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Joan Balcells Ramirez

I am a pediatrician dedicated to pediatric critical care, which is the field were I have developed my career. I have an especial interest in pediatric cardiorespiratory failure, congenital heart disease and heart or lung transplantation in children. My area of expertise is extracorporeal life support (ECMO and ventricular assist devices). I am the director of the Pediatric Critical Care Department since 2011 and of the Pediatric & Neonatal ECMO Program since 2007.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Research/Innovation in Pneumonia & Sepsis (CRIPS)
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Head of Section
Paediatric Intensive Care
Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital

Joan Balcells Ramirez

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Research/Innovation in Pneumonia & Sepsis (CRIPS)
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Head of Section
Paediatric Intensive Care
Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital

I am a pediatrician dedicated to pediatric critical care, which is the field were I have developed my career. I have an especial interest in pediatric cardiorespiratory failure, congenital heart disease and heart or lung transplantation in children. My area of expertise is extracorporeal life support (ECMO and ventricular assist devices). I am the director of the Pediatric Critical Care Department since 2011 and of the Pediatric & Neonatal ECMO Program since 2007.

I was born in Barcelona and I got my medical degree from the School of Medicine of Universidad de Navarra (1987-1993). I specialized in Pediatrics at Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (1994-1997) and I took my doctoral degree (PhD) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. I have worked at de Pediatric Critical Care Department of Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron since I finished my training in pediatrics.
I have worked as a consultant in pediatric critical care and in the pediatric and neonatal transport team. I am the director of the Pediatric & Neonatal ECMO program since 2007 and the director of the Pediatric Critical Care Department since 2011.
I am an associated professor of pediatrics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 2016.
My research interests focus on extracorporeal life support, anti-thrombotic therapy and severe infection in children.

Projects

Approaches and Decisions for Acute PEdiatric TBI (ADAPT)

IP: Joan Balcells Ramirez
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Funding: 38603.7
Reference: ADAPT_NIH2013
Duration: 01/09/2013 - 30/06/2017

Grup de Recerca en Sèpsia i Infecció Respiratoria Greu

IP: Jordi Rello Condomines
Collaborators: Elisabet Gallart Vive, Rosa Maria Gracia Gozalo, Juan Carlos Ruiz Rodriguez, Judith Sacanell Lacasa, Oriol Roca Gas, Marcos Pérez Carrasco, Joan Balcells Ramirez
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 0.01
Reference: 2009 SGR 1226
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 30/04/2014

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