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ALSINA CASANOVA, Miguel

Professor Adjunt
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Department of Medicine

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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).
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.
  • Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, Erratum
    Name: Samarkanova, Dinara; Codinach, Margarita; Aran, Gemma; Guitart, Mar; Valdivia, Elena; Martorell, Lluis; Azqueta, Carmen; Rodriguez-Aliberas, Marta; Soria, Gloria; Martinez, Nuria; Alonso-Nogués, Eva; Farssac, Elisenda; Madrigal, Alejandro; Fernandez-Sojo, Jesus; Alsina-Casanova, Miquel; Rebulla, Paolo; Querol, Sergio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 24 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.2450/BloodTransfus.1303
  • Trials, Treatment guided by cerebral oximetry in mechanically ventilated newborns
    Name: Petersen, Johanne Juul; Kamp, Caroline Barkholt; Olsen, Markus Harboe; Hansen, Mathias Lühr; Thorlund, Kristian; Pellicer, Adelina; Naulaers, Gunnar; Dempsey, Eugene; Hahn, Gitte Holst; Andersen, Patrick Bjerregaard; Rasmussen, Marie Isabel Skov; Pichler, Gerhard; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Szczapa, Tomasz; Ognean, Maria Livia; Nesargi, Saudamini; Musante, Gabriel; Chalak, Lina; Di Maio, Massimo; Lakhwani, Jyoti; Procianoy, Renato S.; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Fuchs, Hans; Cetinkaya, Merih; Hagmann, Cornelia; Popat, Himanshu; Fabres, Jorge; Wang, Laishuan; Schmölzer, Georg; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Mohora, Ramona; Zafra, Pamela; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Baik-Schneditz, Nariae; Lopez, Laura Serrano; Griesmaier, Elke; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; Shashidhar, A.; Dassios, Theodore; Arruza, Luis; Greisen, Gorm; Jakobsen, Janus Christian Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 27 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09387-4
  • Trials, Treatment guided by cerebral oximetry in newborns receiving invasive mechanical ventilation
    Name: Kamp, Caroline Barkholt; Petersen, Johanne Juul; Hansen, Mathias Lühr; Pellicer, Adelina; Naulaers, Gunnar; Dempsey, Eugene; Hahn, Gitte Holst; Olsen, Markus Harboe; Rasmussen, Marie Isabel Skov; Pichler, Gerhard; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Szczapa, Tomasz; Ognean, Maria Livia; Nesargi, Saudamini; Musante, Gabriel; Chalak, Lina; Di Maio, Massimo; Lakhwani, Jyoti; Procianoy, Renato S.; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Fuchs, Hans; Cetinkaya, Merih; Hagmann, Cornelia; Popat, Himanshu; Fabres, Jorge; Wang, Laishuan; Schmölzer, Georg; Fumagalli, Monica; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Mohora, Ramona; Zafra, Pamela; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Baik-Schneditz, Nariae; Lopez, Laura Serrano; Griesmaier, Elke; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; A, Shashidhar; Dassios, Theodore; Greisen, Gorm; Jakobsen, Janus Christian Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 27 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09631-5
  • Transfusion, The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
    Name: Houben, Nina A.M.; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Lopriore, Enrico; Fustolo-Gunnink, Suzanne; Aguar Carrascosa, Marta; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Andersson, Ola; Arias-Llorente, Rosa Patricia; Berenger, Adeline; Beuchée, Alain; Bielska, Edyta; Boia, Marioara; Birkenmaier, André; Biros, Jakub; Blanquart, Anne Laure; Boggini, Tiziana; Boileau, Pascal; Bokiniec, Renata; Brække, Kirstin; Bresesti, Ilia; Broad, Katherine; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Cardona, Francesco; Cavallaro, Giacomo; Chauvel, Jennifer; Cseszneki, Borbála; Dame, Christof; Dani, Carlo; Debeer, Anne; Demová, Klaudia; Deschmann, Emöke; Domingues, Sara; Dornis, Diana; Duban, Marie Pierre; Dziadkowiec-Motyl, Karolina; Erzen, Nika; Fanczal, Eszter; Fernández-Castiñeira, Sara; Fijnvandraat, Karin; Galuschka, Libusa; Gandaputra, Ellen; García-Muñoz Rodrigo, Fermín; Gebauer, Corinna; Ghirardello, Stefano; Grimault, Hélène; Grizelj, Ruza; Grund, Kristina; Gsöllpointner, Melanie; Gualdi, Silvia; Guaragni, Brunetta Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 2021 End page: 2023 Vol.: 65 No.: 11
    DOI: 10.1111/trf.18432 ISSN or title: 0041-1132
  • Neonatology, Effect of Cerebral Oximetry-Guided Treatment on Brain Injury in Preterm Infants as Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term Equivalent Age
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Lühr-Hansen, Mathias; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Del Rio, Ruth; Maton, Pierre; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Zafra-Rodriguez, Pamela; Vesoulis, Zachary Andrew; Mastretta, Emmanuele; Bresesti, Ilia; Gomez-Chiari, Marta; Rebollo, Mónica; Khamis, Jamil; Baltatzidis, Angelos; Benavente-Fernandez, Isabel; Shimony, Joshua; Morana, Giovanni; Agosti, Massimo; Carreras, Nuria; Cuaresma, Adriana; Gau, Ambre; Anastasiou, Athanasia; Lubian-López, Simón Pedro; Alexopoulos, Dimitrios; Sciortino, Paola; Dessimone, Francesca; Harboe Olsen, Markus; Agut, Thais; Greisen, Gorm Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 38 End page: 45 Vol.: 122 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1159/000539175 ISSN or title: 1661-7800
  • PLoS ONE, Accuracy of point-of-care nasopharyngeal Interleukin 6 and lung ultrasound in predicting the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants born before 30 weeks of gestation
    Name: Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Avià, Xela; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Carrasco, Cristina; Salvia, Maria Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 20 No.: 4 April
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319739
  • Children, Purpura Fulminans in an Extremely Premature Infant
    Name: Roig, Anna Rojas; de Oliveira, Eduardo Costa Félix; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Martínez, Anna Álvarez; Gimenez, Ana Espinosa; Serrano, Miguel Bejarano; Acevedo, Gemma Pérez; Gracia, Carmen; Cortada, Àfrica Pertierra; Casanova, Miguel Alsina Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 12 No.: 11
    DOI: 10.3390/children12111546
  • Children, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Pneumothorax in Very Preterm Infants
    Name: Nogueroles Blanco, Cristina; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Velilla-Aparicio, Mar; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Alsina Casanova, Miguel; Carrasco Carrasco, Cristina; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Rodríguez-Miguélez, José Manuel; Salvia-Roigés, Ma Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 11 No.: 10
    DOI: 10.3390/children11101179
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Platelet transfusion in neonatal intensive care units of 22 European countries
    Name: Houben, Nina A.M.; Lopriore, Enrico; Fijnvandraat, Karin; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Carrascosa, Marta Aguar; Beuchée, Alain; Brække, Kristin; Cardona, Francesco; Debeer, Anne; Domingues, Sara; Ghirardello, Stefano; Grizelj, Ruza; Hadžimuratović, Emina; Heiring, Christian; Krivec, Jana Lozar; Malý, Jan; Matasova, Katarina; Moore, Carmel Maria; Muehlbacher, Tobias; Szabó, Miklos; Szczapa, Tomasz; Zaharie, Gabriela; de Jager, Justine; Reibel-Georgi, Nora Johanna; New, Helen V.; Stanworth, Simon J.; Deschmann, Emöke; Roehr, Charles C.; Dame, Christof; le Cessie, Saskia; van der Bom, Johanna; Fustolo-Gunnink, Suzanne; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Andersson, Ola; Arias-Llorente, Rosa Patricia; Berenger, Adeline; Bielska, Edyta; Boia, Marioara; Birkenmaier, André; Biros, Jakub; Blanquart, Anne Laure; Boggini, Tiziana; Boileau, Pascal; Bokiniec, Renata; Bresesti, Ilia; Broad, Katherine; Cavallaro, Giacomo; Chauvel, Jennifer; Cseszneki, Borbála; Dani, Carlo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 47
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101086
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics, Predictors of CPAP failure after less-invasive surfactant administration in preterm infants
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Brito, Nerea; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Soler-García, Aleix; Agustí, Carmen; Brullas, Guillem; Clotet, Jordi; Carrasco, Cristina; Salvia, Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 12
    DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1444906
  • The New England journal of medicine, Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring in Extremely Preterm Infants
    Name: Hansen, Mathias L.; Pellicer, Adelina; Hyttel-Sørensen, Simon; Ergenekon, Ebru; Szczapa, Tomasz; Hagmann, Cornelia; Naulaers, Gunnar; Mintzer, Jonathan; Fumagalli, Monica; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Dempsey, Eugene; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Cheng, Guoqiang; Fredly, Siv; Heuchan, Anne M.; Pichler, Gerhard; Fuchs, Hans; Nesargi, Saudamini; Hahn, Gitte H.; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Širc, Jan; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Stocker, Martin; Ozkan, Hilal; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Hopper, Andrew O.; Karen, Tanja; Rzepecka-Weglarz, Beata; Oguz, Serife S.; Arruza, Luis; Memisoglu, Asli C.; Del Rio Florentino, Ruth; Baserga, Mariana; Maton, Pierre; Truttmann, Anita C.; De Las Cuevas, Isabel; Agergaard, Peter; Zafra, Pamela; Bender, Lars; Lauterbach, Ryszard; Lecart, Chantal; De Buyst, Julie; El-Khuffash, Afif; Curley, Anna; Vaccarello, Olalla O.; Miletin, Jan; Papathoma, Evangelia; Vesoulis, Zachary; Vento, Giovanni; Cornette, Luc; Lopez, Laura S.; Yasa, Beril; Klamer, Anja; Agosti, Massimo; Baud, Olivier; Mastretta, Emmanuele; Cetinkaya, Merih; McCall, Karen; Zeng, Shujuan; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; Bargiel, Agata; Marciniak, Sylwia; Gao, Xiaoyan; Huijia, Lin; Chalak, Lina; Yang, Ling; Rao, Shashidhar A.; Xu, Xin; Gonzalez, Begoña L.; Wilinska, Maria; Yin, Zhaoqing; Sadowska-Krawczenko, Iwona; Serrano-Viñuales, Itziar; Krolak-Olejnik, Barbara; Ybarra, Marta M.; Morales-Betancourt, Catalina; Korček, Peter; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Mosca, Fabio; Hergenhan, Anja; Koksal, Nilgun; Tsoni, Konstantia; Kadri, Munaf M.; Knöpfli, Claudia; Rafinska-Wazny, Elzbieta; Akin, Mustafa S.; Nordvik, Tone; Peng, Zhang; Kersin, Sinem G.; Thewissen, Liesbeth; Alarcon, Ana; Healy, David; Urlesberger, Berndt; Baş, Münevver; Baumgartner, Jana; Skylogianni, Eleni; Karadyova, Veronika; Valverde, Eva; Bergon-Sendin, Elena; Kucera, Jachym; Pisoni, Silvia; Wang, Le; Smits, Anne; Sanchez-Salmador, Rebeca; Rasmussen, Marie I.; Olsen, Markus H.; Jensen, Aksel K.; Gluud, Christian; Jakobsen, Janus C.; Greisen, Gorm Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 1501 End page: 1511 Vol.: 388 No.: 16
    DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207554 ISSN or title: 0028-4793
  • International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Foetal Haemoglobin as a Marker of Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to Anti-Kell Alloimmunisation
    Name: Morales Painamil, Rodrigo Alfredo; de Aledo-Castillo, José Manuel González; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Argudo-Ramírez, Ana; López-Galera, Rosa M.; Paredes-Fuentes, Abraham J.; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 9 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.3390/ijns9020024
  • Frontiers In Pediatrics, Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown
    Name: RASMUSSEN, M.; LÜHR HANSEN, M.; Alsina Casanova, Miguel; al., et; 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. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 9
    DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.647880 ISSN or title: 2296-2360
  • Blood transfusion, Feasibility of umbilical cord blood as a source of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants
    Name: González, Elsa García; Casanova, Miguel Alsina; Samarkanova, Dinara; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Busquets, Elisenda Farssac; Figueras-Aloy, Josep; Salvia-Roigés, Ma Dolors; Querol, Sergi Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 510 End page: 517 Vol.: 19 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.2450/2020.0169-20 ISSN or title: 1723-2007
  • Pediatric research, Enquiring beneath the surface
    Name: Balada, Rafael; Tebé, Cristian; León, Marisol; Arca, Gemma; Alsina, Miguel; Castells, Alba Aina; Alcántara, Soledad; Garcia-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 451 End page: 458 Vol.: 88 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-0764-2 ISSN or title: 0031-3998
  • Nutrients, The effects of vegetarian and vegan diet during pregnancy on the health of mothers and offspring
    Name: Sebastiani, Giorgia; Barbero, Ana Herranz; Borrás-Novel, Cristina; Casanova, Miguel Alsina; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Andreu-Fernández, Vicente; Tutusaus, Mireia Pascual; Martínez, Silvia Ferrero; Roig, María Dolores Gómez; García-Algar, Oscar Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 11 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.3390/nu11030557
  • International Journal of STD and AIDS, Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital syphilis
    Name: Ramis Fernández, Sofía Martina; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Salvia-Roges, Dolors Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 1436 End page: 1439 Vol.: 30 No.: 14
    DOI: 10.1177/0956462419876487 ISSN or title: 0956-4624
  • Jornal de Pediatria, Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
    Name: Carreras, Nuria; Alsina, Miguel; Alarcon, Ana; Arca-Díaz, Gemma; Agut, Thais; García-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 251 End page: 257 Vol.: 94 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2017.05.009 ISSN or title: 0021-7557
  • Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research, Multiorgan Dysfunction in Infants of 33-35 Weeks Gestation with Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Hypothermia
    Name: Alsina Casanova, Miguel; MARTÍN, A.; LEON, M.; Arca, G.; Pérez, E.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 8 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.4172/2161-0940.1000305 ISSN or title: 2161-0940
  • Human mutation, Maternal mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia despite not being imprinted
    Name: Alsina Casanova, Miguel; Monteagudo-Sánchez, Ana; Rodiguez Guerineau, Luciana; Court, Franck; Gazquez Serrano, Isabel; Martorell, Loreto; Rovira Zurriaga, Carlota; Moore, Gudrun E.; Ishida, Miho; Castañon, Montserrat; Moliner Calderon, Elisenda; Monk, David; Moreno Hernando, Julio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 615 End page: 620 Vol.: 38 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.1002/humu.23213 ISSN or title: 1059-7794
  • Pediatric critical care medicine, The Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Correlates with Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Hypothermia Era
    Name: Alsina, Miguel; Martín-Ancel, Ana; Alarcon-Allen, Ana; Arca, Gemma; Gayá, Francisco; García-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 234 End page: 240 Vol.: 18 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001068 ISSN or title: 1529-7535
  • Atencion Farmaceutica, Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric patients
    Name: Claret Teruel, Gemma; Alsina Casanova, Miquel; Huici Sánchez, Malka; Trenchs Sainz De La Maza, Victoria; Luaces Cubells, Carles Role: Autor Publishing date: 2013
    Start page: 6 End page: 12 Vol.: 15 No.: 1
    ISSN or title: 1139-7357
  • Pediatria Catalana, Traumatisme desapercebut en un adolescent amb intoxicació etílica aguda
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Trenchs-Sainz De La Maza, Victoria; Sarmiento-Martínez, Mercedes; Luaces-Cubells, Carles Role: Autor Publishing date: 2011
    Start page: 150 End page: 152 Vol.: 71 No.: 4
    ISSN or title: 1135-8831
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Cultural Foundations: Falling in Love, Love and Human Sexuality
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
    • - Human Sexuality
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2017-2018 - Period: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Pediatrics
Course 2016-2017 - Period: 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2017
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2015-2016 - Period: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2016
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics

Academic training

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

  • Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, Erratum
    Name: Samarkanova, Dinara; Codinach, Margarita; Aran, Gemma; Guitart, Mar; Valdivia, Elena; Martorell, Lluis; Azqueta, Carmen; Rodriguez-Aliberas, Marta; Soria, Gloria; Martinez, Nuria; Alonso-Nogués, Eva; Farssac, Elisenda; Madrigal, Alejandro; Fernandez-Sojo, Jesus; Alsina-Casanova, Miquel; Rebulla, Paolo; Querol, Sergio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 24 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.2450/BloodTransfus.1303
  • Trials, Treatment guided by cerebral oximetry in mechanically ventilated newborns
    Name: Petersen, Johanne Juul; Kamp, Caroline Barkholt; Olsen, Markus Harboe; Hansen, Mathias Lühr; Thorlund, Kristian; Pellicer, Adelina; Naulaers, Gunnar; Dempsey, Eugene; Hahn, Gitte Holst; Andersen, Patrick Bjerregaard; Rasmussen, Marie Isabel Skov; Pichler, Gerhard; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Szczapa, Tomasz; Ognean, Maria Livia; Nesargi, Saudamini; Musante, Gabriel; Chalak, Lina; Di Maio, Massimo; Lakhwani, Jyoti; Procianoy, Renato S.; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Fuchs, Hans; Cetinkaya, Merih; Hagmann, Cornelia; Popat, Himanshu; Fabres, Jorge; Wang, Laishuan; Schmölzer, Georg; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Mohora, Ramona; Zafra, Pamela; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Baik-Schneditz, Nariae; Lopez, Laura Serrano; Griesmaier, Elke; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; Shashidhar, A.; Dassios, Theodore; Arruza, Luis; Greisen, Gorm; Jakobsen, Janus Christian Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 27 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09387-4
  • Trials, Treatment guided by cerebral oximetry in newborns receiving invasive mechanical ventilation
    Name: Kamp, Caroline Barkholt; Petersen, Johanne Juul; Hansen, Mathias Lühr; Pellicer, Adelina; Naulaers, Gunnar; Dempsey, Eugene; Hahn, Gitte Holst; Olsen, Markus Harboe; Rasmussen, Marie Isabel Skov; Pichler, Gerhard; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Szczapa, Tomasz; Ognean, Maria Livia; Nesargi, Saudamini; Musante, Gabriel; Chalak, Lina; Di Maio, Massimo; Lakhwani, Jyoti; Procianoy, Renato S.; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Fuchs, Hans; Cetinkaya, Merih; Hagmann, Cornelia; Popat, Himanshu; Fabres, Jorge; Wang, Laishuan; Schmölzer, Georg; Fumagalli, Monica; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Mohora, Ramona; Zafra, Pamela; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Baik-Schneditz, Nariae; Lopez, Laura Serrano; Griesmaier, Elke; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; A, Shashidhar; Dassios, Theodore; Greisen, Gorm; Jakobsen, Janus Christian Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 27 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09631-5
  • Transfusion, The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
    Name: Houben, Nina A.M.; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Lopriore, Enrico; Fustolo-Gunnink, Suzanne; Aguar Carrascosa, Marta; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Andersson, Ola; Arias-Llorente, Rosa Patricia; Berenger, Adeline; Beuchée, Alain; Bielska, Edyta; Boia, Marioara; Birkenmaier, André; Biros, Jakub; Blanquart, Anne Laure; Boggini, Tiziana; Boileau, Pascal; Bokiniec, Renata; Brække, Kirstin; Bresesti, Ilia; Broad, Katherine; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Cardona, Francesco; Cavallaro, Giacomo; Chauvel, Jennifer; Cseszneki, Borbála; Dame, Christof; Dani, Carlo; Debeer, Anne; Demová, Klaudia; Deschmann, Emöke; Domingues, Sara; Dornis, Diana; Duban, Marie Pierre; Dziadkowiec-Motyl, Karolina; Erzen, Nika; Fanczal, Eszter; Fernández-Castiñeira, Sara; Fijnvandraat, Karin; Galuschka, Libusa; Gandaputra, Ellen; García-Muñoz Rodrigo, Fermín; Gebauer, Corinna; Ghirardello, Stefano; Grimault, Hélène; Grizelj, Ruza; Grund, Kristina; Gsöllpointner, Melanie; Gualdi, Silvia; Guaragni, Brunetta Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 2021 End page: 2023 Vol.: 65 No.: 11
    DOI: 10.1111/trf.18432 ISSN or title: 0041-1132
  • Neonatology, Effect of Cerebral Oximetry-Guided Treatment on Brain Injury in Preterm Infants as Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term Equivalent Age
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Lühr-Hansen, Mathias; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Del Rio, Ruth; Maton, Pierre; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Zafra-Rodriguez, Pamela; Vesoulis, Zachary Andrew; Mastretta, Emmanuele; Bresesti, Ilia; Gomez-Chiari, Marta; Rebollo, Mónica; Khamis, Jamil; Baltatzidis, Angelos; Benavente-Fernandez, Isabel; Shimony, Joshua; Morana, Giovanni; Agosti, Massimo; Carreras, Nuria; Cuaresma, Adriana; Gau, Ambre; Anastasiou, Athanasia; Lubian-López, Simón Pedro; Alexopoulos, Dimitrios; Sciortino, Paola; Dessimone, Francesca; Harboe Olsen, Markus; Agut, Thais; Greisen, Gorm Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 38 End page: 45 Vol.: 122 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1159/000539175 ISSN or title: 1661-7800
  • PLoS ONE, Accuracy of point-of-care nasopharyngeal Interleukin 6 and lung ultrasound in predicting the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants born before 30 weeks of gestation
    Name: Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Avià, Xela; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Carrasco, Cristina; Salvia, Maria Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 20 No.: 4 April
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319739
  • Children, Purpura Fulminans in an Extremely Premature Infant
    Name: Roig, Anna Rojas; de Oliveira, Eduardo Costa Félix; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Martínez, Anna Álvarez; Gimenez, Ana Espinosa; Serrano, Miguel Bejarano; Acevedo, Gemma Pérez; Gracia, Carmen; Cortada, Àfrica Pertierra; Casanova, Miguel Alsina Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 12 No.: 11
    DOI: 10.3390/children12111546
  • Children, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Pneumothorax in Very Preterm Infants
    Name: Nogueroles Blanco, Cristina; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Velilla-Aparicio, Mar; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Alsina Casanova, Miguel; Carrasco Carrasco, Cristina; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Rodríguez-Miguélez, José Manuel; Salvia-Roigés, Ma Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 11 No.: 10
    DOI: 10.3390/children11101179
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Platelet transfusion in neonatal intensive care units of 22 European countries
    Name: Houben, Nina A.M.; Lopriore, Enrico; Fijnvandraat, Karin; Caram-Deelder, Camila; Carrascosa, Marta Aguar; Beuchée, Alain; Brække, Kristin; Cardona, Francesco; Debeer, Anne; Domingues, Sara; Ghirardello, Stefano; Grizelj, Ruza; Hadžimuratović, Emina; Heiring, Christian; Krivec, Jana Lozar; Malý, Jan; Matasova, Katarina; Moore, Carmel Maria; Muehlbacher, Tobias; Szabó, Miklos; Szczapa, Tomasz; Zaharie, Gabriela; de Jager, Justine; Reibel-Georgi, Nora Johanna; New, Helen V.; Stanworth, Simon J.; Deschmann, Emöke; Roehr, Charles C.; Dame, Christof; le Cessie, Saskia; van der Bom, Johanna; Fustolo-Gunnink, Suzanne; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Andersson, Ola; Arias-Llorente, Rosa Patricia; Berenger, Adeline; Bielska, Edyta; Boia, Marioara; Birkenmaier, André; Biros, Jakub; Blanquart, Anne Laure; Boggini, Tiziana; Boileau, Pascal; Bokiniec, Renata; Bresesti, Ilia; Broad, Katherine; Cavallaro, Giacomo; Chauvel, Jennifer; Cseszneki, Borbála; Dani, Carlo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 47
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101086
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics, Predictors of CPAP failure after less-invasive surfactant administration in preterm infants
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Brito, Nerea; Balcells-Esponera, Carla; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Soler-García, Aleix; Agustí, Carmen; Brullas, Guillem; Clotet, Jordi; Carrasco, Cristina; Salvia, Dolors; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 12
    DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1444906
  • The New England journal of medicine, Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring in Extremely Preterm Infants
    Name: Hansen, Mathias L.; Pellicer, Adelina; Hyttel-Sørensen, Simon; Ergenekon, Ebru; Szczapa, Tomasz; Hagmann, Cornelia; Naulaers, Gunnar; Mintzer, Jonathan; Fumagalli, Monica; Dimitriou, Gabriel; Dempsey, Eugene; Tkaczyk, Jakub; Cheng, Guoqiang; Fredly, Siv; Heuchan, Anne M.; Pichler, Gerhard; Fuchs, Hans; Nesargi, Saudamini; Hahn, Gitte H.; Piris-Borregas, Salvador; Širc, Jan; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Stocker, Martin; Ozkan, Hilal; Sarafidis, Kosmas; Hopper, Andrew O.; Karen, Tanja; Rzepecka-Weglarz, Beata; Oguz, Serife S.; Arruza, Luis; Memisoglu, Asli C.; Del Rio Florentino, Ruth; Baserga, Mariana; Maton, Pierre; Truttmann, Anita C.; De Las Cuevas, Isabel; Agergaard, Peter; Zafra, Pamela; Bender, Lars; Lauterbach, Ryszard; Lecart, Chantal; De Buyst, Julie; El-Khuffash, Afif; Curley, Anna; Vaccarello, Olalla O.; Miletin, Jan; Papathoma, Evangelia; Vesoulis, Zachary; Vento, Giovanni; Cornette, Luc; Lopez, Laura S.; Yasa, Beril; Klamer, Anja; Agosti, Massimo; Baud, Olivier; Mastretta, Emmanuele; Cetinkaya, Merih; McCall, Karen; Zeng, Shujuan; Hatzidaki, Eleftheria; Bargiel, Agata; Marciniak, Sylwia; Gao, Xiaoyan; Huijia, Lin; Chalak, Lina; Yang, Ling; Rao, Shashidhar A.; Xu, Xin; Gonzalez, Begoña L.; Wilinska, Maria; Yin, Zhaoqing; Sadowska-Krawczenko, Iwona; Serrano-Viñuales, Itziar; Krolak-Olejnik, Barbara; Ybarra, Marta M.; Morales-Betancourt, Catalina; Korček, Peter; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Mosca, Fabio; Hergenhan, Anja; Koksal, Nilgun; Tsoni, Konstantia; Kadri, Munaf M.; Knöpfli, Claudia; Rafinska-Wazny, Elzbieta; Akin, Mustafa S.; Nordvik, Tone; Peng, Zhang; Kersin, Sinem G.; Thewissen, Liesbeth; Alarcon, Ana; Healy, David; Urlesberger, Berndt; Baş, Münevver; Baumgartner, Jana; Skylogianni, Eleni; Karadyova, Veronika; Valverde, Eva; Bergon-Sendin, Elena; Kucera, Jachym; Pisoni, Silvia; Wang, Le; Smits, Anne; Sanchez-Salmador, Rebeca; Rasmussen, Marie I.; Olsen, Markus H.; Jensen, Aksel K.; Gluud, Christian; Jakobsen, Janus C.; Greisen, Gorm Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 1501 End page: 1511 Vol.: 388 No.: 16
    DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207554 ISSN or title: 0028-4793
  • International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Foetal Haemoglobin as a Marker of Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to Anti-Kell Alloimmunisation
    Name: Morales Painamil, Rodrigo Alfredo; de Aledo-Castillo, José Manuel González; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Argudo-Ramírez, Ana; López-Galera, Rosa M.; Paredes-Fuentes, Abraham J.; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 9 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.3390/ijns9020024
  • Frontiers In Pediatrics, Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown
    Name: RASMUSSEN, M.; LÜHR HANSEN, M.; Alsina Casanova, Miguel; al., et; 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. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 9
    DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.647880 ISSN or title: 2296-2360
  • Blood transfusion, Feasibility of umbilical cord blood as a source of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants
    Name: González, Elsa García; Casanova, Miguel Alsina; Samarkanova, Dinara; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Teresa-Palacio, Marta; Busquets, Elisenda Farssac; Figueras-Aloy, Josep; Salvia-Roigés, Ma Dolors; Querol, Sergi Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 510 End page: 517 Vol.: 19 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.2450/2020.0169-20 ISSN or title: 1723-2007
  • Pediatric research, Enquiring beneath the surface
    Name: Balada, Rafael; Tebé, Cristian; León, Marisol; Arca, Gemma; Alsina, Miguel; Castells, Alba Aina; Alcántara, Soledad; Garcia-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 451 End page: 458 Vol.: 88 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-0764-2 ISSN or title: 0031-3998
  • Nutrients, The effects of vegetarian and vegan diet during pregnancy on the health of mothers and offspring
    Name: Sebastiani, Giorgia; Barbero, Ana Herranz; Borrás-Novel, Cristina; Casanova, Miguel Alsina; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Andreu-Fernández, Vicente; Tutusaus, Mireia Pascual; Martínez, Silvia Ferrero; Roig, María Dolores Gómez; García-Algar, Oscar Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 11 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.3390/nu11030557
  • International Journal of STD and AIDS, Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital syphilis
    Name: Ramis Fernández, Sofía Martina; Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Herranz-Barbero, Ana; Aldecoa-Bilbao, Victoria; Borràs-Novell, Cristina; Salvia-Roges, Dolors Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 1436 End page: 1439 Vol.: 30 No.: 14
    DOI: 10.1177/0956462419876487 ISSN or title: 0956-4624
  • Jornal de Pediatria, Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
    Name: Carreras, Nuria; Alsina, Miguel; Alarcon, Ana; Arca-Díaz, Gemma; Agut, Thais; García-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 251 End page: 257 Vol.: 94 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2017.05.009 ISSN or title: 0021-7557
  • Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research, Multiorgan Dysfunction in Infants of 33-35 Weeks Gestation with Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Hypothermia
    Name: Alsina Casanova, Miguel; MARTÍN, A.; LEON, M.; Arca, G.; Pérez, E.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 8 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.4172/2161-0940.1000305 ISSN or title: 2161-0940
  • Human mutation, Maternal mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia despite not being imprinted
    Name: Alsina Casanova, Miguel; Monteagudo-Sánchez, Ana; Rodiguez Guerineau, Luciana; Court, Franck; Gazquez Serrano, Isabel; Martorell, Loreto; Rovira Zurriaga, Carlota; Moore, Gudrun E.; Ishida, Miho; Castañon, Montserrat; Moliner Calderon, Elisenda; Monk, David; Moreno Hernando, Julio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 615 End page: 620 Vol.: 38 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.1002/humu.23213 ISSN or title: 1059-7794
  • Pediatric critical care medicine, The Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Correlates with Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Hypothermia Era
    Name: Alsina, Miguel; Martín-Ancel, Ana; Alarcon-Allen, Ana; Arca, Gemma; Gayá, Francisco; García-Alix, Alfredo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 234 End page: 240 Vol.: 18 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001068 ISSN or title: 1529-7535
  • Atencion Farmaceutica, Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric patients
    Name: Claret Teruel, Gemma; Alsina Casanova, Miquel; Huici Sánchez, Malka; Trenchs Sainz De La Maza, Victoria; Luaces Cubells, Carles Role: Autor Publishing date: 2013
    Start page: 6 End page: 12 Vol.: 15 No.: 1
    ISSN or title: 1139-7357
  • Pediatria Catalana, Traumatisme desapercebut en un adolescent amb intoxicació etílica aguda
    Name: Alsina-Casanova, Miguel; Trenchs-Sainz De La Maza, Victoria; Sarmiento-Martínez, Mercedes; Luaces-Cubells, Carles Role: Autor Publishing date: 2011
    Start page: 150 End page: 152 Vol.: 71 No.: 4
    ISSN or title: 1135-8831
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
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  • Bachelor's Degree
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    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
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Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
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Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2017-2018 - Period: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Pediatrics
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  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2015-2016 - Period: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2016
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics