José Manuel Casamitjana Ferrándiz

Born in Barcelona (Spain) 20 August, 1949.

Degree in Medicine and General Surgery from the Autonomous University, Barcelona (1974).

Specialist in Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery in Vall d'Hebron Teaching Hospitals, Barcelona (1979)

Staff physician in the Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery Department of the same Hospital since 1980.

Specialist in Cervical Pathology in the same Department since 1986.

Head of Cervical Spine Pathology within the Spine Surgery Unit at the Vall d'Hebron Traumatology and Rehabilitation Hospital, Barcelona, since 1998.

Publication of articles in national (Revista de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Avances en Traumatología) and international medical journals (J. Bone JT. Surgery, Acta Orthopaedic Belgian, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Spine).

Member of several scientific committees: Cervical Spine Surgery Course in Vall d'Hebron Hospitals, European Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) Meeting in Switzerland, Society for the Study of Spine Injuries (GEER) Meeting in Gran Canaria (Spain), etc.

Moderator and participant in a numerous round tables: GEER Meetings in Gran Canaria (Spain) and in Gijón (Spain), European GICD Forum in Antwerp (Belgium), European Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) Meeting in Nice (France), Iberoamerican Spine Society (SILACO) Meeting in Salta (Argentina), Consensus Forum 99 in Rome (Italy).

Invited speaker at reunions, courses and meetings in several Spanish cities: Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia, Córdoba, Pamplona, etc. and at international meetings: France (Paris, Strasbourg, Nice, Bordeaux), Argentina, South Africa, Egypt, Greece, Italy (Turin, Rome), Belgium, China, etc.

Stays at various European Hospitals: Basil, Liestal, Ulm, Kaslbad, St. Gallen.; as well as training courses at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (London); in the U.S.A, Minneapolis, Texas, Miami, Memphis.

Professor in courses and training classes to improve technique in meetings taking place in Spain (Barcelona, Zaragoza, Pamplona, Madrid), Europe (Portugal, France, Switzerland, England) and the United States (San Francisco) and in the Ramon Llull University Nursing School, Barcelona.

Cervical Surgery Consultant for several hospitals and companies related with health care. He has operated on patients in various parts of Spain, and in Europe, Asia and America.

Co-author of the book, Cervical Pain, published by Ed. Emeka, January 1990).

Awarded the Mario Boni Prize for the best article presented at the European Cervical Spine Research Society Meeting in Turin (Italy), in 2001.

European Section Chairman Membership Committee of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS).

Northamerican Section Correspondent Member of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS).