Dr. Josep Llach Vila
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Dr. Josep Llach Vila
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Credentials
GMC: 19284
Professional experience
• More than 35 years of experience• Specialist in Digestive System in Barnaclínic + (present) • Head of Digestive Endoscopy at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (today)• Elected member of the Nomanagement Committee of Càrrecs of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2008 - 2013)• Senior Consultant of the Institut de Malalties Digestives of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (2007 - present)• Consultant of the Institut de Malalties Digestives of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (2002 - present)• Member of the Quality Control Committee of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1999)• Representative member of the Institut Clínic de Malalties Digestives in the Committee of Delegates of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1999 - present)• Senior Specialist of the Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1997 - present)• Assistant doctor of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology service of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1992 - present)• Medical endoscopist of the Ntra. Sra. Del Pilar Clinic, in the team of Dr. JM Bordas (1987 - present)• Assistant doctor of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1990 - 1992)• Deputy doctor of guards in the Intensive Care Unit of the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Services of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, in the Hepatic Transplant Program (1988 - 1990)• Physician attached by the Clinical and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona. Area of assistance in the services of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (1988 - 1989)• Medical collaborator of the Internal Medicine and Intensive Care service of the Ntra. Sra. Del Pilar Clinic of Barcelona (1987 - 1989)• Medical collaborator of guards in the Intensive Surveillance Area of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1988 - 1989)• Resident Physician of the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Service of the Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona. Plaza obtained through opposition MIR. Assistance work carried out in the hospitalization rooms of hepatology and Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Cardiology, Intensive Surveillance Area, Emergency Medicine Service, Intensive Care Unit of Hepatology and Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Section, Digestive Functional Explorations and Pancreatic Functionalism Section (1983 - 1986)• Medical Assistant of the Gynecology team of Dr. Santiago Seguí in Ripoll (1982 - 1983)• Substitute physician of the corresponding holder of the APD position in Les Planes d'Hostoles in the province of Girona (1982)• Internal Rotary Student during the sixth year of Licentiate in the Services of Internal Medicine, Emergency, Cardiology, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Urology and Traumatology, in the Sanitary Residence of Vall d'Hebrón of Barcelona• Assistance to the Internal Medicine and Emergency Services of the Sanitary Residence of the Social Security of Girona (1979, 1980, 1981)• Researcher of the Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDISAPS). Area: Pathophysiology and treatment of liver, gastroenterological and pancreatic diseases and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal lesions. Group: Physiopathology of gastrointestinal lesions• Researcher of the Inflammatory Disease group within the Thematic Network of National Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology C 03/02 ...
Sub-specialties
• Complex polypectomy and mucosectomy• Endoscopic treatment of biliary and pancreatic pathology (ERCP and biliopancreatic drainage) • Study of the small intestine (endoscopic and enteroscopic capsule)• Treatment of obesity (placement of intragastric balloons)• Prevention of colon cancer (staining and chromoendoscopy techniques)• Endoscopic treatment of digestive hemorrhage ...
Teaching posts
• University Collaborator in Digestive Diseases. Title issued by the University of Barcelona (1996). Renewed in 2002 and 2007• Clinical Professor (since 2013) • Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona (2015)• Responsible for the rotation of endoscopy of the students of 4th year of Medicine• Member of the court of diverse doctoral theses• Professor of the Annual Digestive Endoscopy Seminar organized at the University of Barcelona (2002 - 2011)• Director of 3 doctoral theses• Director of 5 master's thesis projects• Associate Professor of Medicine (2015 - present)• Multiple teaching activities, lectures and participation in courses and round tables ...
Education
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, obtaining 8 honors and 14 outstanding (1976-1982)• 4 Doctorate courses, subjects of "Exanthematic Diseases in the Child", "Endocrinological Diseases", "Course of Oncology" and "Advances in Hepatology" (1982-1986) • Specialist in Digestive Apparatus by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1987)• Doctor Cum Laude in Medicine and Surgery on "Prognostic Factors in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Ascites", with a thesis directed by Prof. Vicente Arroyo Pérez, by the University of Barcelona (1989)• Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Management, continuing education course co-organized by the University of Barcelona and the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona. Course Directors: Dres MA Asenjo and J. Grau (1995-1996)• Master in Hospital Management from the University of Barcelona and the Hospital Clínic i Provincial (2001-2002)• Collaborating researcher in the project directed by Dr. JM Piqué Badía, entitled: "influence of hemoglobin blood concentration in the hyperdynamic circulation and alterations in leukocyte adhesion associated with liver cirrhosis .. Relation with the synthesis of nitric oxide (1996- 1999)• Participation as collaborating researcher in the research project directed by Dr. J. Panés, entitled: "Molecular mechanisms of intestinal inflammation." National R & D Plan (1997-1999)• Researcher of the Consorci Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer. Area: Pathophysiology and treatment of liver, gastroenterological and pancreatic diseases and Physiopathology of gastrointestinal lesions (1997)• Member of the Variceal Bleeding Study Group and MOVE Group, directed by Prof. J. Bosch (1992)• Principal investigator of the research project granted by the FISS for the work: Role of the intramucosal ph in the hemodynamic monitoring and the prognosis of cirrhotic patients with digestive hemorrhage due to esophageal varices (1999 and 2000)• Grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya, from the Spanish Foundation for Digestive Pathology and the Spanish Hepatology Association for a three-month stay at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, to study endoscopic treatment (1999)• Collaborating researcher of the project: "Development of new anti-inflammatory therapeutic strategies applied to intestinal pathology". General Directorate of Research. Ministry of Science and Technology (2002-2005)• Collaborating research member of the Thematic Network "National Research Network in Hepatology and Gastroenterology". Entity: Carlos III Health Institute (2004)• Collaborating researcher in the project: "Apoptosis of inflammatory cells in inflammatory bowel disease Influence of NOD2 / CARD15 gene mutations and modulation by probiotics". Entity: Ramón Areces Foundation (2004-2007)• Collaborating researcher of the TV3 Marató Grant. Projecte: "Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in the mediastinal restaging after neoadjuvant therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Impact on therapeutic decision and cost-effectiveness" (2005)• Collaborating researcher of the project: "Association of endoscopic ligation with bands to pharmacological treatment in the prevention of hemorrhagic recurrence due to esophageal varices." Relationship between hemodynamic response and clinical events. (2002-2005)• Research member in numerous scientific projects of the specialty ...
Publications and conferences
• Author and original co-author of more than 150 articles and scientific publications of the specialty• Author and reviewer of more than 100 book chapters and specialty publishers • Author and co-author of 15 clinical notes• Author of 475 communications to national and international congresses, with their corresponding publication in the book or magazine of the relevant congress (1985 - present)• Multiple teaching activities, lectures and participation in courses and round tables• Director and organizer of more than 30 courses, congresses and symposia of the specialty• Member of the Medical Drafting Committee of the "Seven Medical Days" Journal, with assignment of the topics of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Review of published articles, analysis of clinical studies and preparation of summaries and comments on medical literature.• Member of the Review Board of the Journal "Gastroenterology and Hepatology". Review of articles of the journal "Journal of Hepatology". Review of articles of the journal "Endoscopy"• Member of the Editorial Board of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal (2011 - present)• Member of the Editorial Board of the WJGE Magazine (2010)• Member of the Editorial Board of Gastroenterol Hepatol Magazine (2012 - present)• Participation and assiduous appearance in media and television programs ...
Prizes and awards
• Scholarship granted by the Scientific and Technical Research Fund of the Ministry of Health for the research project: "Ascites and renal failure in liver cirrhosis, pathophysiology and trials of new treatments" (1987)• Collaborating doctor collaborator for the Social Security Health Research Fund at work: "Multicentric international controlled and randomized study of the peritoneo-venous anastomosis of LeVeen, therapeutic paracentesis and diuretic treatment in cirrhotic patients with ascites" (1988) • Medical Collaborating Scholar by the Social Security Health Research Fund at work: "Multicenter comparative study between total paracentesis associated with serum albumin infusion and total paracentesis associated with dextran infusion - 70 in the treatment of patients with cirrhosis Hepatic and ascites (1990)• Scholarship granted by the Fundació Catalana per a l'Estudi de les Malalties del Fetge, to collaborate in the Hepatic Transplant Program (1990 - 1990)• Annual Award of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver for the best communication presented in general session (1990)• Award for the best communication, awarded by the Catalan Society of Digestology of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (1990)• Scholarship granted by the Health Research Fund of the Social Security (1993)• Research award to the publication entitled "Norfloxacin prevents spontaneous bacterial peritonitis recurrence in cirrhosis: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial", awarded by the Dr. Antonio Esteve Foundation and published in the journal Hepatology (1993)• Prize for continuing education, awarded by the College of Physicians of Barcelona (1997)• Grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya, from the Spanish Foundation for Digestive Pathology and the Spanish Hepatology Association for a three-month stay at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, to study endoscopic treatment (1999) ...
Professional membership
• Member of the Professional Association of the Committee of Medical Delegates of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona. Election by popular vote (2005 - present)• Vice President of the Professional Association of the Committee of Medical Delegates (2006 - 2008) • President of the Doctors of the Hospital Clínic (2008 - 2011)• Member of the Board of Associació Catalana d'Endoscòpia Médico-Quirúrgica (2002 - 2006)• Member of the following medical societies: Catalan Society of Digestology, Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology, Spanish Association of Gastroenterology and Associació Catalana d'Endoscòpia Medico-Quirúrgica• Member of the Research Committee of the Board of the Spanish Association of Digestive Endoscopy (2005 - present)• Deputy Secretary of the Catalan Digestive Society (2007 - present)• Secretary of the Catalan Society of Digest (2008)• Member of the Scientific Committee of the SEED (2007 - present) ...
Languages spoken
- Catalan
- Spanish
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