Head of the Hip Section, Orthopaedic surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicin, Universitat de Barcelona

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Universitat de Barcelona (1997)
• Residency training in Orthopaedic surgery and Traumatology at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2004)
• Doctorat Cum Laude in Medicine and Surgery (2008)

Fellowships:

• Hôpital Purpan – (CHU) de Toulouse, France (2004)
• Clínica Mayo, Rochester, MN, USA (2010)
• Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre (PEOC), Exeter, England (2011)
• Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA (2013)

EXPERIENCE

More than 20 years of experience

SPECIALIZATION

• Hip surgery
• Rapid Recovery Hip Prosthesis – Fast-Track Surgery
• Hip surgery with direct anterior access (without muscle or tendon involvement)
• Hip arthrosis
• Hip prosthesis
• Prosthetic spare parts
• Hip dysplasia

RESEARCH

• Publications (nationals and internationals): 83
• Book chapters: 26
• Congress comunicarions (nationals and internationals): 61

• Senior consultant of the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and barnaclínic+.
• Titular professor at the Universitat de Barcelona
• Director of more than 120 courses of Joint Reconstruction at Universitat de Barcelona

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine: 1983, Universitat de Barcelona
• PhD: 1989, Universitat de Barcelona
• Specialty: Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, 1988 Universitat de Barcelona, Sports Medicine, 1990 UB
• Fellowship: 5 years (1983-1988) Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Short fellow in Bolonia, Hosptial Rizzoli.

EXPERIENCE

More than 25 years of practice

SPECIALIZATION

• Prosthetic joint reconstruction surgery.
• Cervical spine
• Musculoskeletal tumors: Soft tissue sarcomas, bone tumors

RESEARCH

• Dr. Combalia has been awarded a total of 20 Research Grants (4 FIS) and 4 study expansion grants, financed by different organizations and entities.
• More than 90 papers in indexed journals, 110 in non indexed journals
• Dr. Combalia has received a total of 14 Awards/Grants for his work at different specialty conferences.

Consultant of the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and barnaclínic+.
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of N’Djamena (Chad)
Past Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de Barcelona

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Bachelor: Medicine and Surgery, Universitat de Barcelona (1978).
PhD: Universitat de Barcelona (1983).
Speciality: Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service.
Fellowships: Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré

EXPERIENCE

More than 43 years
More than 200 surgeries per year

SPECIALIZATION

Hip and knee prosthetic surgery

RESEARCH

Publications (national and international): 100
Book chapters: 6
Scientific meetings (national and international): 67

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine: 1997 Universitat de Barcelona
• PhD: 2006 Universitat de Barcelona
• Specialty: Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, 2004 Universitat de Barcelona
• Fellowship: 2 months, 2002- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (Columbia University, USA)

EXPERIENCE

• 14 years of practice.
• More than 200 annual surgeries.
• Reference Center in rapid recovery surgery.

SPECIALISATION

• Arthroscopic surgery on most joints (knee, shoulder, hip, wrist, elbow, ankle), with all the benefits of this surgical technique (both sports and degenerative conditions).
• Knee surgery (arthroplasty).

RESEARCH

• Author of more than 30 national and international scientific publications.
• Co-investigator in 5 international clinical trials on LMWHs.
• Main author in more than 40 international impact factor Journals.

Professional experience

• Head of Thoracic Surgery at Barcelona Hospital Clinic (March 2010 – present).
• Specialist (1990-1993); Head of Clinic (1994-1999); and Director of Thoracic Surgery at a private centre in Barcelona (2000- present).
• Training in Thoracic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Rochester in Minnesota; Massachusetts General Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (1986-1987); and at Creu Roja Hospital and Sagrat Cor Hospital in Barcelona (1988-1989).
• Training in General Surgery at Creu Roja Hospital in Barcelona (1982-1986).

Membership in scientific societies

• Founder (1993) and President (2008-2009) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS).
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), USA and member of the Workforce on International Relationships (2010-2016).
• American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS).
• European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
• European Respiratory Society (ERS), Chair of the Thoracic Surgery 8.1 Group (2013-2016).
• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).
• Spanish Association of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR).
• Spanish Association of Thoracic Surgery (SECT) and other new national and international scientific societies.
• Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (READ).

Research and teaching

• Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Barcelona.
• 495 presentations at national and international congresses.
• Invited Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (2009) and at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC), NYC, USA (2016).
• 105 articles published in national and international journals and book chapters.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Lung Cancer Journal and Archivos de Bronconeumología (Archives of Bronchopneumology).
• Reviser of the European Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Annals of Oncology, Journal of Surgical Oncology and Archivos de Bronconeumología.
• Co-President of the 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer, which was held in Barcelona in July 2005.
• Director of the recent editions of the International Conference on Thoracic Surgery in Barcelona (1992-2018).

Stay in foreign centers

• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
• Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, Massachusetts.
• New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Medical School) Boston, Massachusetts.

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.     
• Thoracic Surgery Specialist Hospital where he made the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona MIR

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Advanced thoracic Surgery     
• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery     
• Tracheal Pathology     
• Rigid Bronchoscopy     
• Artificial Lung

RESEARCH

2006-2007: Completed the doctoral program in Surgery and Surgical Specialties.     

2008. Obtained the accreditation for research aptitude with a grade of Excellent.

2008-2009: Fellow in experimental surgery research in experimental surgery unit in the department of thoracic surgery at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. Under the direction of Prof. Paolo Macchiarini. 1 Oral communication in the U.S. Congress (AATS 2009, Boston, USA) , and 1 publication in an international journal as first author.

Participation in an experimental study as principal investigator: “Experimental Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of an extracorporeal lung support led by veno-venous pump via a single cannula in an animal model “.

Doctoral thesis written and in presentation process for reading, based on the publication of two articles as first author about the artificial lung. The two articles published in “The Journal of Thoracic and Cadriovascular surgery”.

• Head of the Gastrointestinal Service at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• Professor with Tenure of Surgery and Surgical Specialties at the Universitat de Barcelona.
• IDIBAPS Investigator (Institut de Recerca Biomedica Agusti Pi Suñe).

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine: 1980 Universitat de Barcelona.
• PhD: 1987 Universitat de Barcelona.
• Specialty: General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, 1987 Universitat de Barcelona.
• Fellowship: in Emory University (Atlanta), Pacific Presbyterian Hospital (San Francisco), Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland). Mount Sinai (New York), Cornell University (New York State).

EXPERIENCE

More than 30 years of experience.

SPECIALISATION

• Global pioneer of robotic and laparoscopic surgical techniques (NOTES and LESS techniques).
• Oncological Surgery (colon and rectal cancer, esophageal and stomach cancer, metastasis treatment – surgical resection, radiofrequency, etc. -, pancreas cancer, liver tumours).
• Pioneer in use of the Cecil Approach (simultaneous robotic transabdominal and transanal approach to removal of rectal cancer).
• More than 17.000 surgeries for more than 25 years.

SUCCESS RATES

• More than 95% of the annual surgeries are performed through natural body cavities.
• More than 400 colorectal surgery performed with TaTME technique.
• First laparoscopic and thoracoscopy approach to oesophageal cancer
• First laparoscopic approach to live kidney donation
• Founder member of AIS Channel (Advances in Surgery)

RESEARCH

• Author of more than 175 national and international scientific publications and 19 book chapters.
• Invited to more than 120 national and international events. · Participation in more than 320 national and international scientific meetings.

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona.
• Pioneer in Spain in the treatment of varicose veins by endoluminal radiofrequency (VNUS Closure®).
• Pioneer in Spain in the treatment of varicose veins by VenaSeal (cinocrilato Sapheon) – Sapheon Certificate (2013).
• Areas of interest:
  • Minimally-invasive treatment and conventional surgery for aortic aneurysm disease.
  • Minimally-invasive treatment and conventional surgery for chronic lower extremity ischemia.
  • Vascular access for hemodialysis.
• Author and co-author of over 200 articles, book chapters and communications at conferences.

CURRENT POSITION

• Head of the Service of Urology and Kidney Transplantation at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• Associate professor of Urology in the Department of Surgery at the Universitat de Barcelona.
• IDIBAPS Investigator (Institut de Recerca Biomedica Agusti Pi Suñe). University of Barcelona Medical School.

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine: 1983 Universitat de Barcelona.
• PhD: 1987 Universitat de Barcelona.
• Specialty: Urology, 1988 Universitat de Barcelona.
• Fellowship: 18 months, 1993-1994 Mayo Clinic Rochester.

EXPERIENCE

More than 30 years of experience.

SPECIALISATION:

• Global pioneer of robotic and laparoscopic surgical techniques (NOTES and LESS techniques).
• Surgical oncology (prostate, kidney and bladder).
• Kidney transplant surgery.
• More than 500 annual surgeries for more than 25 years. More than 100 are performed through natural body cavities.

SUCCESS RATES

• World’s first transvaginal nephrectomy (2007).
• World’s first transvaginal kidney extraction due to a tumour (2009).
• World’s first robotic transvaginal kidney transplant (2015).

RESEARCH

• Author of more than 170 national and international scientific publications and 17 book chapters.
• Invited to numerous European and North American universities. He gives an average of 50 international conferences per year.

Dr Pellisé is a spine surgeon with over 20 years’ experience, and he is the head of the spine unit at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona since 2014. He is also associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB).

His professional and research activities in the field of spinal surgery have gained the recognition of professional and scientific societies in the specialty. Dr Pellisé has been chairman of the spine Society of Europe “EuroSpine” (2012-2013), Chairman of the Spanish Spine Society “GEER” (2013-2015), Chairman of the Global Outreach Programme (GOP) Committee at the Scoliosis Research Society (2015-2017) and Deputy Editor of the European Spine Journal (2005-2015). In 2010, together with other european spine surgeons, he founded the european Spine Study Group, a leading international body in the research and treatment of adult scoliosis.

For 10 consecutive years he has carried out humanitarian work in Ghana as a volunteer with FOCOS (Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine): http://www.orthofocos.org.

Areas of specialisation:

Slipped disc, lumbago, brachialgia, sciatica, spinal stenosis, degenerative spine conditions, spondylolisthesis, spine fractures, tumours, metastasis, infections, scoliosis and spinal deformities: conditions that cause back pain.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and French