Elvira Fernández, former director of IRBLleida, Josep Trueta medal

Two of the 23 Josep Trueta 2019 awards for the sanitary merit granted by the Catalan government are for the professor of the UdL and former director of IRBLleida, Elvira Fernández, and for the professor of Surgery of the University of Lleida and former rector, Joan Viñas.

Elvira Fernández was director of the IRBLleida from December 2015 to February 2019. In the healthcare field, she was Head of Nephrology Service of the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital (HUAV), from 1999 until 2016, being part of the Clinical Board. He held the position of Clinical Management of the medical area for a period of 2 years. In the field of teaching, Professor of the Department of Medicine of the University of Lleida (UdL), since 1992, with accreditation by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) as Professor since 2012, and as Professor of the UdL, with date of convocation 11/12/2017.

The Josep Trueta medals will be awarded on the 29th in an event that will be held at the Palau de la Generalitat. The medals and plaques were created in 1998 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of renowned doctor and scientist Josep Trueta Raspall.