Dr. Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, MD, PhD, is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology,
inherited cardiac diseases, and sudden cardiac death. She is Head of the Pediatric Arrhythmia, Inherited Heart Disease and
Sudden Death Unit at Sant Joan de
Déu Barcelona Children’s Hospital, one of Europe’s leading
pediatric institutions, and Group Leader
of the Arrhythmias and Sudden Death Research Line at the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute.
She coordinates the Pediatric
Area of the European Reference Network for Rare Cardiac Diseases (ERN
GUARD-Heart) and serves as Chair of the
Working Group on Cardiac Genetics and Basic Science of the Association for European Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC).
She is also a Board Member of
the Council on Cardiovascular Genomics of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), a Board Member of the Cardiogenetic
Committee (ECGen) of the European
Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and a Council
Member of the Spanish
Society of Pediatric Cardiology (SECPCC).
Dr. Sarquella-Brugada earned her medical
degree from the University of
Barcelona in 2001, where she also completed her specialization in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology.
She undertook a fellowship in Cardiac
Catheterization at Hôpital
Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal (Canada), followed by a fellowship in Electrophysiology at Hospital Clínic–Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona). In
2015, she obtained an International
PhD (Cum Laude) and the Extraordinary
Doctorate Award from the University of
Barcelona.
She is an Associate Professor
at the Universities of Girona and Barcelona, Director of
the Master’s Program in Pediatric Cardiology, and
supervisor of multiple doctoral theses.
Her translational research integrates molecular genetics, clinical electrophysiology, and telemonitoring
to enhance prevention and management of pediatric sudden death. With over 175 scientific publications, more than 5,000 citations, and an H-index of 35, she leads several European multicenter initiatives.
She is co-founder of the patient
association SAMS (Síndromes Arrítmicos Relacionados con la Muerte Súbita)
and participates actively in humanitarian
missions in Africa.