Dr. Carla Farré

Description

Dr. Carla Farré is a specialist in Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Management, with more than a decade of experience in reference units in Barcelona and Manresa. She coordinates the MIVI Manresa Pain Unit at Clínica Sant Josep Manresa as well as the Pain Unit at Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa where she leads an advanced care model focused on interventional techniques guided by ultrasound and fluoroscopy. His career combines clinical practice, university teaching and research, with multiple scientific publications and specialized training in interventionalism, radiofrequency and pain medicine.

Professional Experience

• 2023-present: Coordinator of the MIVI Manresa Pain Unit at Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa.
• 2023-present: Coordinator of the Pain Unit of Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa.
• 2015-present: Assistant collaborator of the Grup Anestèsic del Bages.
• 2015-present: Assistant to the service of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapeutics of Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa.
• 2013-2015: Assistant collaborator at the Anesthesiology Department of Centro Médico Teknon Barcelona.
• 2013 - 2015: Assistant to the service of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapeutics at Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona.
• 2009 - 2013: Specialty of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy at Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona.

Training

• 2002 - 2008: Degree in Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
• 2009 - 2013: Specialty in Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy. Parc de Salut Mar
• February 2020: Rotation at the Chronic Pain Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Valencia.
• 2013: European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
• 2011: 3rd Annual Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy and Medical Care: Introduction to clinical research. Barcelona.
• 2011: 3rd Annual Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy and Medical Care: Practical Skills in conducting research in clinical epidemiology and investigation. Barcelona.
• 2013 - 2014: Master in Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia, guided by ultrasound. University of Salamanca.
• 2016 - 2017: Expert Degree in Clinical Anesthesiology. General Foundation of the University of Granada.
• 2017: XV Course of Peripheral Nerve Blocks. Mediterranean Institute of Pain and Regional Anesthesia, Valencia.
• 2019: University Expert in Pain. Own degree. University of Cadiz.
• 2019: Training program on ultrasound-guided interventional techniques in pain management.
• 2020: Basic and clinial science for the management of patients with chronic pain: intrathecal drug delivery course IX. Academy Fundolor.
• 2021: Intermediate course on radiofrequency for pain. Spanish Pain Society.
• 2022: Advanced course in opioid treatment. X Edition. Vianorte-Laguna Foundation.
• 2023: II SEDAR comprehensive course of advanced training in chronic pain.
• 2023: Expert in interventionism and radiofrequency in the treatment of pain. Francisco de Vitoria University.
• 2023: Master of Continuing Education in Pain Medicine of the Spanish Pain Society.
• 2024: Basic course of rediofrequency for pain. Spanish Pain Society.
• 2024-2025: The Pain School International Comprehensive Pain Education.
• 2025: Practical pre-congress day on spinal pain treatment using radiofrequency guided by fluoroscopy and ultrasound (V International Congress SEMDOR).

Academic and research experience

• Teacher of the Master in Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy of the UManresa (2020-present).
• Anesthesiology resident tutor at Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa (2020 - present).
• Member of the Catalan Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy (SCARTD).
• Member of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management (ESRA).
• Member of the Spanish Pain Society (SED).
• Member of the Societat Catalana del Dolor (SCD).
• Member of the International Pain & Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS).
• Ultrasound of the anatomical and functional characteristics of the internal jugular vein. Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona 2011).
• Postoperative hip prosthesis analgesia. Intrathecal morphine versus ultrasound-guided iliofascial block. Anatomical, functional and radiological study of iliofascial block. Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona 2011).
• Fluid Day (Manresa, 2018).
• POWER 2: Postoperative Outcomes Within an Enhanced Recovery Surgery Protocol (Manresa, 2018 - 2019).
• EUROPOWER: Postoperative Outcomes within/without an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocol in Colorectal Surgery (Manresa, 2019 - 2020).
• FRAGILE Study; Frailty incidence in surgical european patients (Manresa 2019).
• ALICE Study; Preoperative Anaemia prevalence in surgical patients (Manresa, 2020).

Publications

• Hemodynamic monitoring with pulse wave systems during pheochromocytoma surgery (letter to the editor). Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación 2014; 61(2): 116 - 117.
• Association between use of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol and postoperative complications in total hip and knee arthroplasty in the postoperative outcomes within enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in elective total hip and knee arthrosplasty study (POWER2). JAMA Surg. 2020;155(4):e196024.
• Observational study on fluid therapy management in surgical adult patients. BMC Anesthesiology. (2021)21:316.
• Preoperative prevalence of asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers in hospitals in Catalonia during the first wave after the restart of surgical activity. Spanish Surgery 2022;100(6):352-358.
• Effect of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy guided by non-invasive monitoring on perioperative complications in elderly hip fracture patients within an enhanced recovery pathway. Perioperative Medicine (2022)11:46
• Association between use of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols and postoperative complications in colorectal surgery in Europe: The EuroPOWER international observational study. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2022 Sep;80:110752.

Awards

• Extraordinary prize for the degree in Medicine from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (2002-2008).
• 2nd prize for the best oral communication at the X Congrés de la Societat Catalana d'Anestesiologia, Reanimació i Terapèutica del dolor. Barcelona. (2012).