Speaker Bio
Xavier Corbella, MD, PhD, MBA
Xavier Corbella (Barcelona, 1964) graduated in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1988), is specialist in Internal Medicine (1993), PhD of Medicine (Honors) from the University of Barcelona (2000), and Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Honors) from the ESADE Business School (2005).
From 2005 to 2013, he was Medical Director at Althaia-Hospitals (Manresa), CEO at Bellvitge University Hospital, Managing Director of the Southern Metropolitan Health Area of Barcelona, President of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), and CEO at Sant Pau University Hospital (Barcelona). From 2013 to 2022, he has also been Head of the Internal Medicine Department at Bellvitge University Hospital, Vice Dean of the School of Medicine at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, and Secretary General of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (elected in Milan 2017, reelected in Lisbon 2019).
Since 2022, he is Director of the Medical Department – Sport Sciences Area at Football Club Barcelona.
He has authored 170 indexed publications (Corbella X, PubMed), 13 book chapters, 210 invited lectures, and has directed 12 doctoral theses.