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ALSINA CASANOVA, Miguel
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Teacher profile
Professor Adjunt
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Education
Miguel Alsina Casanova has a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (2009). He completed the Residency in Pediatrics and Specific Areas at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona (2010-2014) and in Neonatology at the same center (2014-2016). He holds a PhD in Medicine and Traslational Research (2018).
Professional experience
Miguel is an Assistant Professor at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. He is accredited as a Lecturer Professor by the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU). He has more than 7 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience. He was a professor at the Academy of MIR Studies (AMIR) for more than 5 years. Presently, he works as an Assistant Pediatrician at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. His research focuses on neonatal oxygenation: perinatal asphyxia, transfusion of allogeneic blood from umbilical cord donors and monitoring of tissue oxygenation using near-infrared light. He has more than 20 indexed scientific publications, is principal investigator in several funded projects, and has made multiple communications at national and international level.
Publications
Articles
- RASMUSSEN, M.; LÜHR HANSEN, M.; Alsina, M.; et al.; Pichler, G.; Dempsey, E.; Pellicer, A.; EL-Khuffash, A.; A., S.; Piris, S.; Cetinkaya, M.; Chalak, L.; Özkan, H.; Baserga, M.; Sirc, J.; Fuchs, H.; Ergenekon, E.; Arruza, L.; Mathur, A.; Stocker, M.; Otero, O.; Szczapa, T.; Sarafidis, K.; Królak, B.; Memisoglu, A.; Reigstad, H.; Rafińska, E.; Hatzidaki, E.; Peng, Z.; Gkentzi, D.; Viellevoye, R.; De Buyst, J.; Mastretta, E.; Wang, P.; Holst, G.; Bender, L.; Cornette, L.; Tkaczyk, J.; Del Rio, R.; Fumagalli, M.; Papathoma, E.; Wilinska, M.; Naulaers, G.; Sadowska, I.; Lecart, C.; Couce, M.; Fredly, S.; Heuchan, A.; Karen, T.; Greisen, G., (2021), "Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown", Frontiers In Pediatrics, vol. 9, ISSN: 2296-2360.
- GARCÍA, E.; Alsina, M.; SAMARKANOVA, D.; Aldecoa, V.; Palacio, M.; Farssac, E.; Figueras, J.; Salvia, M.; Querol, S., (2021), "Feasibility of umbilical cord blood as a source of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants", Blood transfusion, vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 510-517, ISSN: 1723-2007.
- BALADA, R.; TEBÉ, C.; León, M.; Arca, G.; Alsina, M.; Castells, A.; Alcántara, S.; Garcia, A., (2020), "Enquiring beneath the surface: can a gene expression assay shed light into the heterogeneity among newborns with neonatal encephalopathy?", Pediatric research, vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 451-458, ISSN: 0031-3998.
- RAMIS, S.; Alsina, M.; HERRANZ, A.; Aldecoa, V.; Borràs, C.; Salvia, D., (2019), "Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital syphilis: An ancient disease?", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS, vol. 30, No. 14, pp. 1436-1439, ISSN: 1758-1052.
- SEBASTIANI, G.; HERRANZ, A.; Alsina, M.; BORRÁS, C.; Aldecoa, V.; Andreu, V.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O., (2019), "The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet during Pregnancy on the Health of Mothers and Offspring", Nutrients, vol. 11, No. 3, ISSN: 2072-6643.
- Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; LEON, M.; Arca, G.; Pérez, E.; García-Alix, A., (2018), "Multiorgan Dysfunction in Infants of 33-35 Weeks Gestation with Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Hypothermia", Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research, vol. 8, No. 4, ISSN: 2161-0940.
- SEBASTIANI, G.; BORRÁS, C.; Alsina, M.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O., (2018), "The Effects of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse on Maternal Nutritional Profile during Pregnancy", Nutrients, vol. 10, No. 8, ISSN: 2072-6643.
- CARRERAS, N.; Alsina, M.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Agut, T.; García-Alix, A., (2018), "Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy", Jornal de Pediatria, vol. 94, No. 3, pp. 251-257, ISSN: 0021-7557.
- Alsina, M.; MONTEAGUDO, A.; RODRIGUEZ, L.; Court, F.; Gazquez, I.; Martorell, L.; Rovira, C.; Moore, G.; Ishida, M.; Castañon, M.; Moliner, E.; Monk, D.; Moreno, J., (2017), "Maternal mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia despite not being imprinted", Human mutation, vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 615-620, ISSN: 1059-7794.
- Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Gayá, F.; García-Alix, A., (2017), "The Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Correlates With Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Hypothermia Era", Pediatric critical care medicine, vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 234-240, ISSN: 1529-7535.
Projects and research
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Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas01/01/2019IP: GARCIA-ALGAR, O.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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Safeguarding the Brain of Our Smallest Infants Phase III (SafeBoosC)01/01/2019IP: Greisen, G.
Rigshospitalet
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Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas01/01/2019IP: GARCÍA-ALGAR, O.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III