El Hospital Universitari Dexeus — Grupo Quirónsalud (Dexeus University Hospital)

Dexeus University Hospitall in Barcelona is part of the Quirónsalud Group and is located at the point of convergence of the financial, university and research sectors. The hospital combines the highest level of comfort, individual approach and high quality medical care using the latest technologies.

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About Dexeus University Hospital

Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona is also known as the "knowledge hospital". There is a reference center for many medical fields. The hospital also became one of the first private university centers in the country.

Advantages of Dexeus University Hospital

Main Medical Spheres
Oncology
Traumatology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Reproductive Medicine

Plastic Surgery

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Advantages of Dexeus University Hospital

Dexeus University Hospital provides highly qualified medical care in all areas.

Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona has a large team of doctors which includes more than 450 specialists, and the latest functional and technological developments are being introduced here.
The hospital is known for its kind attitude towards children. It holds the Child-Friendly Hospital certification aquired in 2002; it was the first private hospital to be awarded with this title. Spain is actively promoting the UNICEF initiative which supports, protects and promotes the concept of breastfeeding.
Approximately 49,000 patients are accepted to Dexeus University Hospital every year; more than 85,000 emergencies are performed (approximately 230 per day); more than 10,000 surgeries are performed here annually; more than 2,500 childbirths take place here; and around 50 clinical trials are conducted.

Achievements of the Hospital

Main Medical Spheres

There are more than 30 departments at Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona. They specialize in all diseases of children and adults. For diagnostics, the latest generation devices are used: CAT scanner, PET-CT scanner, MRI scanner, ultrasound machines, neurosurgical microscopes, etc. There are also 14 operating units here.

Oncology

Dexeus University Hospital has a multidisciplinary team of oncologists which consists of specialists in breast, lung and prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer, colorectal cancer, neuroendocrine and solid tumors.

The hospital houses a powerful radiotherapy area for the treatment of brain tumors, prostate cancer, lung cancer and brachytherapy for breast cancer. Significant sums are allocated annually for researches aimed at finding a cure for hematological diseases such as leukemia, lymphomas and myeloma.

Thanks to experienced medical teams and investments in technology (brachytherapy, radiation therapy simulation, tomotherapy, radiation therapy, gamma knife), Dexeus University Hospital has successfully established itself as a leader in the fight against cancer.

Dexeus University Hospital pressurizes intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is an experimental surgical treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis.

The Cancer Institute headed by Dr. Rafael Rosell, is a world-recognizedleader located on the territory of Dexeus University Hospital. The center specializes in various types of cancer and provides comprehensive medical and surgical treatment.

Doctors

Joaquim Bellmunt
Director of the Bellmunt Institute of Oncology at Dexeus University Hospital. Associate Professor at Harvard.
Specialization: clinical oncology of the genitourinary system, targeted drug delivery, and early and intermediate clinical research in the field of growth factor receptors and angiogenesis.
Member of the American Society for Cancer Research, the American Association of Clinical Oncology, the European Association of Medical Oncology and the Spanish Association of Medical Oncology.

Rafael Rosell
Head of the Institute of Oncology Dr. Rosell based at Dexeus University Hospital.
Specializes in translational oncology of non-small cell cancer. Author of more than 500 scientific articles in various medical journals (New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Cancer Research, Oncogene, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, etc). In addition, Dr. Rosell has received several awards in recognition of his extensive scientific contributions.

Traumatology

Specialists at Dexeus University Hospital perform a wrist replacement surgery and use artificial intelligence and virtual reality for surgical procedures to correct the deformity. The Quironsalud Group has proven its excellence in areas such as orthopedic surgery, knee surgery and rheumatology (arthritis, regenerative medicine, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases and non-traumatic diseases of the musculoskeletal system).

Doctors

Enric Cáceres Palou
Head of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery at Dexeus University Hospital. Combines work with teaching at the Department of Surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he has been a tenured professor since 1995 and President of the Education Committee of the European Federation of Scientific Associations for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Ignacio Ginebreda
Head of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona. He combines his work with teaching at the Department of Surgery of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has treated several famous athletes with spinal pathologies: Spanish co-driver José Maria Servià and football players Yaya Touré, Alberto Lopo, Santiago “Santi” Cazorla González and Josep "Pep" Guardiola.

Neurology

The Department of Neurology studies diseases and injuries that affect the central nervous system (brain, cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (roots, plexuses, nerves, neuromuscular junctions, and muscles) for treatment purposes. The specialists use the latest diagnostic methods and the most effective and safe therapy. The doctors of the department work closely with colleagues from diagnostic imaging, emergency care, internal medicine and neurosurgery.

Doctors

Jaime Kulisevsky
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Neurology specialist. Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Rehabilitation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Joan Concustell Research Award received in 1995. Award "Decade of the Brain in Parkinson's Disease", awarded by the Spanish Neurological Society in 1996.

Neurosurgery

The department uses new technologies, microscopes, neuronavigation systems, ultrasonic aspirators, intraoperative computed tomography. Neurosurgeons, neurologists, anesthesiologists, psychiatrists and neuropsychologists with extensive experience and professionalism treat various pathologies of the brain and spinal cord, spine and nerve endings.

Dexeus University Hospital deals with:

traumatic brain injury;
brain tumors (using a surgical neuronavigator, microscope and endoscope);
pathology of the pituitary gland;
Parkinson's disease;
obsessive compulsive disorder;
vascular pathology;
spine diseases;
pathology of the peripheral nerves.

Doctors

Bartolomé Fiol Busquets
Neurosurgeon.
Expert in epilepsy surgery, endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses, brain tumors, and other pathologies and neurological processes.

Ophthalmology

On the basis of Dexeus University Hospital, an ophthalmological institute fitted up with the most modern technological equipment and advanced diagnostic tools. Doctors here perform cataract surgery, refractive surgery, treat presbyopia, glaucoma, transplant the cornea, and work effectively in the field of pediatric ophthalmology.

Doctors

Carlos Vergés Roger
Founder and director of the Institute of Ophthalmology.
Completed internships in Boston, London and Paris, and also defended his doctoral dissertation on the mechanisms of lacrimal secretion at Harvard University. It is fundamental to understanding the pathology of dry eye syndromes. In 1983, he was awarded the National Research Prize for his doctoral dissertation.

Elvira Llevat
Ophthalmologist.
Head of the Department of Glaucoma, conducts various studies on new drugs and diagnostic systems to prevent the loss of vision that usually accompanies this disease. One of the best specialists in the field of low pressure glaucoma.

Reproductive Medicine

Human reproduction medicine includes treatments for infertility in one or both of a couple. The team of doctors at Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona is working to increase the chances of pregnancy for patients, individually applying various therapies and assisted reproductive technologies of different complexity.

The Center of Reproductive Medicine was established in 1979, and in 1982 the in vitro fertilization (IVF) program was launched. In 1984, the first IVF child in Spain was born, and today the hospital has successfully completed more than 20,000 births using assisted reproduction methods.

Specialized units:

Comprehensive study of sterility
Preservation of fertility
Contraception
Gynecological endocrinology
Recurrent abortions (infertility)
Andrology
Diagnosis by image in reproduction
Laboratory of in vitro fertilization
Preimplantation genetic diagnostics
Egg donation program

Doctors

Alberto Vazquez Rodríguez
Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine. Leading specialist in the field of gynecology and obstetrics. Over 35 years of experience. He studied in Barcelona and continued his studies abroad (in England, France and Austria).

Buenaventura Coroleu
Head of the Center of Reproductive Medicine.
Specialist in assisted reproduction techniques, a comprehensive study of sterility, fertility preservation. Speaks Spanish, Catalan, English