Training

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a specialist in ophthalmology since 1996 Ophthalmology residency at Vall d’Hebrón General Hospital (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

Fellowship in corneal pathology and external ocular diseases at Emory University, Atlanta (1996) under the direction of Dr R. Doyle Stulting In 2004, he became Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with the doctoral thesis Transplante de membrana amniótica en patología de la superficie ocular (transplantation of amniotic membrane in ocular surface pathology, cum laude).

Specialisation

He specialises in corneal, conjunctiva and ocular surface diseases and surgery. The surgical techniques he has used and researched include corneal transplantation, limbal transplantation and amniotic membrane transplantation for the treatment of ocular surface pathology. He also has extensive experience in small-incision cataract surgery.

Professional activities

He has worked in the Ophthalmology Department of Mútua de Terrassa Hospital (1997–98), Sant Pau Hospital (1999–2004). Clinical Hospital of Barcelona, where he held the post of section head and associate lecturer in Ophthalmology (University of Barcelona) until October 2006.

Since October 2006 he has practised exclusively at the IMO, where he has worked since January 1997.

Teaching

Lecturer at the School of Medicine of Vall d’Hebrón General Hospital (Autonomous University of Barcelona) for the academic years 1994 to 1996.

Lecturer at the School of Optics and Optometry (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) of Terrassa in 1997 and 1998.

From 1999 to 2004 he lectured in ophthalmology theory and practice at the Medical School of Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital (Autonomous University of Barcelona). He later lectured in theory and practice as an associate lecturer in Ophthalmology at the Medical School of the Clinical Hospital of Barcelona (University of Barcelona) until October 2006.

Research

He has undertaken and/or participated in numerous research projects, 31 of which have been published in international scientific journals. He has worked on three FIS (Health Research Fund) research projects related to corneal transplantation (one as principal researcher).

He is currently involved in several research projects on corneal transplantation and the treatment of ocular surface diseases (cornea, conjunctiva and sclero-corneal limbus).