Ignasi Julià Amill

Department

Cardiac surgery

Academic training

• 2001-2007 Degree in Medicine and surgery, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona.

Research stays / fellowship / Professional career

• Resident Physician of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona, a place obtained by the National Merit Contest in 2008-2013, completing the training according to the current Resident Physician Training Plan.
• Medical Specialist in Cardiovascular Surgery. Assistance work in Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona. 2013 to 2014.
• Medical Specialist in Cardiovascular Surgery. Assistance work in Centro Médico Teknon de Barcelona. 2014 to 2017
• Medical Specialist in Cardiovascular Surgery. as interin position. Hospital de Germans Trias i Pujol de Badalona. 2014-currently.

Areas of interest

• Aortic valve pathology. • Surgery of ischemic heart disease
• Pathology of the Aorta.
• Heart failure.
• Ecmo and ventricular device.
• Translational medicine, cardiac cell electrophysiology.

Publications

• Coronary Artery Dissection in the postpartum period. Atypical presentation and emergent surgical treatment. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331152.
• Sex-specific ventricular transcriptional profiles and calcium current densities in patients with dilated cardiomyopaty. Heart Failure Association Winter Research Meeting 2013.
• Pulmonary Veins Epicardial Isolation with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasounds for the treatment of Non-Primary Atrial Fibrilation. Journal of Cardiology and Current Research JCCR-09-00329

Additional information

• Accreditation as Director / a supervisor of Radiodiagnosis facilities.
• Trans-catheter treatment of cardiac valve disease: Workshop on transcatheter valvular implant; Training in the new Acurate TA delivery; Minimum access valvular surgery course; Edwards Sapien 3 THV Training Program; Focus session on Tavi Acurate.

• Groups and societies:
  • Member of the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
  • Member of the Catalan Society of Cardiac Surgery.
  • Member of the European Working Group on Cardiac Cell Electrophysiology.
  • Collaborator of the Cardiovascular Research Center (CSIC-ICCC), Hospital de la Santa Cruz and San Pablo, Barcelona. Year 2010-2014.
  • Member of the structural cardiopathy committee of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital.