CV ramon brugada ENAs a three-year-old child, Ramon saw Pere, his brother, begin his medical career....
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As a three-year-old child, Ramon saw Pere, his brother, begin his medical career. Josep followed his example. He also experienced the enthusiasm of a father who kept every press clipping about his children. At home, Medicine was a common topic of conversation. Ramon was never asked what he wanted to study; after the example of his older brothers, brilliant students and later professionals, it was taken for granted that he too would become a doctor. Time has proven that his addition would be an indispensable complement to the discovery of the Brugada syndrome. When Ramon attended his first class at the faculty of medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pere was already 32 years old. He was considered as one of the best professionals in the world in his field of electrophysiology. Once he had finished his studies, Ramon decided to train abroad. In 1992 he began his specialization in internal medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Around that time, his two older brothers were already working on sudden death from a clinical aspect. When Ramon arrived at the Georgia State Capital they had just discovered the Brugada syndrome in eight patients. Till then they had only detected one strange alteration in the electrocardiogram. In 1995, just at the point when Ramon had entered the field of cardiovascular genetics, they realized that the disease was familiar, in other words, it was transmitted from one generation to another. At that moment, the three realized that they had opened a whole field that had not yet been worked on, and they decided to orientate their career in that direction. After spending three years in Atlanta, Ramon decided to specialize in cardiology at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, combining his training with basic research. Both Pere and Josep encouraged him to begin his career as a cardiologist, and in the year 2000, he was offered a place at the Baylor College of Medicine. In 2002 he moved with his family to the state of New York to develop a cardiovascular genetic project at the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, where he combined his research activity with clinical care. However, three years later he got one of the best offers of his professional career. He had before him the possibility of moving to Montreal to set up a cardiovascular genetics program at one of the most important cardiology centers in the world, the Montreal Heart Institute. He considered it a uniqe opportunity. For a time, his family settled in the Canadian city. But in 2008 Ramon received a call from Girona. The Faculty of Medicine had just been approved at the University and they were counting on him to lead it. Returning to his roots and accepting a new challenge attracted him. At the University of Girona, as a dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and together with a team of more than 200 professionals, he launched an innovative teaching method, which has placed the Faculty of Medicine among the most prestigious in Spain. After completing his position as a dean, he remains at the University of Girona as a professor of medicine and director of the Chair of Cardiovascular Diseases, dedicated to the dissemination of cardiology. Since 2008, he has been the director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics (GenCardio) at the Institute for Biomedical Research of Girona (IDIBGI) as well as being the head of Cardiology of the University Hospitals Josep Trueta and Santa Caterina in Girona, director of the Familial Cardiopathy Unit and director of the diagnostic laboratory of cardiovascular genetics. The findings of the research laboratory are transferred to the diagnostic laboratory and applied to patients in the Familial Cardiopathy Unit. It is this combination of research, genetic diagnosis and clinical evaluation of patients who are at risk of sudden death that is Ramon's greatest challenge. Being able to confirm that what you are working on is really useful for the patient is what makes the day-to-day routine become emotion. Ramon Brugada HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILIAL CARDIOPATHY UNIT. DIRECTOR OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY. JOSEP TRUETA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND SANTA CATERINA, GIRONA PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DIRECTOR, CHAIR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA DIRECTOR, CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS CENTER, GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IDIBGI IN ITS CATALAN INITIALS), GIRONA
Transcript of CV ramon brugada ENAs a three-year-old child, Ramon saw Pere, his brother, begin his medical career....
As a three-year-old child, Ramon saw Pere, his brother, begin his medical career. Josep followed his example. He also experienced the enthusiasm of a father who kept every press clipping about his children. At home, Medicine was a common topic of conversation. Ramon was never asked what he wanted to study; after the example of his older brothers, brilliant students and later professionals, it was taken for granted that he too would become a doctor. Time has proven that his addition would be an indispensable complement to the discovery of the Brugada syndrome.
When Ramon attended his first class at the faculty of medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pere was already 32 years old. He was considered as one of the best professionals in the world in his field of electrophysiology. Once he had finished his studies, Ramon decided to train abroad. In 1992 he began his specialization in internal medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Around that time, his two older brothers were already working on sudden death from a clinical aspect. When Ramon arrived at the Georgia State Capital they had just discovered the Brugada syndrome in eight patients. Till then they had only detected one strange alteration in the electrocardiogram. In 1995, just at the point when Ramon had entered the field of cardiovascular genetics, they realized that the disease was familiar, in other words, it was transmitted from one generation to another. At that moment, the three realized that they had opened a whole field that had not yet been worked on, and they decided to orientate their career in that direction. After spending three years in Atlanta, Ramon decided to specialize in cardiology at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, combining his training with basic research. Both Pere and Josep encouraged him to begin his career as a cardiologist, and in the year 2000, he was offered a place at the Baylor College of Medicine. In 2002 he moved with his family to the state of New York to develop a cardiovascular genetic project at the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, where he combined his research activity with clinical care. However, three years later he got one of the best offers of his professional career. He had before him the possibility of moving to Montreal to set up a cardiovascular genetics program at one of the most important cardiology centers in the world, the Montreal Heart Institute. He considered it a uniqe opportunity.
For a time, his family settled in the Canadian city. But in 2008 Ramon received a call from Girona. The Faculty of Medicine had just been approved at the University and they were counting on him to lead it. Returning to his roots and accepting a new challenge attracted him. At the University of Girona, as a dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and together with a team of more than 200 professionals, he launched an innovative teaching method, which has placed the Faculty of Medicine among the most prestigious in Spain.
After completing his position as a dean, he remains at the University of Girona as a professor of medicine and director of the Chair of Cardiovascular Diseases, dedicated to the dissemination of cardiology. Since 2008, he has been the director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics (GenCardio) at the Institute for Biomedical Research of Girona (IDIBGI) as well as being the head of Cardiology of the University Hospitals Josep Trueta and Santa Caterina in Girona, director of the Familial Cardiopathy Unit and director of the diagnostic laboratory of cardiovascular genetics.
The findings of the research laboratory are transferred to the diagnostic laboratory and applied to patients in the Familial Cardiopathy Unit. It is this combination of research, genetic diagnosis and clinical evaluation of patients who are at risk of sudden death that is Ramon's greatest challenge. Being able to confirm that what you are working on is really useful for the patient is what makes the day-to-day routine become emotion.
RamonBrugada
HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILIAL CARDIOPATHY UNIT.
DIRECTOR OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY. JOSEP TRUETA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
AND SANTA CATERINA, GIRONA
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DIRECTOR, CHAIR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES,
UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA
DIRECTOR, CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS CENTER, GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IDIBGI IN
ITS CATALAN INITIALS), GIRONA
