Dr. Manuel Castellà Pericás
LANGUAGES: Spanish | Catalan | English
CURRENT POSITION
· Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
· Associate professor at Universitat de Barcelona
ACADEMIC TRAINING
· Bachelor of Medicine: 1992. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
· PhD: 1998. Universitat de Barcelona. Ischemia-reperfusion injury. At UCLA, CA.
· Specialty: Cardiovascular surgery 1997. Universitat de Barcelona.
· Fellowships: 1997-1999 Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bad Oeynhausen (Germany). 2002-2002 Medical Center UCLA Los Angeles, CA (United States).
EXPERIENCE
· More than 15 years of experience. On call every Monday and one weekend every month for all emergent cardiac surgery
· More than 150 interventions a year
Specialisation
· Minimsally invasive mitral repair.
· Heart valve and coronary artery disease.
· Atrial fibrillation surgery. Lone AF and concomitant AF
· Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
· Transapical TAVR
Success rates
· 2,4% mortality including emergencies
· 3,5% CTEPH
RESEARCH
· Author of 65 peer-reviewed scientific publications referenced in Pub Med
· Participation in more than 40 national and international scientific meetings.