Prof. Dr. Emili Montserrat

Emili MontserratProfessor Dr. Emili Montserrat is Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona and Director of the Institute of Hematology and Oncology at the Hospital Clínic.

In addition to training and experience in different hospitals in France and England, he was also a visiting professor at the University of San Diego, California. He is a founding member of the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL) and of the European Hematology Association, of which he was at one time president. He is a member of the most important hematological and oncological societies, such as the European Society of Medical Oncology, the American Society of Oncology and the American Society of Hematology and currently is also a member of the International Advisory Board to this latter institution. Furthermore, he is a professor at the European School of Hematology and the European School of Oncology. According to independent sources (International Citation Index, Utrecht University). Prof. Dr. Emili Montserrat is one of the most prestigious specialists worldwide in leukemia and lymphoma, and one of the most cited and renowned Spanish physicians. Likewise he has acted as consultant to the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology on subjects concerning biomedicine. He is also an expert on leukemias and lymphomas for theWorld Health Organization (WHO), as well as serving in an expert capacity for different institutions such as the Fondo deInvestigaciones Sanitarias (Spain), the French Cancer Institute (France), the Instituto Nationale dil Cancro (Italy), the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), the CLL Global Foundation (USA) and the Lymphoma Research Foundation (USA). He has been awarded distinctions and recognition for his scientific work, such as the Severo Ochoa Prize, the Lilly Foundation Award for Clinical Medicine, the Emiram Eldor Medal (Israel) as well as the recognition of Distinguished Researcher from the University of Barcelona.