Dr. Eduard Quintana Obrador

LANGUAGES: Spanish | Catalan | English | French

CURRENT POSITION

- Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

- Associate Professor of Surgery at Universitat de Barcelona.

  • Cardiología
  • Cirugía Cardiovascular

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ACADEMIC TRAINING

- Bachelor of Medicine: 2006. Universitat de Barcelona.

- PhD: 2015 Universitat de Barcelona

- Specialty: Cardiovascular Surgery 2009. Universitat de Barcelona.

· ECFMG- USMLE Certified 2012.

· European Board Certification in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. EBTCS (2013)

· Fellowship: 1) Advanced Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, 2013. Rochester, MN. USA. 2) Advanced Fellowship in Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation at Mayo Clinic. Rochester, MN (2014)

EXPERIENCE

- More than 10 years of experience

- More than 250 cardiac interventions performed each year.

Specialisation

· Surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Septal myectomy

· Coronary artery bypass surgery

· Thoracic aorta surgery

· Mitral and aortic valve repair and surgery for atrial fibrillation

· Surgical diseases of the pericardium. Pericardiectomy

· Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery

Success rates

· Mortality in all elective surgery: < 1%

· Septal myectomy: mortality 0%, pacemaker implantation for AV block 2%

RESEARCH

- Author of 50 national and international scientific publications.

- Participation in more than 40 national and international scientific meetings.

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