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

  • Anestesia
  • Clínica del dolor

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ACEDEMIC TRAINING

· Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1996.

· PhDUniversitat 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

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