Dr. Ruiz López is an expert in Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Pain Intervention and Therapies in Regenerative Medicine. With an excellent professional career, he is currently President and Medical Director of Clínica Vertebra , Barcelona Spine & Pain Surgery Center. He is also a founding member of various medical societies at national and international level in the specialty of Pain and Pain Surgery Unit, and visiting professor and lecturer in European, Asian and American universities.
He is a member of the editorial board of several medical journals and has published numerous specialized articles on pain management and interventional pain treatments. He was also President of the II EFIC Congress (European Federation of the IASP chapters) "Pain in Europe", Barcelona, and of the 3rd World Pain Congress of the WIP (World Institute of Pain), Barcelona.
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• Vice President of the Examination Board of the World Institute of Pain
Teaching posts
• Lecturer and Examiner section Pain Practice of the World Institute of Pain (USA ).
Education
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of Madrid., 1975.• Specialist in Neurosurgery (Ministry of Education and Science). Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of Madrid., 1979.
• Specialist in Family and Community Medicine ( Ministry of Education and Science). Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of Madrid. 1984.• Diploma in Hospital Management. College of Business Administration ( ESADE ). Barcelona., 1987.• Board Certified in Pain Management. Diplomate. American Academy of Pain Management. USA 1991. ...
Professional membership
• Founding Member of the Spanish Society of Pain (1989 ). Catalano -Balearic Society of Palliative Care (1992 ). Spanish Society of Palliative Care (1993 ).• Former President and Founding Member of the Catalan Society of Pain. ( Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands., 2001).
• Elected President and Founding Member of the World Institute of Pain ( EE.UUU ) ( 1994).• Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice ( FIPP ).• Fellow in Interventional Pain Management: Pain Centre Boston, Mass Gen. Hospital ( Boston Mass USA Harvard Univ....). M.D..; Pain Institute ( Texas Tech. Univ. Medical Health Center), MD and other centers in the USA and Europe. ...
Languages spoken
Catalan
English
French
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
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