Corachan Children’s Clinic is a private medical complex in Barcelona. It specializes in the treatment of epilepsy, cardiac and neurosurgical procedures, IVF.
The clinic offers inpatient and outpatient treatment.
In 2020, Corachan Clinic received the award as the best medical center in Spain in the Global Hospital Management category.
All areas of pediatrics are represented at Corachan Clinic.
The leading ones include:
Check-ups are in demand, which are convenient to pass during a holiday in Barcelona.
Among the advantages of the medical center:
The location of Corachan Clinic in the resort area of Barcelona allows patients to recover and relax faster.
Corachan Clinic is equipped with advanced medical equipment, thanks to which doctors provide comprehensive treatment for children of all age groups. Patients have access to:
For complex surgical procedures, special integrated operating rooms are equipped in Corachan.
Comprehensive treatment is available here for children with epilepsy of all types, as well as with severe mental development disorders. In addition to high-quality drug therapy, doctors perform:
Corachan Clinic has a Genetic Epilepsy and Developmental Encephalopathies Program. Its goal is to provide support to patients and loved ones with genetic epilepsy.
According to Corachan Clinic, the results of surgical treatment of epilepsy:
Surgical treatment of epilepsy involves rehabilitation, which is planned by a team of pediatric neurorehabilitators. Its goal is the successful recovery of the child in the shortest possible time. 3 and 6 months after the operation, the surgeon conducts an online consultation with the child and his (her) relatives to monitor the effectiveness of therapy.
The clinic has accumulated extensive experience in conducting cardiac surgery procedures, including complex ones. Programs of fetal, neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery have been developed, which have 6 levels of complexity. Doctors favor catheter surgical procedures. They allow to quickly recover and minimize the occurrence of postoperative complications.
The department also offers surgical treatment for adults. They have access to the following procedures:
According to a survey of the clinic, over 90% of patients of Corachan recommend the cardiosurgery department.
The staff of Corachan Clinic pays great attention to the service of patients from abroad.
Patients have access to:
The doctors-coordinators of Experts Medical will make sure that the treatment at Corachan Clinic is organized quickly and taking into account all the wishes of the patients.
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Cardiosurgery
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Chemotherapy | $2400 - $3600 | Enquire price |
Bone marrow biopsy | $2000 - $4400 | Enquire price |
Treatment of osteosarcoma | Enquire price | |
Treatment of neuroblastoma | Enquire price | |
PET-CT | $1850 - $2250 | Enquire price |
Video-EEG monitoring | $1800 - $8800 | Enquire price |
Brain MRI | $890 - $1200 | Enquire price |
Rehabilitation for cerebral palsy (per day) | from $170 | Enquire price |
Vagus nerve stimulator | from $30000 | Enquire price |
Surgical treatment of epilepsy | from $15000 | Enquire price |
Aortic valve replacement | from $25000 | Enquire price |
Mitral valve replacement | Enquire price | |
Closure of an atrial septal defect | Enquire price | |
Aortic root reconstruction | Enquire price |
Luis Madero – MD, Professor of Pediatrics. specializes in pediatric oncology, hematology and surgery.
• Director of the Children’s Oncohematology Program Kids Health Barcelona. 2019-present
• Head of Oncohematology and Hematopoietic Transplantation Service. Children’s Hospital of the University of Niño Jesus. 2003-present.
• Head of the Children’s Oncology Service. Quirón Madrid Pozuelo University Hospital. 2016-present.
Author of 14 books.
Has 11 research awards and the Silver Plaque of the Community of Madrid 2008.
• Trustee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. 2001-present
• President of the Children’s Oncohematology Foundation. 2003-present
• Patron of the McDonald’s Foundation. 1997-present
• Trustee of the Caico Foundation. 2009-present
• President of the Scientific Commission of the Unoentrecienmil Foundation. 2013-present
• President of the Scientific Commission of the Jegatherapy Foundation. 2017
• President of the Foundation of the Spanish Association of Pediatricians 2009-2017.
MEMBER OF SOCIETIES
• Spanish Association of Pediatricians (AEP). 1992-present
• Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology
• Spanish Society of Pediatric Oncology
• SIOP (International Society of Pediatric Oncology)
• EBMT (European bone marrow transplant)
• Spanish Association of Hematology and Hemotherapy (AEHH)
• Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP)
Expert in Neonatal Neurology, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in Pediatrics.
Research Coordinator of the Department of Neonatology.
Deals with neurological disorders of newborns. The doctor’s research is focused on the study of biomarkers of brain damage, in particular hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and congenital cytomegalovirus infection, as well as cerebral infarction and brain developmental disorders. The doctor is a freelance lecturer at the University of Barcelona and president of the NeNe Foundation, which aims to improve the care of newborns with neurological disorders, as well as care for their families. Author of two books on neonatal neurology: Fundamentals of neonatal neurology (Neurología neonatal de un vistazo) and Neurological examination of the newborn (Evaluación neurológica del recién nacido).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
From 2019 to the present, the head works. doctor of the department of neonatal neurology at the Corachan clinic.
Consultant lecturer at the University of Concepción. Chile, November 2017
Visiting Fellow at The Washington University Program in Neonatal Neurology. Director: J.J. Volpe (J. J. Volpe). Division of Pediatric Neurology (Department of Pediatric Neurology). Washington University School of Medicine (Washington University Medical School). January 1988 to May 1989
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Researcher in the Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine Group certified by the Government of Catalonia as SGR 2014 – 2016.
Clinical Coordinator of the Clinical Practice Guide for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Agencia Informació, Avaluació i Qualitat en Salut (Agency for Information, Evaluation and Quality of Care) (AIAQS); 2011-2017.
Researcher in the group “Pediatric diseases with onset at an early age”. Direction: Pathophysiology of the brain in a newborn. Study of preterm infants, nutrition and metabolism; corresponding epigenetic changes 2009-2017.
CIBER Researcher for Rare Diseases (CIBERER). U724. Madrid, 2008-2017.
Researcher in the field of developmental pathophysiology in the field of neurological development; University Hospital La Paz, Madrid; 2000-2009.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
He specializes in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy and genetic abnormalities, as well as children with epilepsy.
Professional merit:
▪ Head. Physician in the Neuropediatric Department of the Corachan Clinic, Barcelona since October 2020.
▪ Head. Physician at the Pediatric Department of San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona since September 2018
▪ Head of the Pediatric Research Group San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona since 2018
▪ Clinical genetics assistant at Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona from September 2016 to May 2018.
▪ Research Associate in Neuropediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Department of Epilepsy from November 2011 to June 2013
▪ Assistant neuropediatrician at Vall d´Hebron hospital from August 2005 to October 2011.
Teaching experience:
▪ Professor of Pediatrics with a medical degree at the University of Rovira and Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain from November 2003 to September 2005 and at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) from September 2019.
• Professor of Practice at the MIR Vall d’Hebron Pediatric Program in Neuropediatrics.
• Master in Neuropediatrics from UAB to Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona from 2007 to 2016
• Master’s Degree in Genetic Counseling from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona from 2009 to 2011.
• UAB Master in Medical Genetics 2019-2020, UAB own Master Degree in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona from 2020-2021.
• Master of Advanced Genetics (Official Master of UAB), Barcelona 2021.
▪ PhD thesis direction of Eulalia Turon Vinyas: Neurological complications in children undergoing allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic progenitors. UAB, Boronat S (director), Badell I (tutor). Presented to the Teaching Department of the San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona, from September 22, 2020, marked excellent.
Principal Research Investigator in the following projects:
“LG-Registry: A Prospective Registry of Patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome”. San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona, Multicentre Lead Investigator: José Serratos. 2021. Developer: FIIS-FJD.
“The importance of monitoring regional oxygen saturation with infrared spectroscopy oximetric softening in a patient with perinatal asphyxia”. SP at the San Pablo Hospital, Barcelona, Leading Research Investigator of the multicentric study: Alfredo García-Alix. 2021. Organized by: Ibero-American Society of Neonatologists (SIBEN) and Fundació NeNe
Author of scientific articles and publications.
Member of SENEP (Spanish Society of Child Neurology),
Member of the Catalan Society of Pediatrics.
MD Gil-Nagel is an international expert in the field of epilepsy research, especially in diagnosis, localization of the epileptic focus and identification of candidates for surgery for refractory epilepsy.
Awards
• Numerous awards for oral presentations and posters at national and international congresses.
• Scientific Career Award in 2013 by the Spanish Society of Neurology
• Director of Research through the INCE Foundation for research aimed at improving the diagnosis and pharmacological and surgical treatment of epilepsy.
• Director of the Department of Epilepsy, UCB Universidad Francisco Vitoria, Madrid.
Author of many articles and publications in scientific journals.
Medical associations
• Spanish Society of Epilepsy
• Spanish Society of Neurologists
• Spanish Society of Neuropediatrics
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Society of Epilepsy
• World Federation of Neurology
• European Academy of Neurology
Dr. Angel Aledo is a neurologist specializing in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, providing care for both pediatric and adult patients, including in very difficult cases.
Professional experience
Neurologist and epileptologist of the pediatric and adult epilepsy program in two prestigious epilepsy centers: Hospital Ruber Internacional (Madrid, since 2015) and Clinica Corachan (Barcelona, since 2019). Professor of neurology and biostatistics at the MIR Research Academy.
Academic titles
PhD in Biomedicine at the Complutense University of Madrid (2017), PhD in Genomics and Precision Medicine at UNIR (2020), PhD in Design and Biostatistics at the University of Barcelona (2016), Fellowship in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Hospital Ruber Internacional (2017), specialist in neurology at the Clinical Hospital of San Carlos, Madrid (2015), MD from the University of Murcia, Spain (2010).
Publications
Author of 28 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, index H 11, 298 citations, 4 book chapters, 25 presentations at national and international congresses.
Medical associations
• Board of the Youth Section of the European Society of Child Neurology.
• International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Media Outreach Council
• Elected Member of the Committee of Young Neurologists (Spanish Society of Neurologists)
• Member of the European Society of Child Neurology, Epilepsy Group
• Member of the Spanish Society of Epilepsy, Research Group on Genetic Epilepsy and Epileptic Encephalopathy
Dr. Marcelo Budke is a specialist in neurosurgery. He trained in neurosurgery at the University Hospital of La Paz in Madrid, completing his residency with an “excellent” degree. He trained in neurosurgery with Dr. Evandro de Oliveira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in 2003, at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris) in 2006 and at the Cleveland Clinic (USA) in 2010 and 2018.
He is a Doctor of Surgery from the Autonomous University of Madrid with a doctoral dissertation: “Results of the surgical treatment of patients with refractory epilepsy secondary to focal cortical dysplasia using intracranial electrodes.” Rating: “Excellent”. Member and regular speaker at scientific meetings of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC) and at the International Symposium on Spinal Surgery, organized annually at La Luz Hospital (Madrid). Dr. Budke has presented more than 50 presentations at national and international courses and conferences in his specialty, where he has also made numerous presentations. He is the author of over 30 articles published in national and international journals, as well as numerous chapters in specialized books.
Awards
XI Dr. Pedro Mata Prize (2016) awarded by the Board of Directors of the Society of Neurosurgery of the Community of Madrid for the work entitled: “INNOVATIONS IN THE DEEP ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE IN REFRACTORY EPILEPSY”.
Medical associations
• Active member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC).
• Active member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (SENEP).
• Active member of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN).
Dr. Perez is a pediatric cardiologist and subspecialist in pediatric cardiac MRI. He is currently the head of the cardiology service at Clínica Corachan, currently one of the leading specialists in neonatal and pediatric heart disease in Spain. He is currently involved in various international studies, Associate Professor of Masters in Congenital Heart Diseases at the University of Barcelona.
Awards:
• Recipient of the Daniel Bravo Foundation Scholarship. Stay at Boston Children’s Hospital (2018-2019).
• Juan Comas Fellowship of the Spanish Society of Congenital Heart Diseases (2014).
Medical associations:
• Member of the Spanish Society of Congenital Heart Diseases
• Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. 3D Printing Working Group.
• Member of the European Society for Cardiovascular Imaging.
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