Dr. Josep Merlo Mas

Dr. Josep Merlo Mas is the Director of Clínica ServiDigest in Barcelona, a Medical Center accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), pioneering in the prevention, diagnostic study, and comprehensive medical-surgical treatment of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, with specialized services in Digestive System, Digestive Endoscopy, General, Digestive and Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery, Endocrinology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Clinical Psychology, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, equipped with the most advanced technologies, and with a multidisciplinary department dedicated to the medical, endoscopic, and surgical diagnosis and treatment of Metabolic, Nutritional, and Obesity Diseases.

President of the ServiDigest Foundation, a non-profit organization whose main objectives are the promotion of Health, the continuous Scientific Training of healthcare professionals, the encouragement of Culture, and the improvement of Quality of Life in all aspects of individuals.

Director of the Teaching, Training, and Scientific Research Department of Clínica ServiDigest–Fundación ServiDigest.

Director of academic training activities at the Clínica & Fundación ServiDigest Teaching Center, within the clinical internship program for university students in Nursing, Human Nutrition, and Dietetics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University of Barcelona and the University School of Health Sciences at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), and of the Practicum for the Master’s in Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and Pain Treatment Nursing at the School of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona.

Director of continuing scientific training courses for healthcare professionals at the Clínica & Fundación ServiDigest Teaching Center, including Therapeutic Digestive Endoscopy, Deep Sedation in Digestive Endoscopy (SEED), Basic and Immediate Life Support, and FibroScan&CAP (Echosens).

Director of the Obesity Medical-Surgical Unit, the first multidisciplinary unit accredited by the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO).

Coordinator of the multidisciplinary working group of the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO) in Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy (EBAME).

Member of the working groups of the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SEED) on Resection and Third-Space Endoscopy, Capsule and Enteroscopy, Endoscopic Sedation, Barrett’s Esophagus, and Endoscopic Ultrasound.

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona. Class of 1968-1974.

Doctoral Courses at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona from 1974-1976.

Registered No. 8918 at the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona.

Specialist training in Digestive System at the University Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, in the Gastroenterology Service and in Digestive Endoscopy at the University Hospital of Bellvitge.

Collaborator of the Digestive Endoscopy Unit of the University Hospital of Bellvitge until 1986.

Specialist in Digestive System at the Institut Català de la Salut through Competitive Examination, convened by the Ministry of Health and Social Security, since 1979.

Specialist in Internal Medicine from the University of Barcelona.

Specialist in Occupational Medicine from the University of Barcelona.

Head of the Digestive System Department at the Sant Pere Claver Hospital Foundation in Barcelona from 1979-2000.

Head of the Digestive Endoscopy Service at the Hospital of Sant Boi de Llobregat from 1979-1989.

Dr. Josep Merlo Mas is a member of the most prestigious Scientific Societies:

• Full Member of the Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears since 1977
• Member of the Societat Catalana de Digestologia-SCD
• Member of the Societat Catalana Medicoquirúrgica d’Endoscòpia Digestiva
• Member of the Societat Catalana d’Innovació Docent i Formació per Simulació en Ciències de la Salut
• Member of the Spanish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics
• Full Member of the Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology-SEPD since 1979
• Member of the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy-SEED
• Member of the Spanish Association of Neurogastroenterology and Motility-ASENEM
• Senior Member of the Spanish Association of Surgeons-AEC
• Member of the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology-AEG
• Member of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver-AEEH
• Member of the Spanish Society of Obesity-SEEDO
• Member of the Spanish Association of Pancreatology-AESPANC
• Member of the European Pancreatic Club-EPC
• Member of the International Association of Pancreatology-IAP
• Member of the European Association for the Study of Obesity-EASO
• Member of the European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy-ESGE
• Member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy-ASGE
• Founding Member of the Ibero-American Group of Digestive Endoscopy, founded in Barcelona in 1984
• Member of the Alumni Association of the School of Digestive Pathology at the Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and former student of the Gallart-Monés School of Digestive Pathology.