Several doctors at the Diagonal clinic in Barcelona have received awards of excellence which place them among the best Orthopedic surgeons in Spain:
Doctor Anna Ey (orthopedic surgeon at Diagonal Clinic, Barcelona) obtained excellence awards in February 2020 and June 2017 as a world leader in the treatment of clubfoot with the Ponseti method.
In December 2016, The Official College of Physicians of Barcelona delivered the Professional Excellence Prize to Doctor Ramon Balius, specialist in Sports Medicine. In February 2014, Doctor Balius i Juli also received an Excellence Prize from the Royal Order for Sports Merit.
In October 2016, The Catalan Society of Surgery awarded the “Pere Virgili” prize to Doctor Carles Masdevall (orthopedic surgeon at Diagonal Clinic, Barcelona).
In June 2015, Doctor Ardèvol (orthopedic surgeon at Diagonal Clinic, Barcelona) has been appointed President of the Spanish Society of Sports Traumatology (SETRADE).
Doctor Aláez Penina, Jaume
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Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery in 1979. Medical training at several centers in Barcelona: Hospital Clínic, Bellvitge Hospital, San Rafael Hospital, San Camilo Hospital. He also received a medical training at Montpellier, Toulouse, Paris, Rome and Montreal hospitals. He has participated in more than 200 publications, both nationally and internationally. He has won several national and international awards. He is a founding member of the Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (1993).
Languages: Spanish, Catalan, French
Association number: 9959
Doctor Martín Casola, Daniel
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona, 1979). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (1982). Specialist in Sports Orthopedics and Traumatology. Head of the Applied Regenerative Medicine and Biosurgery Unit at Clínica Diagonal (Barcelona, Spain). Member of the International Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Society and the Spanish Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Society.
Association number: 14524
Doctor Norberto Bayona, Eduard
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Master in trauma and orthopedic surgery (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Doctorate, cum laude, in medicine and surgery.
He has been trained in several European centres: Ospedale Merano monitored by Prof. Rispoli, hip prosthesis (1988), Unitá Sanitària locale Citadella monitored by Prof. Cremonese, hip prosthesis (1988), Fellowship with Doctor Maurice I. Müller, Universität Bern, Inselspital, fractures and hip prosthesis (1990), Hospital of Special Surgery, monitored by Prof. Sculco, knee prosthesis (2000), Hospital de Dienze (Belgium), monitored by Dr. Jost Lagatz, cover prosthesis (2006). Member of several associations: COT Association (SECOT) since 1985, Spanish Association of Hip Surgery (SECCA) since 2005, SEFEX and AOAA. Member of the board of the AO Spain since 2007. And since 2010 President of AOTrauma Spain. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona in the subject of treatment of fractures since 2001.
Doctor Salvans Giralt, Xavier
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Training at the Hospital Creu Roja de l’Hospitalet (Barcelona). Attached to the AO osteoporosis research group. Master in Osteosynthesis. He has been working in the field for over 20 years. He has devoted an important part of his work to sports injuries treatments. He has actively participated in many congresses and belongs to different scientific societies.
Doctor Valls Elias, Artur
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Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology since 1984. Working directly with elite athletes, he is highly experienced in treating sports injuries. Involved in studies and treatment using new tissue regenerating techniques (plasma rich in growth factors, stem cells…) He has direct relation with groups of elite athletes and therefore, experience in the treatment of injuries related to the practice of the sport. Collaborates with several groups of specialists with a common background, sharing information and jointly treating given cases.
Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan.
Doctor Garcia Bonet, Jordi
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology since 1995. Trained at the Hospital Mútua de Terrassa. He also collaborates with the Hospital Sant Rafael in Barcelona.
Languages: Spanish, English, French
Doctor González Navarro, Albert
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology with 30 years of surgical experience, mainly in hip and knee Arthroplasties, and also in the treatment of fractures by Osteosynthesis. Member of AO TRAUMA EUROPE, of the SECOT, and also member of the Fundació Maurice E. Müller. He has collaborated as a professor of Osteosynthesis at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona. Trainer of resident physicians since 1999, he has collaborated on books, in publications and both national and international congresses. He has developed and supervised clinical guidelines related to the surgical treatment of fractures and surgical reconstruction of hip and knee joints.
Doctor Günther, Kurt
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Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology for over 25 years. Member of several medical societies linked to this specialty. Physician of the German Consulate in Barcelona, and Lufthansa and TAP airlines companies in Barcelona.
Doctor Llorens Vilafranca, Natàlia
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Specialist in Medicine of Physical Education and Sports Medicine. For the last 10 years she has been part of the traumatology team of the Catalan Mutual Insurance Company of Football Players. Currently working in Clínica Diagonal, mainly performing arthroscopic surgery, and at the Hospital Moisès Broggi (Sant Joan Despí) as part of the shoulder unit.
Doctor Alcácer Tost, Joan Carles
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1984, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology. Physician of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Delfos Medical Center in Barcelona. Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló (motorsport race track) during all official tests from the 1997-1998 season to the present.
Doctor Rios Torondell, Joan
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1981, Universitat Autónoma of Barcelona). Medical specialist in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. Specialized training at the Valle Hebron Hospital (1975-1981) and also at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. He is a member of many national and international scientific societies, in the field of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Arthroscopic Surgery and Knee Surgery. He has been working for 20 years at Clínica Diagonal and also collaborates in other medical centers in Barcelona.
Doctor Robres Ruiz, Lorenzo
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1974, University of Zaragoza). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at Bellvitge University Hospital. From 2002 he is the Head of the Pathology and Spine Surgery at Clínica Diagonal. Physician of Traumatology at Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital (Barcelona). Physician of Traumatology at Hospital Vilafranca del Penedès. Head of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Service at Vilafranca del Penedès Hospital (1987-2002). Professor in international courses of Pathology of the knee, celebrated at the Hospital of Bellvitge (Barcelona). Participates in the design of implants and instruments for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, among other research activities.
Doctor Sánchez Navés, Rubén
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Trauma and orthopedic surgery specialist since 2000. Specialist in upper limb surgery, shoulder and elbow arthroscopy and surgery of the wrist and hand, as well as arthroscopic and prosthetic surgery for the fitting of hip, knee, shoulder and elbow prostheses. Member and international professor of the European Traumatology Association (AO Trauma Europe). He participates regularly in the national congresses of the Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow (SECHC), and the Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT).
Association number: 30692
Doctor Santamaría Fumas, Alejandro
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology with MIR training at the General Hospital in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). Specialized training in the Foot and Ankle Units of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the Quirón Hospital in Madrid. Member of the Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and the Spanish Society of Medicine and Foot and Ankle Surgery (member of the Board since 2012). Professor of courses of Osteosynthesis (AO TRAUMA). Professor in foot and ankle pathology courses, as well as the author of several publications and articles.
Doctor Rios Ruh, Juan Manuel
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology with MIR training at Hospital Clínic of Valencia. Master in Foot and Ankle Surgery (University of Barcelona), and Master in Diabetic Foot (Universitat Autónoma of Barcelona).
Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan
Association number: 50744
Doctor Segura Capellades, Mateu
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1968-1974, University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology with training at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. Medical collaborator of the F.C. Barcelona (1979-1980). Member of the Catalan Society of Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, and associate of the International Federation of Sports Medicine.
Doctor Bial Vellvé, Xavier
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1997, University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology with MIR training at the General Hospital in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) since 2004. Physician at Moises Broggi – Sant Joan Despí Hospital and at the General Hospital in Hospitalet de Llobregat. He has participated in many medical congresses. Member of the Spanish Knee Society (SEROD). Collaborates in Clínica Diagonal since 2006.
Doctor Pérez López, Laura Montserrat
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona). Specialization in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (University of Barcelona). Master in surgical anatomy (University of Barcelona). Specialization in pediatric pathology in national and international centers, such as the renowned Hôpital des Enfants (Purpan – Toulouse, France). In 2013 she completed a master’s degree in pediatric hand surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), a pediatric referral hospital in London (UK). Stay in 2013 at the Children’s Hospital (Los Angeles, USA). She makes publications in journals and books in Pediatric Orthopedics. She participates regularly in courses and congresses. She’s currently part of the team at the children’s hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona and Clínica Diagonal as pediatric trauma and orthopedic specialist.
Doctor Ruiz Nasarre, Alberto
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (2004, University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology since 2010. Member of the Spanish Society of Medicine and Surgery Foot and Ankle (SEMCPT). Member of the European Foot and Ankle Surgery (EFAS). Member of the Foot and Ankle Pathology Unit of Sant Rafael Hospital in Barcelona. Professor at the University of Barcelona (foot and ankle surgery area). Regular speaker in national and international courses and congresses on foot and ankle pathology. Author of several publications and articles. Experience in complex foot and ankle surgery, deformities of the forefoot and fingers, flat foot and pes cavus, instability and degenerative joint pathology of the ankle and hindfoot, as well as in arthroscopic knee surgery to treat meniscus injuries and hand surgery (carpal tunnel, trigger finger, tumor and synovial cysts).
Doctor Ey Batlle, Anna
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1983-1989, University of Barcelona). Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology. Master in Orthopedic Surgery and Child Traumatology (1996, University of Barcelona). Since 1995 she has been a Member of the Pediatric Orthopedics Service of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona) at the Vertebral Column Unit. Since 1997, specialist for the treatment of Club foot or clubfoot (congenital talipes equinovarus CTEV). Member of the Association of Voluntary Orthopedic Surgeons (ACOV). She is involved in a club foot treatment project in Anantapur (India) with a 3-4 weeks annual participation.