Lucia was appointed joint medical director in March 2024, having been associate medical director at Newcastle Hospitals since 2018.
Lucia originally joined Newcastle in 2015 as a consultant microbiologist, becoming director of infection prevention and control from 2017 until 2022.
Following completion of undergraduate medical training in Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Lucia undertook medical postgraduate training in the UK and completed her speciality training in Edinburgh, following which she worked as a consultant at Mid-Yorkshire NHS Trust for nearly 10 years before joining Newcastle.
