández Gago is a highly experienced hospital pharmacist whose career has been dedicated to advancing pharmaceutical care in pediatrics, with a special focus on oncology, hematology, rare diseases, and high-risk medications. She has developed extensive expertise at the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where she currently leads the pharmacy section. Throughout her professional journey, she has contributed significantly to improving medication safety, designing dosage and administration guidelines in collaboration with nursing teams, and coordinating initiatives aimed at harmonizing drug utilization criteria across healthcare services. She has also been involved in evaluating new technologies and information systems for hospital and primary care pharmacy services and participated in the development of clinical guides on anti-infective treatments. Her commitment to international cooperation is reflected in her teaching contributions at universities in Mozambique, where she supported medical training and education programs in healthcare cooperation. She has been an active member of the Spanish Group of Pediatric Pharmacy, contributing to its early communication platforms, research projects, and educational activities. Her research work includes participation in multicenter studies, development of pharmaceutical care models for pediatric patients, and investigation of medication safety in hospital settings. She has authored scientific papers, book chapters, and reports addressing topics such as medication errors, cost-effectiveness of treatments, and pediatric pharmacotherapy, achieving 64 citations by 64 documents and publishing 8 documents. In addition, she has presented her work at national and international conferences and collaborated on projects with leading healthcare institutions in Spain. Her career reflects a strong commitment to patient safety, professional development in hospital pharmacy, and international health cooperation, making her a respected figure in pediatric pharmacy practice and research.

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Featured Publications

Garrido Corro, B., Otero, M. J., Jimenez Lozano, I., Hernandez Gago, Y., Alvarez del Vayo, C., Trujillo Santos, J., & Fernandez-Llamazares, C. (2025). High-risk pediatric medications: A listing proposal by interdisciplinary consensus technique. Farmacia Hospitalaria.

Garrido Corro, B., Otero, M. J., Jiménez Lozano, I., Hernández Gago, Y., Alvarez del Vayo, C., Trujillo Santos, J., & Fernandez-Llamazares, C. (2023). Medication errors in children visiting pediatric emergency department. Farmacia Hospitalaria.

Hernández Gago, Y., & Navarro Dávila, M. A. (2018). Kinsbourne syndrome: Role of Rituximab. Revista de Neurología, 27(3).

Hernández Gago, Y., Lombardero Pin, M., Ortega de la Cruz, C., Maciuniak, P., & Díez del Pino, A. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of a protocol using palivizumab in preterm infants. Farmacia Hospitalaria, 41(2), 168–186.

Martínez-Llamazares, C., Pozas, M., Juárez Jiménez, J. C., Hernández Gago, Y., Cabañas, M. J., Villaronga, M., & Valverde, E. (2013). Diseño de un modelo de atención farmacéutica infantil para la validación de órdenes médicas en hospitales españoles. Anales de la Real Academia de Farmacia, 79(3), 481–504.