CPEN, Educational Centre

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
“CPEN – Clinica sagrada família’s endocrinology team” was certified on August 2019 as a Centre of excellency for the treatment of Obesity by The European Association for the study of Obesity (EASO). In this context we have begun a collaboration with “The imperial weight centre”, part of the Imperial College of London.

Specialized Medical Units

 

Who we are?

CPEN was founded in 1998 with the intention of offering comprehensive and excellent care in Endocrinology and Nutrition for all stages of life.

We are currently 34 professionals, spread across 3 medical centers. We treat more than 4,000 patients per month.

We are linked to different universities and have a teaching vocation, we also try to be at the forefront of research projects.

Specialized in non-invasive treatments for thyroid nodules and in the study of body composition by ultrasound.

We are the first private management unit accredited by EASO in Catalonia.

Since 2022 with the help of our patients we have had a Cooperation Project in Senegal.

Dietetics, nutrition and diabetes education

Agenda: Courses for professionals and Workshops for patients

My first endocrinology book

Mònica Peitx, MD is a paediatrician specialized in Endocrinology and Nutrition. In 2008 he wrote her first short story aimed at overweight and obese children: The Tale of Max. It was followed by The tale of aina, about Diabetes, and The tale of quim, which talks about height. With “Mia grows up” Dr. Peitx changes gears and instead of talking about another medical disorder she writes about a physiological and fascinating process: feminine puberty; and has won the Crítica Serra D’Or, 2017 and Jaume Aiguader i Miró awards for the dissemination of healthy habits, knowledge and education, 2017.

mia i bru (EN)

Mía y Bruno crecen sanos

Mia and Bru
grow healthily

Nutrition & Obesity

mia (EN)

Mía se hace mayor. Para saber más sobre la pubertad de las niñas

Mía
grows up

Puberty

bru (EN)

Para saber más sobre la pubertad de los niños

Bru
grows up

Puberty

quim (EN)

El cuento de Quim. Para saber más sobre la talla baja

The tale
of Quim

Growth

aina (EN)

El cuento de Aina. Para saber mas sobre la Diabetes Mellitus 1

The tale
of Aina

Diabetes

max (EN)

El cuento de Max. Para saber más sobre Obesidad Infantil

The tale
of Max

Obesity
CPEN al Senegal

CPEN Cooperation

This is our health cooperation project and we are very excited to share it with you. It is in the Casamance, a rural area of Senegal and consists of 2 parts:

  • Bringing "Mia grows up", a story about female puberty, to schools in Casamance, accompanied by a talk on Puberty and Reproduction.
  • Diabetes screening, raising awareness of the population for recognising the symptoms as well as treatment and nutritional education of those who are positive.

If you want to help make the project happen, click on more information.

Further reading…

Scientific activity

Obesity

Prefronto-cerebellar neuromodulation affects appetite in obesity.

Obesity

Clinical Research

Pituitary and growth hormone

GH deficiency in patients with spinal cord injury: efficacy/safety of GH replacement, a pilot study

Pituitary Gland

Research

Adrenal Gland

Circulatory Immune Cells in Cushing Syndrome: Bystanders or Active Contributors to Atherometabolic Injury? A Study of Adhesion and Activation of Cell Surface Markers

Adrenal Gland

Research Article