Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
Barcelona
, Spain
5
reviews
Price level Medium
Universitat de Barcelona
European Reference Networks
Union Europea
European Children's Hospitals Organisatio
The best specialty clinics in the world 2022 according to Newsweek magazine
1480
Medical staff
225000
Outpatients per year
328
Inpatient beds
13000
The number of surgical operations per year
3000
Childbirth per year
About clinic
Sant Joan de Déu is a children's multidisciplinary clinic in Barcelona. Every year, more than 200,000 patients under the age of 21 come to the hospital from all over the world. Key areas of Sant Joan de Déu include ophthalmology, oncohematology, neurosurgery, and cardiology. The doctors of the hospital successfully carry out medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy, pathology of the cardiovascular system, oncological and other types of diseases.
Advantages of treatment at Sant Joan de Déu
The clinic is fully focused on receiving pediatric patients. Psychologists and hospital clowns work with children. The hospital is equipped taking into account the age characteristics of patients, ensuring the safety and convenience of their stay during the treatment.
In Sant Joan de Déu, the following key advantages can be identified:
- Full control of the treatment process. The clinic is equipped with special monitoring systems. This allows instantly responding to changes in the patient's condition.
- The latest methods of therapy in pediatrics. The medical center is at the forefront in Europe in terms of successful development of treatment protocols. The hospital uses new and safe drugs with the best efficiency.
- High success rates in the treatment of complex diseases. According to the hospital, the survival rate after surgery or intensive care is from 99%.
- Availability of international accreditations. The hospital has received more than 30 national and international quality certificates. This indicates a high level of medical care for patients.
For which medical issues do foreign patients most often turn to San Juan de Déu?
The clinic has all the necessary equipment for a complete diagnosis of the body. This allows for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
The neurosurgeons of Sant Joan de Déu perform hundreds of procedures to remove benign tumors every year. Specialists treat hydrocephalus and other neurological malformations with surgical methods. If there are indications, the neurosurgery department can perform an operation through a natural opening (nose or mouth), which eliminates unnecessary trauma and major bleeding in the child.
The medical center employs narrow-profile doctors of various specializations. Pediatric gynecologists and urologists are highly qualified and deal with all types of pathologies in girls and boys, including congenital ones.
Treatment of cancer and diseases of the hematopoietic system in Sant Joan de Déu
The hospital successfully carries out the therapy of oncological diseases. Patients are treated even with severe forms of malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord, and musculoskeletal and autonomic nervous system. To do this, use drugs that can recognize cancer cells and destroy them. Immunotherapy performed in Sant Joan de Déu improves the treatment outcome by 20%.
Oncohematologists accept patients with acute lymphoblastic, myeloid leukemia at different stages. They treat rare types of cancer, such as juvenile myelomonocytic and chronic myelogenous leukemia. According to the statistics of the oncohematology department, the 5-year survival rate after treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia is more than 80%.
The hospital performs bone marrow transplantation from relative and non-relative donors. BMT is used to treat various pathologies of the hematopoietic system. The survival rate after transplantation of own material or cells from a relative is close to 100%, from a non-relative donor is about 80%.
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The best specialties of the hospital
All
Cardiosurgery
Dentistry
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Gatroenterology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics & gynecology
Oncology
Ophtalmology
Orthopedy
Rheumatology
Surgery
Urology, nephrology
Raúl Narro
5/5
Diagnosis: oncology
Great professionals! Our children are in safe hands. I will always be grateful for the care and attention to my daughter. The children’s oncology team was headed by Dr. Mora. Thank you very much!
15/02/2018
Marina Basas Satorras
5/5
Diagnosis: oncology
Excellent professionals and equipment! Everyone treated us wonderfully, everyone explained to us, accompanied us throughout the whole healing process. This is an incredibly hospitable hospital!
10/12/2018
moises centeno
5/5
Diagnosis: oncology
One of the best hospitals in Europe, they are very friendly with children and very kind, attentive, and caring in relation to their patients!
20/11/2018
Anna
5/5
Diagnosis: gynecological examination
One of the best hospitals for children in Europe. There is a maternity hospital, gynecology, examinations, ambulance, and specialists. Everything is at the highest level, but you have to wait very long. Caring staff, comfortable wards. One- or two-people wards. There is a bathroom in the ward, you can take a shower as well as there is a wardrobe, a table. The beds are comfortable, regulated. There is a TV. Tasty food. The hospital is located on a mountain and the entrance offers a stunning view of Barcelona. There is a cafeteria-restaurant, very beautiful! The menu is about 10 euros. There are devices in which you can buy water, sandwiches, sweets, juices, as well as tea and coffee. There is Wi-Fi.
27/01/2019
Antònia Feixas Casellas
5/5
Diagnosis: Scoliosis
Three months ago, my daughter had scoliosis. I have only words of gratitude to the entire medical team and all hospital specialists. Thanks so much for everything!!!
08/02/2019
Help pay for treatment
Experts Medical cooperates with foreign funds that help our patients pay for treatment
You can receive compensation up to 20,000 euros for the treatment of a patient under the age of 18
Cost of diagnostics and operations
Examination
| Medical consultation | 400 - 550 $ | Enquire price |
| Online second opinion | 400 - 700 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 1 700 - 3 000 $ | Enquire price |
| MRI | 1 100 - 1 600 $ | Enquire price |
| CT with contrast | 500 - 1 200 $ | Enquire price |
| Laboratory analysis | 80 - 1 200 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 400 - 900 $ | Enquire price |
Oncology
| Online second opinion | 400 - 700 $ | Enquire price |
| Cyber Knife (radiotherapy) | 8 000 - 15 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Chemotherapy | 6 000 - 11 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Tumor biopsy of internal organs | 2 500 - 9 200 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 400 - 900 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT with oncologist consultation | 1 700 - 3 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Immunotherapy | 40 000 - 180 000 $ | Enquire price |
Oncohematology
| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (related donor) | 90 000 - 170 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Bone marrow biopsy | 2 000 - 4 400 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 1 700 - 3 000 $ | Enquire price |
Cardiosurgery
| Cardiologist consultation | 300 - 550 $ | Enquire price |
| Coronary angiography | 1 000 - 2 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Heart valve replacement | 20 200 - 35 700 $ | Enquire price |
| Heart MRI | 750 - 1 500 $ | Enquire price |
Neurosurgery
| Brain MRI | 750 - 1 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Brain tumor removal | 18 300 - 45 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Lumbar discectomy | 8 200 - 11 730 $ | Enquire price |
Ophtalmology
| Diagnostic examination | 600 - 1 600 $ | Enquire price |
Obstetrics
| Childbirth | 2 900 - 6 100 $ | Enquire price |
Best clinic's doctors
Antonio Guillen Quesada
Pediatric neurosurgeon
Work experience:
30 years
Achievements:
Head of the group in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu since 2006.
- Member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
- Member of the German Society of Neurosurgery.
Georgia Sarkhelya Brugada
Children's Cardiologist
Work experience:
25 years
Achievements:
- Member of the European Heart Rhythm Association (2009).
- Member of the Paris College of Physicians (2009).
- Member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Cardiology (2007).
- Member of the European Association of Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC) (2006)
- Member of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (2002).
Author of numerous publications in scientific journals and chapters in books published in Spain and abroad. Reviewer of scientific journals such as Cardiology in the Young (2012), Revista Española de Cardiología (2011), European Heart Journal (2010), Anales de Pediatría de la Asociación Española de Pediatría (2009) and Heart Rhythm Journal (2009).
Francesc Palau Martinez
Pediatrician geneticist
Work experience:
38 years
Achievements:
- Member of the Valencian Association of Pediatrics (since 1985).
- Member of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (section of clinical genetics and disorders in the structure of the organism) (since 1985).
- Member of the Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis (from 1988) (Vice-President from 1996 to 2000).
- Member of the Spanish Society of Genetics (since 1999) (Member of the Council on Human Genetics from 2007 to 2010).
- Member of the American Society of Human Genetics (since 1993).
- Member of the European Society of Human Genetics (since 1995).
Jaume Mora Graupera
Children's Oncologist
Work experience:
25 years
Achievements:
- Member of the Spanish and Catalan Society of Pediatrics (since 1995).
- Member of the American Society of Cancer Research (AACR) (since 1998).
- Member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (since 1998).
- Member of the International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) (since 2001).
- Member of the International Society of Histiocytosis (since 2007).
- Member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Oncology (SEHOP) (since 2011).
- Member of the Spanish and Catalan Society of Pediatrics (since 1995).
- Member of the American Society of Cancer Research (AACR) (since 1998).
Isabel Badel Serra
Pediatrician hematologist
Work experience:
35 years
Achievements:
Director of the bone marrow transplantation center
- Member of the Committee of Experts of the National Organization of Transplantation (since 2004)
- Coordinator of the Spanish Bone Marrow Transplantation for Children Group (GETMON)
- Membership in more than 10 medical communities.
Fredy Hermogenes Prada Martinez
Pediatric Cardiologist
Work experience:
26 years
Achievements:
- Member of the Peruvian College of Physicians.
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Madrid.
- Member of the European Association of Pediatric Cardiology.
- Member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
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Why choose Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Deu for neurosurgical operations?
The neurological center of Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Deu is recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Health as the best for medical care for these diseases:
- refractory epilepsy;
- movement disorders;
- hereditary ataxias;
- neuroectodermic syndrome;
- metabolic disorders.
On the basis of the hospital, new drugs are being researched, which are actively introduced into treatment regimens before other hospitals in Europe. Thanks to this, doctors have the opportunity to choose the most effective medicines for small patients. Also, Sant Joan de Deu is a clinical base for the training of future neurologists at the University of Barcelona.
Sant Joan de Deu employs qualified neurologists and neurosurgeons with experience in the treatment of all types of neurological pathologies.
Foreign patients turn to the neurosurgeons of the Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Deu for medical care in the following areas:
- Craniofacial surgery.
- Therapy of hydrocephalus.
- Removal of all types of neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord.
- Cerebrovascular surgery.
- Spinal surgery is a correction of developmental anomalies, spina bifida, and the treatment of scoliosis.
- Surgical treatment of neurological malformations, epilepsy, spasticity, and moyamoya disease.
Most of the procedures are performed by neurosurgeons using neuroendoscopic techniques through minimal incisions or natural openings. Survival of patients after removal of a brain tumor is 90%.
In the Department of Neurosurgery of the Children’s Hospital of Sant Juan de Deu, there are package offers:
- “Basic diagnosis of epilepsy”;
- “Online consultation of a pediatric neurooncologist” (physicians-coordinators of Experts Medical will help organize a consultation with a leading specialist).
The Department of Neurosurgery treats children from 0 to 21 years old.
Why do parents choose Sant Joan de Deu for children with cardiovascular diseases?
Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Deu has a cardiology center staffed by experienced professionals. Among them are leading cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in Spain. Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Deu is recognized as the most competent center in Europe in the field of cardiology.
All cardiovascular diseases in children, including newborns, in accordance with international protocols, are diagnosed and treated here. The hospital is equipped with modern medical equipment, which is regularly updated.
It is equipped with “sine-angiography” a unique hall in which diagnostics (MRI, angiography) are carried out simultaneously and, if necessary, minimally invasive endovascular surgical interventions are performed. For example, stenting and ablation.
Foreign patients come here mainly for the treatment of serious pathologies, including:
- congenital and acquired heart diseases;
- arrhythmia and electrical conduction of the heart;
- ventricular septal defects (VSD) and atrial septal defects (ASD);
- congenital structural heart defects;
- vascular diseases.
Cardiac surgeons perform a wide range of complex interventions, including:
- Ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. It is performed by sparing catheter technique.
- Correction of congenital heart defects. Clear protocols have been developed for interventions both on the open heart and using minimally invasive technology.
- Endovascular catheterization of the heart in the fetus and child. The procedure is performed to treat isolated congenital heart defects.
According to the data of Sant Joan de Deu, the death rate during heart surgery is one of the lowest in the world (1.02%). The European average is 4.08%. Also, the clinic records a low rate of repeated surgical interventions – less than 1%. Every year, cardiac surgeons perform more than 600 successful procedures.
The Center for Cardiac Surgery is recognized as a leading national center and certified by the Spanish Ministry of Health in the following areas:
- pediatric arrhythmology;
- electrophysiology;
- neonatal cardiac surgery;
- congenital cardiopathology.
Why is the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of San Juan de Deu Children's Hospital in demand?
Foreign patients come to Sant Joan de Deu to receive quality medical care for complex congenital and acquired pathologies of the musculoskeletal system.
Orthopedic surgeons, using advanced technologies, treat the spine, upper, and lower extremities.
The following procedures are performed:
- osteotomy to lengthen the neck;
- microsurgical reconstruction of lesions of the brachial plexus;
- reconstructive hand surgery;
- microsurgery of peripheral nerve injuries;
- resection and reconstruction of the bone;
- surgery for scoliosis;
- comprehensive treatment of patients with cerebral palsy and diseases of the musculoskeletal system;
- tenotomy and multilevel surgery;
- tumor megaprostheses;
- multidisciplinary treatment of vascular lesions: embolization, resection.
In the field of scoliosis surgery, the hospital is in the TOP-3 of the best clinics in the world. Sant Joan de Deu is also accredited by the European Skeletal Dysplasia Network (ERN Bond).
Doctors-coordinators of Experts Medical will help you quickly and safely organize your trip to Barcelona. They will select a leading doctor, and will do everything possible to make the trip for treatment to the San Juan de Deu children’s clinic comfortable.