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Joan Genescà Ferrer

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Joan Genescà Ferrer

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Chief Liver Unit.
Clinical director of Digestive Diseases.
Professor of Medicine of the UAB.

Projects

Mecanismes de neuromodulació a la hipertensió portal: noves possibilitats terapèutiques en la cirrosi hepàtica

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 46800
Reference: PRED-VHIR-2015-06
Duration: 09/02/2016 - 08/02/2018

Efectos de la administración de albúmina en pacientes cirròticos con encefalopatia hepática

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Meritxell Ventura Cots, Macarena Simon-Talero Horga
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 242000
Reference: ICI14/00352
Duration: 01/01/2015 - 30/06/2019

Estudio cirrosis hepática

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Macarena Simon-Talero Horga
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 53732
Reference: CM14/00220
Duration: 06/04/2015 - 05/04/2017

Malalties Hepatobiliars (GRC)

IP: Malalties Hepatobiliars (GRC)
Collaborators: Beatriz Minguez Rosique, Immaculada Raurell Saborit, Lluís Viladomiu Catà, Antonio González Fernández, Lluis Castells Fusté, Maria del Mar Riveiro Barciela, Malalties Hepatobiliars (GRC), Silvia Sauleda Oliveras, Malalties Hepatobiliars (GRC), Maria Buti Ferret, Malalties Hepatobiliars (GRC), Josep Quer Sivila, Josep Gregori Font, Maria Nieves Martell Pérez-Alcalde, Damir Garcia Cehic, Juan Ignacio Esteban Mur, Meritxell Ventura Cots, Macarena Simon-Talero Horga, Joan Genescà Ferrer, David Tabernero Caellas
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 65000
Reference: 2014 SGR 421
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016

Related news

Using computed tomography (CT), with or without contrast, it is possible to perform an accurate and safe detection of the disease without the need for biopsies and avoiding the limitations of other non-invasive diagnostic tools.

Preliminary study results confirm that the drug resmetirom reduces the presence of fat, inflammation, cell damage and fibrosis in the liver.

The European project, in which Vall d'Hebron participates, will favor personalized diagnosis and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with the disease.

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