Eduardo Franco

Josep Brugada Terradellas, MD, PhD, FESC, is Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Barcelona and Senior Consultant in Cardiology at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain. He also heads the Arrhythmia Units of Clínica Quirón Palma Planas and Clínica Rotger in Palma de Mallorca and of Clínica Girona, and the Josep Brugada International Arrhythmia Institute in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

His academic and research contributions are extensive, including:

• Scientific discovery: Together with his brothers Pedro and Ramon, he described, treated and identified the genetic cause of the rare sudden-death syndrome now known as “Brugada Syndrome”.
• Leadership: He is Past President of the European Heart Rhythm Association and Past Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, and has served as Chief of Cardiology, Director of the Thorax Institute and Medical Director of Hospital Clínic.
• Humanitarian work: Every year he takes part in humanitarian missions to Maputo (Mozambique) and Aswan (Egypt), where more than 1,000 children with arrhythmias have been treated over the past ten years.

Professor Brugada has published more than 600 original papers, with an H-index of 103 and over 30,000 citations, and holds honorary doctorates from several universities. His awards include the Fritz-Acker Award of the German Society of Cardiology and the Rey Jaime I Award in clinical medicine.