Dr. Andreu Porta Sánchez

Languages: Spanish | Catalan | English

CURRENT POSITION

· Associate Physician of the Arrhythmia Unit at the Cardiology Service of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

· barnaclínic+ specialist

· Clinical professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona

  • Arritmias
  • Cardiología

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ACADEMIC TRAINING

· Bachelor in Medicine and surgery, Universitat de Barcelona

· PhD in Medicine and surgeryUniversitat de Barcelona, for the thesis: "Ventricular tachycardia (VT): Mortality implications in patients with cardiomyopathy, impact of VT ablation and development of new invasive treatment strategies"
- International mention and "excellent cum laude"
- Professor Julio Rodríguez Villanueva Award for the 2019 best doctoral thesis of the quironsalud group

· Specialist in Cardiac Electrophysiology with European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) certification

· Clinical and Research Fellowship at the University of Toronto

· Nomination as Young Investigator Award of the EHRA 2015 (Milano, Italia) and of the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions 2016 (San Francisco, USA) and of the 1r Mark Josephson Innovation Award at the VT Symposium 2017 (Philadelphia)

· Postgraduate scholarship from Fundació "la Caixa" 2013

EXPERIENCE

· More than 7 years of experience

· More than 250 surgeries a year

Specialization

· Catheter ablation

· Atrial Fibrillation

· Complex arrhythmia

· Sudden cardiac death prevention

· Channelopathies

RESEARCH

· Publications (national and international): 47

· Book chapters: 5

· Scientific meeting (national and international): More than 40

Scientific societies

· Member of the Advisory Committee of the European Commission on Medical Devices

· EHRA Young EP Ambassador for Spain

· Co-chair at the EHRA Selection Committee

· Member of the scientific committee of the annual Congress, Asociación del Ritmo Cardiaco 2022

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