TEDxBarcelona - Eduard Gratacós - Fetal programming: medicine starts before birth

Eduard Gratacós is Head of Perinatal Medicine in the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona since 2005. He also is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Universitat de Barcelona. Previously, he was Head of the Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium (1999-2000) and the Hospital Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona (2001-2004). Member of the Executive Board of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Fetus as a Patient. Member of Eurofetus, the pioneer fetal surgery goup in Europe, Dr. Gratacós has participated in the design of some of the fetal treatments used today, and has an experience of more than 10 years and over 600 fetal surgery operations. Scientific reviewer of the European Commission and several national research systems in Europe. Editor-in-Chief of Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. Coordinator of three European projects, he has directed nine dissertations and published over 200 scientific papers in international journals with impact factor.

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