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Albert Selva O'Callaghan

I've been a doctor for over 30 years now and I work at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Internal Medicine
General Hospital

Albert Selva O'Callaghan

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Internal Medicine
General Hospital

I've been a doctor for over 30 years now and I work at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Was born in Barcelona on May 1st, 1959. He obtained his medical degree at the University Autonomous of Barcelona in 1982, and so he did also the Doctoral Thesis at the same University in 1992. Since 2010 he is Associated Professor of Medicine, since june 2021 Full Professor. He attended to the internal resident program (MIR) at the Internal Medicine Department at Vall d’Hebron General Hospital in Barcelona from 1986 to 1990, and currently is working as a Senior Consultant and as Head at the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit at the same hospital. He has been focused to the study of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy for more than 25 years and has published several relevant articles and book chapters on the field. Taking care of the patients, teaching at the University and doing research are the three main activities in regard to myositis patients he is committed to.

Projects

Aticuerpos antitransglutaminasa en biopsias musculares de pacientes con miopía inflamatoria

IP: Albert Selva O'Callaghan
Collaborators: Moisés Labrador Horrillo, Ernesto Trallero Araguas, Xavier Martínez Gómez
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 33880
Reference: PI080450
Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011

Autoimmunitat i malaltia trombòtica

IP: Miguel Vilardell Tarres
Collaborators: Carmen Pilar Simeón i Aznar, Ernesto Trallero Araguas, Roser Solans Laque, Segundo Bujan Rivas, Vicenç Fonollosa Pla, José Ordi Ros, Josefina Cortes Hernandez, Fernando Martínez Valle, Jesus Castro Marrero, Albert Selva O'Callaghan
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 49920
Reference: 2009 SGR 661
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 30/04/2014

Autoimmunitat i malaltia trombòtica

IP: Miguel Vilardell Tarres
Collaborators: Carmen Pilar Simeón i Aznar, Roser Solans Laque, Antonio San Jose Laporte, Vicenç Fonollosa Pla, José Ordi Ros, Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Maria Urquizu Padilla
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding:
Reference: 2005SGR 00279
Duration: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008

Bases moleculares y fisiológicas de las enfermedades respiratorias. Implicaciones diagnósticas y terapéuticas.

IP: -
Collaborators: Esther Rodríguez González, Sergi Martí Beltran, Antonio Román Broto, Antonio Álvarez Fernandez, Victor Monforte Torres, Odile Romero Santo-Tomas, Carles Bravo Masgoret, Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona, Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Susana Gómez Olles
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 264070
Reference: C03/11
Duration: 01/01/2003 - 31/12/2005

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