The Barcelona HPV Course 2026. Jornadas sobre el VPH (Virus del Papiloma Humano)

Infectious Diseases
On-site
English
Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili y HUB Social - Fundació Bofill, Barcelona

Status

Available soon

Price

Practical sessions: 250€ / Plenary session: FREE

October 5th & 6th: The theoretical and practical sessions are intended for clinicians interested in developing anal HPV screening programs, particularly those caring for high‑risk patients.
October 7th: The plenary session is aimed at a broader multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and related sectors engaged in the HPV field.

Information

The Barcelona HPV Course 2026 offers a highly specialized in-person course, designed for healthcare professionals seeking a comprehensive update on the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

The course provides a clear overview of essential basic and clinical science, presenting the latest evidence on screening, diagnosis, and management of HPV-related lesions, with a special focus on anal disease.

Its practical format allows participants to apply the acquired knowledge in different clinical settings, from general practice to highly specialized centers, optimizing the prevention and treatment of HPV lesions.

The program will begin with theoretical and practical sessions on October 5th and 6th, dedicated to anal HPV disease and its prevention. These will be followed by a plenary session on October 7th, open to a wider audience and featuring keynote presentations from renowned international experts.

Coordinators

Adrià Curran

Specialist physician

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.

Adrià Curran

Specialist physician

Adrià Curran is a staff physician of the Infectious Diseases Department and the coordinator of the Anal Dysplasia Screening Unit of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. He has carried out specific training on HPV anal dysplasia in HIV patients at the University of San Francisco (CA, USA) with Prof. Joel Palefsky. He is a member of the International Anal Neoplasia Society. He participates as a researcher in multiple international clinical trials and has published more than 100 articles in national and international journals and book chapters on various aspects of HIV infection, HPV and its treatment.
David Parés

Colorectal surgeon

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona

David Parés

Colorectal surgeon

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Barcelona.

He is a Colorectal surgeon, Chief of section and Professor of Surgery at General Surgery Department in the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol and Director of School of Medicine of UAB, in Badalona (Barcelona).

He developed and extensive acadèmic career including National/International clinical trials and has been published more than 160 scientific articles in the field of colorectal surgery, most of them in anal dysplasia.

Accreditation

Accreditation requested at Consell Català de Formació Continua de les Professions Sanitàries-Comisión de Formación Continuada de Sistema Nacional de Salud.

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