People and source evidence
Faculty profiles and official portraits
Explore individually sourced roles, affiliations and portraits. Where a portrait is unavailable in reviewed evidence, it is marked below.
Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Marc Garcia-Elias
Listed clinical-attachment team member
FESSH lists these five surgeons in the Kaplan clinical-attachment entry added in May 2019. The list is dated evidence, not confirmation of all current appointments or an open placement. Assumpta Heras is the administrative contact and is excluded.
Kaplan Hand Institute, Barcelona
Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗Profile reviewed 20 Oct 2026
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Angel Ferreres
Listed clinical-attachment team member
FESSH lists these five surgeons in the Kaplan clinical-attachment entry added in May 2019. The list is dated evidence, not confirmation of all current appointments or an open placement. Assumpta Heras is the administrative contact and is excluded.
Kaplan Hand Institute, Barcelona
Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗Profile reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Alex Lluch
Listed clinical-attachment team member
FESSH lists these five surgeons in the Kaplan clinical-attachment entry added in May 2019. The list is dated evidence, not confirmation of all current appointments or an open placement. Assumpta Heras is the administrative contact and is excluded.
Kaplan Hand Institute, Barcelona
Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗Profile reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Ana Carreño
Listed clinical-attachment team member
FESSH lists these five surgeons in the Kaplan clinical-attachment entry added in May 2019. The list is dated evidence, not confirmation of all current appointments or an open placement. Assumpta Heras is the administrative contact and is excluded.
Kaplan Hand Institute, Barcelona
Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗Profile reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Mireia Esplugas
Listed clinical-attachment team member
FESSH lists these five surgeons in the Kaplan clinical-attachment entry added in May 2019. The list is dated evidence, not confirmation of all current appointments or an open placement. Assumpta Heras is the administrative contact and is excluded.
Kaplan Hand Institute, Barcelona
Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗Profile reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — Barcelona.
- Leadership as published
- Marc Garcia-Elias — Listed clinical-attachment team member; Angel Ferreres — Listed clinical-attachment team member; Alex Lluch — Listed clinical-attachment team member; Ana Carreño — Listed clinical-attachment team member; Mireia Esplugas — Listed clinical-attachment team member
- Evidence reviewed
- 15 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Kaplan Hand Institute
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — Barcelona
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain
- Duration
- Not publicly listed
- Clinical participation
- Opportunity types listed by the centre: Clinical attachment-observer, no practising rights; self-funded fellowship
- International applicants
- Eligibility, licensing and visa requirements must be confirmed with the centre
- Funding
- Self-funded (as listed)
- Application timing
- Not publicly listed
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Not publicly listed
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Eligibility must be confirmed with the programme; the FESSH listing does not publish entry criteria.
Published training
- Hand
Application route
Send fellowship information requests and applications to fellowship@institut-kaplan.com (address printed on the Institut Kaplan fellowship page). The page does not list required documents.
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Published contact note: Assumpta Heras — contact email published on the FESSH training-centre listing
Official society listing · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
Official sources
- Mireia Esplugas — Official host, university or fellowship society — reviewed role ↗
- Kaplan Hand Institute — official website (as listed by FESSH) ↗
Source review: 15 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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