Josep María Ramón Torrell
Jefe de la Unidad de Tabaquismo del Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Catedrático de Epidemiología y Salud Pública de la Universidad de Barcelona.
Doctor in Medicine and Master in Public Health. Training in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine.
Head and Director, Preventive Medicine Department & Smoking Cessation Clinic
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain .
Professor (Catedrático) of Public Health. School of Medicine and Medical Science. University of Barcelona.
Founder and first President of Catalan Society for Tobacco Control
Former member of “Comité Nacional de Prevención del Tabaquismo”.
Member of Catalan Free Smoking Hospitals Network
Member of Health Promotion Hospitals. WHO.
Director of Clinical Prevention Research Group. Institute of Medical Investigation of
Bellvitge (IDIBELL). HUB Excelence Campus.
Author or co-author of more than 20 books and chapters on Preventive Medicine,
Nutrition, Epidemiology and Smoking Cessation and Vaccination. Author of two divulgation books about Tobacco and Smoking Cessation. He published more than 190 papers in international and national journals.
He has participated as expert in prevention and smoking cessation in various media (radio, television and newspapers).
