Dr. Ricardo Ruiz López

 Professional experience

• More than 40 years of experience
• President and Founder of the Catalan Society of Pain (Catalonia, Spain) (2006 - 2010)
• President and Medical Director of Clínica Vertebra, Barcelona Spine and Pain Surgery Center
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Director and Clinical Founder of Pain of Barcelona (1987)

 Sub-specialties

• Specialist in Neurosurgery
• Specialist in Minimally Invasive Column Surgery
• Pain Interventionist Specialist

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 Positions in public associations

• Vice President of the Examination Board of the World Institute of Pain

 Teaching posts

• Professor and Examiner of the "Pain Practice" section of the World Institute of Pain (USA)

 Education

• Graduate in medicine and surgery. School of Medicine. Autonomous University of Madrid (1975)
• Specialist in Neurosurgery (Ministry of Education and Science) of the Faculty of Medicine by the Autonomous University of Madrid (1979)
• Diploma in Hospital Management by the School of Business Administration (ESADE) of Barcelona (1987)
• Board Certified in Pain Management. Diplomate American Academy of Pain Management, USA (1991)
• Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) at the World Institute of Pain (2001): Boston Pain Center, Mass. Gen. Hospital (Harvard Univ. Boston, Mass. USA). MD; Pain Institute (Texas, Tech. Univ. Medical Health Center), MD and other centers in the US and Europe.
• Fellow of Interventional Pain Management. Boston Pain Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Mass, USA (1985)

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 Professional membership

• Founding Member of the Spanish Society of Pain (1989). Catalano-Balearic Society of Palliative Cures (1992). Spanish Society of Palliative Cures (1993).
• Former President and Founding Member of the Catalan Society of Pain. (Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, 2001).
• Former President and Founding Member of the World Institute of Pain (USA) (1994).

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