Spain

Professional Experience

Director of Instituto Poal Institute of Rheumatology (public and private medicine ongoing) from 1997 (ongoing)
Rheumatologist at Hospital Platon (Public medicine; Barcelona, 2008-2011)

Academical activity:
Associated professor of Anatomy, University of Barcelona from 2012 (ongoing)
Associate professor of Medical Imaging, International University of Catalunya from 2020 (ongoing)
Invited professor at Sherbroocke University, Canada (Musculoskeletal ultrasound) from 2015 (ongoing)
Invited professor at Los Andes University (Musculoskeletal Ultrasound), Venezuela from 2006 to 2017
Invited profesor at La Sabana University (Bogota, Colombia) from 2019 (ongoing)
Director of the international master program in rheumatology and imaging in musculoskeletal system. (University of Barcelona)
Director of various courses of experts in musculoskeletal ultrasound and in Sonointerventionism (University of Barcelona)
Speaker at ACR (2017-2019): Anatomy of the day

Societies membership and activities:
Member of ACR, EULAR, PANLAR, SER, EFSUMB Speaker at ACR from 2016-2018 (Anatomy day)
Level 3 of EFSUMB musculoskeletal ultrasound
Level 2 EULAR faculty of musculoskeletal ultrasound
Founder of the EULAR working group “Anatomy for the image”
Co-chair at the EULAR development of a standardized training model for ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy in small and large joints group
Collaborating in EULAR’s recommendations of interventionism US and in lumbar pain (ongoing)
Member of OMERACT, Ultrasound and anatomy related organizations, and teaching at national and international levels:
Founder and organizer of SONOANATOMY courses (from 2007, ongoing) University of Barcelona, EFSUMB school, endorsed by EULAR
Speaker at EULAR from 2000 ongoing on different topics related with ultrasound, rheumatology and anatomy)
Speaker at APLAR, PANLAR and different National Societies of Rheumatology
Organizer of the various EULAR-endorsed courses/EFSUMB school: Basic, Intermediate ultrasound courses in many different countries (Emirates, Egypt, Hong Kong, China, Spain, Qatar, Colombia)
Lectures and hands-on instructor on ultrasound courses in USA, Spain, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Hong Kong, China, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Norway, Finland, Denmark.
Collaboration with Dhaka (Bangladesh) University in implementation of musculoskeletal ultrasound and guided procedures (from 2016, ongoing).
Collaboration with other medical specialties and health care related professionals to the teaching of ultrasound (from 2000, ongoing)

Education
Medicine and surgery, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona 1978
Rheumatologist, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona 1981;
PhD in Medical Sciences, Universidad del Zulia 2012 (Thesis: Teaching musculoskeletal ultrasound)
Music at Conservatorio del Liceo, Barcelona (piano) 1970