Dr. Manuel Bernal Sprekelsen

 Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Head of the Otolaryngology Service at Barnaclínic + at the Hospital Clínic (1998-present)
• Senior Consultant of Otorhinolaryngology at Barnaclínic +, Hospital Clínic (2004-present)
• Member of the Innovation and New Technologies Committee of the Hospital Clínic (2008-present)
• Coordinator of the Otorhinolaryngology Service at the Son Dureta Hospital, Palma de Mallorca (1996-1998)
• Head of Section at the University Hospital San Juan, Alicante
• Section Chief of Otorhinolaryngology at the St. Elisabeth Hospital, University Clinic of the Ruhr University (1989-1992)
• Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Clinic, Germany (1987-1989)

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 Sub-specialties

• Endoscopic sinus surgery
• Reconstructive surgery of the middle ear
• , Transoral laser surgery of malignant tumors with larynx preservation
• Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy

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 Positions in public associations

• President of the European Academy of Otolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery

 Teaching posts

• Professor of ENT at the University of Barcelona (2000-2007)
• Privat-Dozent of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia (1982).
• Specialist in Otolaryngology and Cir. Head and Neck (1987)
• Aptitude for teaching in Otolaryngology (1997)
• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany), (1989)

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 Publications and conferences

• Author of numerous articles in national and international publications
• In the field of research, he has focused on the experimental model on the study of paranasal sinus growth and mucosal regeneration after nasosinusal endoscopic surgery and the experimental model of allergic rhinosinusitis.

 Prizes and awards

• Gold Medal of the Spanish Society of ENT and Cervicofacial Surgery (SEORL-PCF) 2012
• "Professor García-Tapia" Award from the Spanish Society of ENT (1990, 1999)
• César Bertrán Award 1992 of the Spanish ORL Society for the best publication in the Spanish ORL Act of 1991
• San Blas Award from the Catalan Society of ENT
• Fórum de Investigación of the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervical Facial Pathology (SEORL-PCF) (2003)
• 1st Prize "García-Ibáñez" 2005 of the SEORL
• First prize for the best oral communication. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• Extraordinary Doctorate Award 2011
• Best Poster at the 3rd Congress of the European ORL-HNS (2015)

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 Professional membership

• Honorary Member of the German ENT and Cervicofacial Surgery
• Member of the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervical-Facial Pathology
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of ENT and Cervical-Facial Pathology (1996-2000)
• Founding Member of the Hispano-German Association of ENT and Cervical-Facial Pathology (1994-present)
• President of the First Congress of the Hispano-German Association of ENT (1994)
• President of the "Association for the Promotion of Research in Otolaryngology", of regional scope (Balearic Islands) (1994-1998)
• Member of the European Rhinological Society (1994)
• Member of the European Academy of Otology and Otoneurology (1997-present)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Hispano-German ORL Society (1998-2005)
• Member of the ENT Section of the UEMS in Brussels (2000-2005)
• Degree of "Master of Otorhinolaryngology" of the Peruvian Society of ENT and Facial Surgery (2006-present)
• Member of the Presidential Council of the Confederation of European ORL-HNS (2009-2011)
• President of the Catalan Society of ENT (2014-2016)

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