Healthcare training
- Medical and Surgical Graduate at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Qualification: Excellent (2001).
- Specialist doctor in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Specialist training programme via MIR (number 294), Hospital Clínic of Barcelona (2007).
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at Universitat de Barcelona. Qualification: Excellent with honours (2010).
- Master's in Healthcare Management. Chair of Healthcare Management, Direction and Administration., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
- Master's in Clinical Research Design and Analysis, Col·legi Oficial de Metges de Barcelona (COMB). Universitat de Barcelona.
- International training stay in Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre – Oxford University Hospitals.
Trajectory
- Senior specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
- Responsible for accreditation and coordinator of a Unidad de Referencia Nacional CSUR, (Centros, Servicios y Unidades de Referencia del Sistema Nacional de Salud) accredited by Minsiterio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social, at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
- Established researcher in Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS).
Teaching activity
- Professor of Traumatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Univesitat de Vic-Univesitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC).
- Accredited as Associate Professor at Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU).
- Director of two doctoral theses in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Universitat de Barcelona. Qualification: Excellent with honours.
- Author of 25 book chapters in medicine and clinical practice guidelines.
- Teaching collaborator on the Postgraduate Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Prosthetic Surgery (Hip and Knee). Universitat de Barcelona.
- Director of Teaching for the Fellowship Postgraduate Programme in Osteoarticular Infection, Universitat de Barcelona.
- Coordinator of Continuing Education Courses in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology accredited by Consell Català de la Formació Continuada de les Professions Sanitàries..
Membership
- Positions in state scientific societies: Member of the Teaching Board of the Societat Catalana de Cirurgia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia.
- Positions in international scientific societies: Spanish delegate for The European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EMOJIS).
- Member of several scientific societies, such as the Societat Catalana (SCCOT) and the Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (SECOT).
- Collaborator of Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS) in research projects in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
- Member of the Expert Group in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology created by Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, representing Catalonia in the review of criteria for complex pathologies.
Others
- Author of over 90 scientific publications to state and international biomedical journals.
- Principal Investigator on research projects funded byInstituto de Salud Carlos III and investigator in over 20 national and international research projects in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
- Author of over 100 communications at national and international congresses.
- Scientific reviewer for international biomedical journals such as The Bone and Joint Journal.
- Delegate from Spain for Second International Consensus Meeting on Prosthetic Joint Infection, Philadelphia.
- International Coordinator for the Study Group on 1-Time Revision in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty World Association against Infection in Orthopaedics and Trauma (WAIOT).
- Awarded 12 scholarships and prizes in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
