Professional Experience

Current Position

Head of Department
Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns
Director of the Burn Centre
Director of the Face and Hand Transplantation Program
Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron
Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca
Barcelona, Spain

Plastic Surgeon
Hospital CIMA
Barcelona, Spain

Professor of Surgery and Director of Plastic Surgery Graduate Training
School of Medicine
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Past Working Experience

1992-1996: Residency in Plastic Surgery ; Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

1995: Stage of 3 months; Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

1997-1998: Clinical Burn Fellowship ; Shriners Burns Hospital, University of Texas, Galveston, USA

1998-1999: Plastic Surgery Fellowship ; University of Texas, Galveston, USA

1999-2002: Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive (microsurgery) Surgeon, University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands

2002-2004: Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Section Chief of Reconstructive

Microsurgery, St Andrews Centre, Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK

2002-2004: Aesthetic plastic surgeon, Springfield Capio Hospital, Essex, UK

2005-2006: Consultant Plastic and Burns Surgeon, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

2006-present: Head of Department, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Director of the Burn Centre, Director of the Face and Hand Transplantation Program. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

2006-present: Professor of Surgery and Director of Plastic Surgery Graduate Training, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

2015-present: Plastic Surgeon, Hospital CIMA, Barcelona, Spain

Education and Academic Experience

Academic Degrees:

MD : School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 1991
Plastic Surgery Specialist Diploma, Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 1996
Burn Fellowship, University of Texas (UTMB), USA, 1997-98
Plastic Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas (UTMB), USA, 1998-99
Master of Clinical Investigation, University of Texas, USA, 1999
Surgical Critical Care Specialist Diploma, University of Texas, USA, 1999
PhD, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, 2002

Teaching Experience:

Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, 1999-2002
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of London, Barts and the London, London, UK, 2002-2004
Professor of Surgery and Director of Plastic Surgery Graduate Training, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2005-present
Director of numerous PhD theses

Professional Activities:

President of European Burns Association (EBA)
General Secretary of Euro-Mediterranean Burn Council (MBC)
Member, and chair, New Member Evaluation Committee, EURAPS, 2009-2012
Member of the Continuing Medical Education Committee, Catalan Council, 2006-2009
Member of the Committee for Research and Innovation, Vall d´Hebron Institute for Research (VHIR)
Associate Editor, BURNS (Elsevier Journal, Current IF 1.7)
Assistant Editor, International Journal of Surgery
Associate Executive Editor, Annals of Burns and Fire Disaster
Reviewer, Journal for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS)
Reviewer, Critical Care Medicine
Reviewer, The Lancet

“If I had time to do something else, I’d like to be a student… to soak up knowledge and to have my mind always open. We can always learn something from the smallest of things.”