Dr. Josep Maria Ustrell i Torrent

Dr. JOSEP MARIA USTRELL I TORRENT

UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (1985).
• Specialist in Stomatology (1982) and Orthodontics (2011).
• Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona since 1992.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Vice-Dean of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (2017).
• Medical Director (2014–2017) and Head of the Orthodontics Department (2014).
• Director of the Master’s Degree in Orthodontics and Co-Director of the Master’s in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Malformations at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (UB, 2017).
• Director of the “Specialisation Course in Clinical Orthodontics” at the University of Porto.
• Director of the Odontological Museum of Catalonia since 1984.
• Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia (1998).
• Founder and Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Integrated Paediatric Dentistry (2000).
• Member of the Spanish Academy of Historical Studies in Stomatology and Dentistry (2012).
• Member of the Académie Nationale de Chirurgie Dentaire (2013).
• President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Spanish Section (2016).
• President of the Stomatology Section of the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona (2018).

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of 13 books, 6 monographs, 66 book chapters and 209 scientific articles.
• Supervisor of over 30 doctoral theses.
• Researcher with the Oral Health and Masticatory System Group at IDIBELL.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

• 8th Uriach Prize for the History of Medicine (1977).
• Laure du Prix (1995) and Mention Spéciale (1997).
• Prof. Lluís Sayé Award (1999), RAMC.
• Castellano Joiers Award, 13th International Medical Film, Health and Telemedicine Festival (2002).
• Best Communication Award, SELO (2013).
• Prof. José Campos Neves Award for Best Scientific Presentation (2013), 7th Orthodontics Congress, FMUP.