Georgia Sarquella Brugada
Jefe de Grupo
Research group
Research line:
Pediatric arrhythmias, genetic cardiology and sudden death
Georgia Sarquella-Brugada graduated in Medicine in 2001 from the University of Barcelona and obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Barcelona in 2015. She has a master's degree in pediatric cardiology from the University of Barcelona, a pediatric electrophysiology master's degree from the University of Alcalà; and postgraduate degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Valencia and Familial Heart Diseases from the Menéndez Pelayo University.
Between 2007 and 2009 she did a fellowship at the Hôspital Sainte Justine in Montréal, Canada and from 2009 to 2011 at the necker Enfants Malades in Paris.
Since 2012 she has been a professor at the University of Girona and coordinator of the European Network of Rare Cardiac Diseases in Pediatrics.
In 2011 she joined the Cardiology service as an assistant and since 2015 she has been Head of the Arrhythmia Unit at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu.
She currently leads the research group on pediatric arrhythmias, genetic cardiology and sudden death and how to apply this knowledge in personalized therapies in patients with genetic diseases.
Last Publications
- Camiña-Conforto G, Ivars M, Sarquella-Brugada G, Carlos Valera Dávila, Salvador-Hernandez H, Rovira-Zurriaga C and Baselga E Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica: Exploring extracutaneous comorbidities and topical therapy PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY . : .
- Martínez-Moreno R, Carreras D, Sarquella-Brugada G, Pérez GJ, Selga E, Scornik FS and Brugada R Loss of sodium current caused by a Brugada syndrome-associated variant is determined by patient-specific genetic background. Heart Rhythm . 21(3): 331-339.
- Cutler MJ, Eckhardt LL, Kaufman ES, Arbelo E, Behr ER, Brugada P, Cerrone M, Crotti L, DeAsmundis C, Gollob MH, Horie M, Huang DT, Krahn AD, London B, Lubitz SA, Mackall JA, Nademanee K, Perez MV, Probst V, Roden DM, Sacher F, Sarquella-Brugada G, Scheinman MM, Shimizu W, Shoemaker B, Sy RW, Watanabe A and Wilde AAM Clinical Management of Brugada Syndrome: Commentary From the Experts. CIRCULATION-ARRHYTHMIA AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY . 17(1): .
Projects
- Project name:
- Creación de un programa personalizado de actividad física dirigida para deportistas de competición diagnosticados de un síndrome hereditario asociado a muerte súbita (PAC-SAMS).
- Leader
- Georgia Sarquella Brugada
- Funding entities:
- Fundació Privada per a la Recerca i la Docència Sant Joan de Déu - FSJD, Consejo Superior de Deportes, Martínez Barrios, Estefanía
- Code
- 74742
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2023
- Project name:
- SGR 2022-2024_Arrítmies pediàtriques, cardiopaties familiars, genètica cardiovascular i mort sobtada (SAMS)
- Leader
- Georgia Sarquella Brugada
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2021 SGR 01520
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2025
- Project name:
- Identificación de predictores de arritmias cardiacas y muerte súbita en pacientes pediatricos afectos de enfermedades neuromusculares
- Leader
- Georgia Sarquella Brugada
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI21/00094
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2024
News
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Detecting long QT syndrome early could help reduce the impact of sudden infant death
A team led by Dra. Georgia Sarquella (IRSJD) and Drs. Ramon Brugada and Oscar Campuzano (IDIBGI) provide new diagnostic measures to prevent sudden infant death from long QT syndrome.
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First scientific conference on nanotechnology and rare diseases
The Spanish nanomedicine platform (Nanomed Spain), together with the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute and the IBEC (Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia), organised an event within the framework of the Rare Disease Day at which they presented the latest innovations in the field of nanomedicine for the treatment and diagnosis of these diseases.