Supernumerary Member
Health Sciences: Doctor of Dentistry
Date of admission: April 4, 2017
Admission speech: «Salud periodontal y salud general: la alianza necesaria»
Reply speech: Dr. Jaime Rodrigo de Larrucea, Doctor of Nautical Engineering
Dr. NÚRIA VALLCORBA PLANA
UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1983), graduating with honours.
- Degree examination in Medicine, with honours (1983).
- Specialist in Stomatology.
- Master’s in Periodontology, with honours, and PhD in Dentistry from the Complutense University of Madrid, awarded Cum Laude unanimously.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Professor of Periodontology in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the Complutense University of Madrid, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Barcelona, University of Valencia and the International University of Catalonia.
- Lecturer and consultant for scientific organisations since 1989.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- First woman to chair the Societat Catalana d’Odontologia i Estomatologia of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
- President of the Spanish Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration (SEPA).
- President of the SEPA Foundation for Periodontology and Dental Implants and member of its Board of Trustees.
- Private practice in periodontology and implants in Barcelona since 1990.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of numerous articles and book chapters in national and international journals and publications.
- Editor-in-chief of Periodoncia, the official publication of the Spanish Society of Periodontology (1998–2002).
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Santa Apolonia Medal from the Catalan College of Dentists and Stomatologists (2009).
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