Dr. Josep Llach Vila
LANGUAGES: Spanish | Catalan | English
CURRENT POSITION
- Chief of Gastrointestinal endoscopy at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
- Senior Consultant at the Gastroenterology Service at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
- Associate Professor at Universitat de Barcelona
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ACADEMIC TRAINING
- Bachelor of Medicine: 1982 Universitat de Barcelona.
- PhD: 1989 Universitat de Barcelonaa
- Specialty: Gastroenterology 1987. Universitat de Barcelona.
- Fellowship: Columbia University, NY, USA 1992
EXPERIENCE
- More than 25 years of experience
- More than 2.000 procedures performed per year
Specialisation
· Colonoscopy
· Polypectomy
· Fibrogastroscopy
· Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP)
· Endoscopic capsule and enteroscopy.
Success rates
- Less than 1 /1000 complications in colonoscopy with polipectomy
- Less than 10% of complications in ERCP and enteroscopy
RESEARCH
- Author of 300 national and international scientific publications
- More than 15 book chapters
- Invited speaker at over 200 national and international scientific meetings.