Director
Dr. Xavier Corbella
xcorbella@uic.es
Dr Corbella graduated with a degree in Medicine from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), is specialised in Internal Medicine and holds a PhD in Medicine (Honours) from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s Degree in Health Care Management from the UAB and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the ESADE Business School. Currently, he is head of the Internal Medicine Department at Bellvitge University Hospital and vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona).
Research collaborator
Dr. Miquel Fernández
Dr Fernández graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Barcelona and is specialised in Endocrinology, Nutrition and Internal Medicine. He also has a Master’s Degree in Integrated Health Services from ESADE. At Bellvitge University Hospital, he held the position of assistant medical director (2000-2007), head of the Technical Secretariat (2008-2012) and director of Organisation and Systems (2013-2015). He now cooperates with the Hestia Chair in research matters.
Project manager
Sara Ríos
srios@uic.es
Board
Dra. Susana Subirà – President of Fundación Hestia
Dra. Àngels Cañas – Clinical director for Hestia Alliance
Eva Luque – Co-director of the group Hestia Alliance and administrator of Fundación Hestia
Dr. Albert Balaguer – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at
UIC Barcelona