Francesc Xavier Cos Claramunt
MD, PhD, MSc
Medicine
Family Medicine, Primary Care
Barcelona, Spain
Innovation and Research Officer, University Professor
Francesc Xavier Cos Claramunt is a GP in Sant Marti Primary Health Centres and an innovation and research officer at the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), Barcelona ( Spain). His main areas of interest are Innovation, research, and Education in health His background in Primary Care has special relevance in the field of Diabetes.
Dr Cos is a member and European representative in Diabetes and Endocrine disorders of the Primary Care University Research Institute Jordi Gol, where he is an active member in 2 working groups: Diabetes Prevention and Epidemiological Database Analysis. He started his activities on Diabetes at GEDAPS “Primary Care Diabetes Study Group” in 1997.
He has worked on many institutional projects for the Catalonian Health Department and is regularly invited to participate in national and international ( LATAM, Middle East,...) meetings to lecture on Diabetes in Primary Care, to develop and conduct educational activities, and to develop.
Dr Cos works on various research projects in Diabetes prevention and has been involved in many randomized clinical trials. He is also involved as an Associate Professor at the medicine department of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona since 2009 and is an associate editor of the Primary Care Diabetes journal. In 2009 he was elected as vice chairman of the Primary Care Diabetes Europe and in February 2016 as Chairman elect. In February 2017 he was appointed as Chairman of PCDE for 4 years.
