Dr. Josep María Serra i Renom

Dr. JOSEP MARIA SERRA I RENOM

• Born in Sabadell in 1950.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (1968 – 1974).
• Doctoral thesis. PhD in Medicine and Surgery with the qualification of Excellent “Cum Laude”. July 10, 1978.
• Specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. July 20, 1979.
• Diploma of Expert in Breast Pathology – Senology. June 1990.
• Bachelor in Psychology. June 1984.
• Master in Art History. June 1991.
• Doctoral Thesis in Art History with the qualification of Excellent “Cum Laude”. December 1991.
• Accredited for research by the Agency for the Quality of the Catalan University System (AQU).
• Accredited for Advanced Research by the AQU.

TEACHING ACTIVITY:

• Professor of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) (2009 – present).
• Visiting Professor at Lanzhou University (China, 2010) and at the University of Monterrey (UDEM), Mexico (2016).
• Director of the Department of Surgery at UIC (2010–2017) and Professor of “Surgical Pathophysiology” (2010 – present).
• Professor and Director of “Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery” (UIC, 2017 – present).
• Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Barcelona (1995).
• Assistant Professor at the Chair of Surgical Pathology I (Plastic Surgery profile). University of Navarra (on leave).
• Professor at the European School of Oncology.
• Director of the doctoral courses “Advanced Microsurgery Course” and “Recent Advances in Plastic Surgery”. University of Navarra (on leave).
• Supervisor of 14 Doctoral Theses in the field of specialization.
• Has completed training stays in several foreign hospitals, including Queen Victoria Hospital (East Grinstead, 1976), Ospedale Civile di Legnano (Milan, 1977–1979), Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (New York, 1986), Plastic Surgery Associates (Miami, 1989), Beth Israel Hospital (New Jersey, 1989), Etobicoke General Hospital (Toronto, 1992), and Instel Hospital (Bern, 1992).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Numerary Member of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE).
• President of the Spanish Society of Plastic Surgery (1997–1998).
• Numerary Member of the Spanish Society of Breast Surgery.
• Founding Member of the Spanish Association of Microsurgery and its President (1996–1997).
• Founding Member and first President of the Basque-Navarre-Aragonese Society of Plastic Surgery.
• Corresponding Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Surgery, and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.
• Numerary Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).
• National Delegate of the International Microsurgery Society.
• Director of the Hand Surgery Chapter at the Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery.
• Honorary Member of the Plastic Surgery Society of Rosario (Argentina) and of the Plastic Surgery Society of Ecuador.
• Inventor of several surgical instruments registered in the USA (1988–1990).
• President and Director of numerous national and international congresses and courses on Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery (1987–1999).

PUBLICATIONS:

• Author of 8 books on the specialty, including “Reconstructive Microsurgery” (1985) and “Liposuction in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery” (1987, translated into Italian).
• Author of 146 papers published in scientific journals of the specialty.
• Director and Coordinator of 8 monographic issues in specialized journals.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Argentine Journal of Plastic Surgery and the Medical-Surgical Journal of the University of Quito.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• National Award for Plastic Surgery. León, 1982.

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