Dr. Joan Antoni Gómez Hospital

Dr Joan Antoni Gómez Hospital, MD, PhD, is one of Spain's leading interventional cardiologists. He serves as Head of the Cardiac Haemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology Service at HM Nou Delfos and HM CIEC in Barcelona, and as Clinical Head of Cardiology and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Unit at Bellvitge University Hospital, one of Spain's foremost tertiary cardiovascular centres. With more than 30 years of specialist clinical experience, he is internationally recognised for his expertise in coronary intervention, structural heart disease and complex catheter-based cardiovascular procedures. His clinical practice is centred on delivering minimally invasive treatments that improve patient outcomes while reducing recovery times and avoiding conventional open-heart surgery wherever possible. Dr Gómez graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona in 1989 before completing his specialist training in Cardiology at Bellvitge University Hospital between 1990 and 1994. In 1999, he was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (PhD) by the University of Barcelona, and in 2014 completed a Master's Degree in the Management of Cardiac Haemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology Units at the University of Murcia. He has held accreditation in Interventional Cardiology from the Spanish Society of Cardiology since 2000 and has been Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, where he teaches postgraduate cardiology and interventional cardiology. His principal clinical interests include coronary angiography, complex coronary angioplasty, chronic total occlusion (CTO) intervention, intravascular imaging, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and other structural heart interventions. He has served as principal investigator in numerous international multicentre clinical trials evaluating new coronary stents, antithrombotic therapies and structural heart devices, helping to shape contemporary interventional cardiology practice. Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Gómez has established an outstanding international academic reputation. He has authored approximately 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications, which have attracted more than 3,600 citations, and has presented extensively at national and international cardiology congresses. His research focuses on acute coronary syndromes, myocardial infarction, coronary intervention, transcatheter valve therapies and structural heart disease. He has also received multiple national awards from the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Catalan Society of Cardiology in recognition of excellence in clinical research and interventional innovation. Within the MMG network, Dr Gómez is one of Spain’s most respected cardiologists, offering patients internationally recognised expertise, exceptional academic distinction and consultant-led treatment using the latest minimally invasive techniques for coronary artery disease and structural heart disorders within the advanced multidisciplinary environment of HM Nou Delfos Hospital.