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José Mir Pallardó

Medical Research 2010
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MD, PhD in Medicine and Surgery. Head of the Transplant Department at La Fe University Hospital in Valencia.

Jury ruling

The jury for the Rei Jaume I Prize for Biomedical Research, meeting in Valencia, has unanimously decided to award the 2010 prize to Mr José Mir Pallardó.

He has established a liver transplant team that serves as a benchmark both nationally and internationally. With a total of 1,680 transplants, it is the leading centre in Spain, accounting for 10 per cent of all national transplants and 1 per cent of global cases. He has published more than 250 papers in national and international journals and has developed numerous transplant protocols to further improve outcomes.

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