Training and professional activity
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 1994 (Universitat de Barcelona).
- Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition, 1998 (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).
- Traing at Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Brookdale Center for Molecular Biology (Mount Sinai Medical Center New York), Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School, Boston) and the Centre de Recherche sur l’Endocrinologie Moléculaire et le Développement (CNRS, París).
- Member of the Quiron-Teknon Hospital’s faculty since 1994, he currently leads CPEN S.L. group of Endocrinology and Nutrition, also at Clinica Sagrada Familia, Barcelona.
- Full member of “Sociedad Española de Endocrinología (SEEN)”, “Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Obesidad (SEEDO)”, “European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)”, “Endocrine Society”, among others.
- As a professor, he teaches 3rd cycle courses in the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
- Has published articles in leading journals at a national level and abroad. Some special mentions are: “The genetic bases of obesity”, “Insulin resistance” hypothalamic-pituitary endocrinology (neuroendocrinology), especially the use of Growth Hormone in neurological diseases.
- Lead researcher in several international clinical trials on type 2 diabetes.
Languages
Catalán, castellano, inglés, francés, italiano.