Joan Prat Bartomeu

I lead the paediatric Oculoplastic Unit. Indeed, our Department was the first in Europe to develop this sub-specialty. I also work in biotechnological innovation, developing exploratory devices. I also collaborate with two African countries, training local ophthalmologists in Paediatric Ophthalmology in Mozambique and Senegal. I am the director of a Master's degree in Paediatric Ophthalmology at the University of Barcelona, the first and only one degree course of this kind in the country. I am the president of the Spanish Eye and Orbital Plastic Surgery Society (SECPOO) and I have been Head of the Paediatric Ophthalmology Department until 2022. "I believe in disseminating the best paediatric ophthalmology practices throughout the world, and if I don't have a solution for something, I will seek it out". 

Training

• PhD in Surgery. Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2002.
• Specialty in Ophthalmology. Bellvitge University Hospital, 2002.
• Specialty in eye orbit. University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 1991.
• Degree in Medicine and Surgery. Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1985.

International experience

• Speciality in orbital disorders. Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, 1991.

Scientific activity

Research projects:

• Protocol for treatment of congenital tear duct obstruction.
• Possibilities of levator resection in congenital ptosis.
• Changes in optical pathway diameter in NF1.
• Applications of pupillography in children.
• Contributions of video-oculography in strabismus surgery.
• Early diagnosis of schizophrenia by ocular motility digitisation.
• Treatment of Usher syndrome.

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