Dr. Joan Córdoba, clinician from the Internal Medicine- Hepatology Service at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (HUVH) and outstanding researcher of the Liver Diseases group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), has left us at the age of 49. The Management of the Institute and all the staff want to express our condolences to Dr. Cordoba’s family and friends.Dr. Córdoba joined the HUVH in 1989 as a doctor in training and continued his experience in the Northwestern University in Chicago for 3 years. He returned to Barcelona as a member of the Internal Medicine- Hepatology Service and became a professor of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He was a renowned expert of international prestige in the field of hepatic encephalopathy, a notorious clinician and a researcher of tireless dedication. Certainly, he’s been a reference for young doctors and researchers.