Dr. Ferrán Pellisé Urquiza

Director of BSI - Barcelona Spine Institute, Spinal Surgery Department at Hospital QuirónSalud, Barcelona
Clinical area
Locomotive System Department

For over 25 years, Dr. Ferran Pellisé has fully dedicated his career to the surgical treatment of spinal pathologies. In particular, he has focused on scoliosis and other conditions that cause changes in the morphology of the trunk, an area in which his work is an international reference.

He received his doctorate cum laude as an orthopaedic surgeon from the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona in 1994. Since 2014, he has been head of the Spinal Unit at the same hospital, and led the Spinal Research Unit at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, VHIR). He has previously coordinated the VHIR’s Surgery Research Area and been a member of its Scientific Committee. He has also been an Associate Professor in the Surgery Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 2021.

Internationally recognised, Dr. Pellisé is a reference in the application of artificial intelligence to spinal surgery. In 2011, he founded the European Spine Study Group (ESSG) alongside other renowned researchers. Today, the ESSG is considered the main platform for the analysis and evaluation of adult scoliosis in Europe.

He has also been a member of the prestigious Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) since 1998. He was elected as its Director at Large in 2018 and as its Secretary in 2020, the latter marking the first time a non-North American has held this position in the Society’s 50-year history.

Dr. Ferrán Pellisé Urquiza

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Professional experience

  • Founder and Director of BSI - Barcelona Spine Institute, Spinal Surgery Department at Hospital QuirónSalud, Barcelona.

  • Head of the Spinal Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona (since 2014).

  • Director of the Spinal Research Unit, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR).

  • Lecturer at the Department of Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

He received his doctorate cum laude as an orthopaedic surgeon from the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona in 1994. Since 2014, he has been head of the Spinal Unit at the same hospital, and led the Spinal Research Unit at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, VHIR). He has previously coordinated the VHIR’s Surgery Research Area and been a member of its Scientific Committee. He has also been an Associate Professor in the Surgery Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 2021.

Internationally recognised, Dr. Pellisé is a reference in the application of artificial intelligence to spinal surgery. In 2011, he founded the European Spine Study Group (ESSG) alongside other renowned researchers. Today, the ESSG is considered the main platform for the analysis and evaluation of adult scoliosis in Europe.

In addition, Dr. Ferran Pellisé is a regular reviewer for the highest-impact journals in the specialism. He has previously been deputy editor of the European Spine Journal, and remains a member of its Advisory Board. He is an expert advisor to the National Agency for Assessment and Forecasting (ANEP) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. He has previously been a member of the Boards of Directors of several Spanish and foreign medical associations dedicated to spinal diseases, including the Spanish Spine Society - GEER (President), the Spine Society of Europe (President) and the Scoliosis Research Society (Director at Large and Secretary). The latter case marked the first time that a non-North American held this position in the organisation’s 50-year history.

Membership in scientific societies

1989-present, Catalan Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

1990-present, Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

1995-present, Spanish Spine Society - GEER (President 2013-2015)

1997-1998, European Spine Deformity Society

1998-present, EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe (President 2012-2013)

1999-2003, North American Spine Society

2003-2015, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

2008-present, Scoliosis Research Society - SRS (Secretary elect 2020-present)

Research and teaching
  • Over 200 international publications, including: Spine, The Spine Journal, Journal of Neurosurgery, European Spine Journal, Journal of Spinal Disorders and The Lancet.
  • Over 150 participations in national and international courses and congresses.
  • Author of several chapters on spinal pathology in national and international books.
  • Author of the Clinical Practice Guide dedicated to adult lower back pain of the Institut Català de la Salut (Catalan Institute of Health).
  • Principal investigator of several publicly and privately funded national and international research projects.
  • Regular reviewer of Spine and European Spine Journal.
  • 1995-1997, Editorial Board of Surgical Techniques in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  • 2002-2004, Member of the Advisory Board of the European Spine Journal
  • 2004, Member of the Editorial Board of the European Spine Journal
  • 2005, Deputy Editor of the European Spine Journal
Languages for clinical practice

Spanish

Catalan

English

French