Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Sofía Ferreira is an experienced professional in medical technology and engineering, currently serving as an Innovation Engineer at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona and an Innovation Project Manager at i4KIDS since January 2021. Sofía co-founded heecap, a MedTech startup focused on developing a device for diaphragmatic atrophy in mechanically ventilated patients, following participation in the d·Health Barcelona program. Additionally, Sofía has been a Biomedical Imaging 3D Printing consultant and 3D Printing Engineer at Sidra Medicine, specializing in anatomical model prototyping. With a background as a Mechanical Project Engineer at Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, Sofía has contributed to various projects in regenerative medicine and railway systems. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a postgraduate degree in healthcare innovation.
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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.