Jaume Pérez Payarols

Current director of the Teaching and Training area of ​​the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, he was director of Innovation and Research of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital between 2008 and 2022 and he is also president of the Research Committee and director of the Faros Observatory for the health of the childhood and adolescence of this same Institution.

He earned a degree in Medicine in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and he is a specialist in Paediatrics (Resident Medical Internship Training at Vall d’Hebron Hospital). He completed the Management Development Programme (PDD) at the IESE Business School and has studied in different healthcare management programmes (EADA: Management Course for Departmental Heads; IESE: Senior Healthcare Management Programme).

He is the chairman of the Research Committee and director of the Faros Observatory for paediatric and adolescent health in this Institution. He previously held many management posts, including Medical Director of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital (1998 - 2008), head of the Paediatric Department (Manacor Hospital Foundation), head of Paediatric Oncology (Son Dureta Hospital, Mallorca) and Associate Paediatrician (Paediatric Oncology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital).