Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Georgia Sarquella Brugada is a prominent figure in pediatric cardiology, currently serving as the Head of the Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases, and Sudden Death unit at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - Universitat de Barcelona since February 2011. In addition to this role, Georgia holds the position of Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona and Universitat de Girona, specializing in pediatric medicine. Georgia is also the Pediatric Electrophysiology Subnetwork Coordinator for ERN GUARD-Heart and a Pediatric Cardiologist for FC Barcelona. As a co-founder of the Brugada Foundation, Georgia is committed to cardiovascular research. Georgia's extensive training includes a Ph.D. in Pediatric Sudden Death from the Universitat de Barcelona and various master's degrees related to clinical genetics and electrophysiology, complemented by fellowships in interventional pediatric cardiology. With a background that includes significant international experience, Georgia Sarquella Brugada continues to make substantial contributions to the field of pediatric cardiology.
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Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona) is a teaching hospital specializing in the fields of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. It is located in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is a privately owned center, concerted by the Catalan Public Health Service, which belongs to the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, religious organization that manages more than 300 health centers over the world. In 2022, the center has 333 beds and 15 operating rooms. It employs more than 2.800 professionals and attends 3.069 births, 17.184 hospitalizations, 5.210 major ambulatory surgery, and 15.329 surgeries are performed. Hospital Sant Joan de Deu is the largest children's hospital in Spain, one of the top5 in Europe, along with Great Ormond Street (London), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades (Paris) and Ospedale Meyer (Florence), and the reference point in Health 2.0 in Spain. Since 2009 the hospital is associated with the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), a prestigious organization of children's hospitals working to promote health and access to health care for children, and has over 200 members in the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico and Puerto Rico.