Top Heart Specialist in Spain

Dr. Josep Brugada is a specialized Pediatric Cardiologist in Spain. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Barcelona, Spain. The doctor has over 40 Years of experience and is associated with Centro Medico Teknon.

Association and Memberships Dr. Josep Brugada is part of:

• President of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) between 2006 and 2008.
• Member of the Executive Committee, European Society of Cardiology, 2008-2009.
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), 1998-2002.

Qualifications :

• Masters degree in Integrated Health Services Management. ESADE Business School (2004 2005).
• Cardiology Specialist, Montpellier, and Sports Medicine and Biology Specialist, Montpellier (1987 1988).
• PhD in Medicine and Surgery, University of Barcelona (1986 1987).
• Bachelors Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Barcelona (1978 1982).

Hospital Address :

Centro M

Medical Expertise of Dr. Josep Brugada

• Dr. Brugada Terradellas has more than 20 years of experience as a Medical Director of Cardiology.
• A recognised expert in cardiac arrhythmia and sports cardiology.
• He has authored numerous national and international scientific articles, and his research contributions include a profile of a sickness that causes abrupt death (Brugada Syndrome).
• Dr. Brugada has also received numerous awards for professional performance and is a member of the major medical associations in his field.
• President of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) between 2006 and 2008.
• Member of the Executive Committee, European Society of Cardiology, 2008-2009, Member of the International Advisory Board of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), 1998-2002.
• Rich Research and Teaching Experience with 486 publications in journals with an impact factor, total impact factor: 1,824; citations: 20,903; H-index: 68.

Dr. Raul F Abella is a specialized Pediatric CTVS in Spain. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Barcelona, Spain. The doctor has over 25 Years of experience and is associated with Dexeus University Hospital.

Association and Memberships Dr. Raul F Abella is part of:

• Founding Member of the World Society for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.
• Member of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Qualifications :

• 1986 Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
• 1987 Morphology of Congenital Heart Disease, Ministry of Public Health and Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
• 1989 Cardiac Surgery Training

Hospital Address :

Hospital Universitari Dexeus - Grupo Quir

Medical Expertise of Dr. Raul F Abella

• Dr. Ral Felipe Abellá is a paediatric cardiovascular surgery consultant.
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Repair, Fontan Procedure, PDA Closure, and TOF Repair constitute the procedures that are the expertise of Dr. Raul F Abella.
• More than 25 years of experience and over 3000 heart operations, including some of the most complex procedures.
• Founding Member of the World Society for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and Member of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
• Speaker at over 100 national and international conferences, 200 articles and publications.
• Member of the Cardiac Paediatric Surgery Programme, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Medical School Programme, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
• 56 plus humanitarian missions in 9 nations as a cardiovascular surgeon and operated on more than 525 children with or without extracorporeal circulation.

Dr. Xavier Ruyra Baliarda is a specialized Cardiac Surgeon in Spain. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Barcelona, Spain. The doctor has over 30 Years of experience and is associated with Centro Medico Teknon.

Association and Memberships Dr. Xavier Ruyra Baliarda is part of:

• Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiac Surgery.
• Member of the European Board of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
• Spokesperson of the Catalan Organisation of Transplantation (OCATT).
• Associate Professor of Surgery at Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Certifications :

• European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (European Council of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2001).
• Training in Cardiovascular Thoracoscopy Advanced Level. Minimally Invasive Center, ?ceres (1997).
• Educational Course on Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularization, Instituto di Clinica Cardiovasculare, Chieti (Italy) (1997).
• Cours superieur de Technique Chirurgicale (Advanced Course in Surgical Technique), University of Paris, Hopital Broussais (1997).

Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with an Excellent rating from the University of Barcelona (1989).
• Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist from the University of Barcelona (1995).

Hospital Address :

Centro M

Medical Expertise of Dr. Xavier Ruyra Baliarda

• Dr. Xavier Ruyra Baliarda is an eminence of Cardiac thoracic & vascular surgery.
• He specialises in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, as well as mitral regurgitation, aortic root surgery, MVR, bloodless surgery, and TAVI catheter valve implantation, among others.
• Forbes listed him one of the top five cardiovascular surgeons in Spain. Dr. Xavier is a pioneer in the use of virtual reality (Ross procedure) to implant an artificial aortic valve.
• Dr. Ruyra has discovered a variety of surgical techniques. Dr. Xavier Ruyra has done over 5000 cardiac operations with his team.
• In addition, he has merged his healthcare job with teaching, as a professor in specialist courses, and research, as the author of scientific articles
• He is president of the CardioDreams Foundation, an association that performs free surgeries for people without resources.
• He is a member of the Catalan Transplantation Organization, the Spanish Society of Cardiac Surgery, the European Board of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and the European Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, etc.
• He has participated in 60+ presentations at conferences.
• Dr. Xavier communicates fluently in Catalan, Spanish, French, and English

Dr. Antonio Berruezo is a specialized Interventional Cardiologist in Spain. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Barcelona, Spain. The doctor has over 20 Years of experience and is associated with Centro Medico Teknon.

Association and Memberships Dr. Antonio Berruezo is part of:

• Dr. Berruezo is currently a member of the small group of specialists in charge of writing cardiac arrhythmia treatment guidelines for American, European and Asian scientific societies.

Qualifications :

• MD
• PhD

Hospital Address :

Centro M

Medical Expertise of Dr. Antonio Berruezo

• Dr. Antonio Berruezo is well known for his work in the areas of sudden death prevention and treatment, as well as pacemaker and defibrillator implantation.
• Dr. Berruezo is one of Europe's most experienced arrhythmia specialists in cardiac arrhythmia interventional treatment.
• At Teknon Medical Centre, he is presently working as an arrhythmia specialist.
• He has served at Barcelona Hospital Clinic for 15 years, heading and coordinating the Ventricular Arrhythmia Unit's research and scientific activities.
• Dr. Berruezo is a member of a select group of experts in charge of creating cardiac arrhythmia treatment guidelines for scientific societies in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
• He teaches ablation treatment procedures and arrhythmia, which causes sudden death, at worldwide conferences.
• He has published over 200 research papers in the world's most prominent publications.

Dr. Juli Carballo Garrido is a specialized Interventional Cardiologist in Spain. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Barcelona, Spain. The doctor has over 20 Years of experience and is associated with Centro Medico Teknon.

Association and Memberships Dr. Juli Carballo Garrido is part of:

• Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology.
• Member of the European Society of Cardiology.

Qualifications :

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1993.
• Specialization program in Cardiology in the cardiology service of the General Hospital of the Vall d Hebron being a Resident Internal Physician during the years 1994-1998.

Hospital Address :

Centro M

Medical Expertise of Dr. Juli Carballo Garrido

• The medical expertise of Dr. Juli Carballo Garrido are in diagnostic cardiac catheterisation, coronary angioplasty with stent insertion, percutaneous treatment for structural heart diseases such as ASD/VSD closure, percutaneous aortic valve replacement, etc.
• He is Teknon Medical Center's Chief of Cardiology and is a member of the European Society of Cardiology.
• Dr. Juli Carballo Garrido is an accredited and reaccredited interventional cardiologist by the Section of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology.
• He has been a participant in 1,200 plus annual diagnostic/therapeutic procedures in the field of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology, both in coronary and structural heart disease, through a span of 2 decades.
• He has contributed to over 40 national and international congress presentations, as well as twenty articles in national and international journals in the field of cardiology.