Josep Brugada MD, PhD, FESC

Josep Brugada Terradellas, MD, PhD, FESC. Cardiologist, Specialist in Biology and Sport Medicine, MBA Management in Health Services. Former Medical Director (2008-2014) of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Head of the Arrhythmia Section of the Pediatric Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Past President of the European Heart Rhythm Association. So far, he has published more than 400 original papers in the most relevant international journals, He is member of several scientific societies and is Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona since 1998. Regarding the field of research, he discovered, treated and found the genetic cause (along with his brother Pedro and Ramon) of a rare syndrome causing Sudden Death, which is known in the scientific literature as “Brugada Syndrome