Dr. Jordi Rumià Arboix
Languages: Spanish | Catalan | English | French
CURRENT POSITION
· Senior Specialist in Neurosurgery
· Coordinator of Adult and Paediatric Functional Neurosurgery Program at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
· Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Surgery and Surgical Specialties Department. Universitat de Barcelona
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ACADEMIC TRAINING
- Bachelor in medicine: 1987 Universitat de Barcelona
- PhD: 2018 Universitat de Barcelona
- Specialty: Neurosurgery, from 1988 to 1992 Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona
- Post-Specialty Training:
· 1994 Neurosurgery of Epilepsy at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (United States)
· 1994 Neurosurgery of Movement Disorders at CHU Grenoble Alpes (France)
EXPERIENCE
Full dedication to the implementation and development of the Functional Neurosurgery Program since 1995.
Specialisation
· Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of movement disorders: Parkinson disease, Dystonia, Spasticity, Tremor,
· Epilepsy Surgery: Amygdalohippocampectomy, Implantable devices (DBS, VNS), Corpus Callostomy, Cortical Mapping, Hemispherotomy, Strereo-Electroencephalography (SEEG), robotic assisted surgery.
Success rates
· Average 100 Movement disorders and Epilepsy surgeries/year.
· <2% complication rate
RESEARCH
- Author of more than 80 national or international indexed scientific publications
- Participation in more than 150 national and international scientific meetings