Dr. Christian Dürsteler
Languages: Spanish | Catalan | English | German
CURRENT POSITION
· Head of the Pain Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and specialist at barnaclínic+.
· Associate Professor. Surgery Department. Universitat de Barcelona
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ACEDEMIC TRAINING
· Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1996.
· PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2009
· Master in Physiopathology and Management of Pain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2010
· Speciality in Pain Medicine
· Fellowships:
- Pain Medicine Unit. UMC St. Radboud, Nijmegen. The Netherlands. 2010
EXPERIENCE
· More than 25 years of experience
· His 20 people team covers pain needs of 540.000 souls, referred from 19 Primary Care Centers and Hospital Specialists.
· They perform near 15.000 visits per year (Pain Unit) and 3.500 in-patient visits (postoperative pain program).
Specialization
· Pain management (acute and chronic)
· Cancer pain
· Complex chronic pain syndromes
· Special pain patients (transplantated, rare diseases, ICU patients)
· Refractory neuropathic pain
· Neuromodulation (intrathecal drug delivery; spinal cord stimulation)
· Painful Prosthesis (knee and hip) treatment