Numerary Member
Health Sciences: Doctor in Medicine and Surgery
Date of admission: May 6, 2025
Admission speech: «Supraconsciousness: Our Existential Reality»
Response: Hon. Dr. Jaume Llopis Casellas, Doctor in Economics and Business Management
Outstanding career: He has driven innovations in surgical techniques and in the training of specialists. His work has contributed to the advancement of orthopaedic surgery in Spain and to strengthening the link between clinical research and healthcare excellence
Dr. MANUEL SANS SEGARRA
UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona. Class of 1961–1967.
- Doctoral thesis presentation “Acigography in Esophageal Cancer” at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, obtaining the grade of Outstanding Cum Laude (1974).
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Appointed Head of the Department of General and Digestive Surgery at the Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (1989).
- Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialties of the University of Barcelona, Bellvitge Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
- Associate Member of the Spanish Society of Surgeons.
- Numerary Member of the Association Française de Chirurgie (France).
- Numerary Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (United Kingdom).
- Founding Member of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) (Japan).
PUBLICATIONS
- “Azygographie dans le cancer de l’oesophage”. Ed. Masson et Cie, Paris (1975).
- “Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer”. Ed. Científico Médica, Barcelona (1988).
- More than 61 publications in national and international journals.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Award for Professional Excellence granted by the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona (2014).
- The Doctoral Council of the International University for Human Development and Leadership of Mexico nominated him to receive the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa.
