Physician specialising in preventive medicine and healthy longevity · Clínica Neleva, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Ángel Durántez Prados is a physician and one of the pioneers in Spain in proactive preventive medicine and Age Management Medicine, an approach increasingly framed within healthy longevity medicine and precision geromedicine. His clinical work focuses on the prevention of age-related disease, preservation of functional capacity and promotion of healthy longevity through individualised, multidisciplinary strategies.
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1987 with honors, completed his specialisation in Sports and Exercise Medicine in 1990, and obtained his PhD in Medicine and Surgery cum laude from the same university in 1997. In 2011, he completed advanced training in Age Management Medicine in the United States through the Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation (CERF), receiving 60 AMA credits. His background in sports medicine has been a central component of his approach to prevention, physical performance and healthy ageing.
Dr. Durántez has practised medicine in the private sector since 1988, initially working with sports centres, teams, federations and athletes ranging from recreational participants to Olympic competitors. From 2005 onwards, he developed several innovative projects in medical fitness, therapeutic exercise and healthy ageing medicine. He was co-founder and Medical Director of SPE, one of the first clinical fitness centres in Spain, and subsequently co-founded and directed SPEsalud and Neolife Clinic in Madrid. In 2017, he established Clínica Dr. Durántez at Ruber Internacional in Madrid, where he developed an integrative model based on preventive, proactive, predictive, personalised, participatory and precision medicine. In 2025, this activity expanded into Clínica Neleva in Madrid, a dedicated center for healthy longevity medicine.
He has participated as an attendee or invited speaker in more than 750 scientific meetings, courses, congresses and symposia related to his areas of expertise. He has written more than 1,000 educational and medical communication articles and has contributed extensively to television, radio and print media. He is the author of Joven a los 100: todas las claves para vivir más y mejor and of the guide Jóvenes con Canas. He also contributed a chapter to the commemorative volume 40 años de Constitución, 40 años de Sanidad. Testimonios de sus protagonistas. 1978–2018.
Dr. Durántez is a member of the Executive Board of the Spanish Society of Anti-Aging Medicine and Longevity (SEMAL) and has served as president, vice-president or member of the organizing committee of several of its international congresses. He is also a member of the Spanish Society of Sports Medicine (SEMED). He was included in the Forbes Spain list of the 100 best physicians in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and subsequently joined the selection committee for this ranking. He has also served as scientific advisor to the Official College of Physicians of Madrid in his field and to the Ganasalud Forum of the Directorate General for Sports of the Community of Madrid.
