The Barraquer Eye Centre is a private eye clinic in Barclona, Spain, founded in 1941. This specialist eye centre is devoted to research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of ocular diseases, offering assistance to patients from all over the world. Professor Joaquín Barraquer, surgeon and manager, structured his team of 30 ophthalmologists in different specialities, covering all of the ophthalmology fields.
Since its foundation Barraquer Eye Centre has had the trust and confidence from Arab countries in the Gulf region such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and other Arab countries in the Mediterranean such as Algeria, Libya, and Morocco.
Many of the people of these countries trust Barraquer to treat the problems they have with their visions and one can always find patients from Arab countries and their family at the clinic in Barcelona.
To make your visit and stay more comfortable at Clinica Barraquer in Barcelona, the services of translators and Arab guides are available, though the majority of the doctors at Barraquer speak English, French, and Spanish.
Every year the centre provides 100,000 consultations and about 12,000 patients are admitted to the Emergency Department. The total number of surgeries amounted to 14,000 eyes in 2008. The Barraquer Eye Centre has 5 operation theatres and 5 laser units.
Each department has the latest high-tech equipment and the most advanced diagnosis systems. The centre has, at present, has 44 beds and 19 cubicles for ambulatory surgery patients.
All patients receive individual attention, and have an initial consultation, where the patient is informed of all the procedures and steps to take before his/her surgery (i.e. pre-operation tests, follow-up, financial conditions).
Patients also have the option to choose the surgeon that will operate on them, as well as the type of room for recovery. Read more about The Barraquer Eye Centre.
Leading Spanish eye specialists and latest treatments
The specialist ophthalmologist team in Barcelona treats the following conditions, and offers the following types of eye surgery:
- Anterior segment pathologies (cornea, glaucoma, cataract....)
- Posterior segment pathologies (vitreous, retina, macula and optic nerve)
- Binocular vision and strabismus
- Oculoplasty (Blefaroplasty)
- Botox injections
- Lacrimal system and orbit
- Refractive surgery (LASIK, ICL, LIO…)
- Macular degeneration (Lucentis, Avastín…)
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Ocular oncology
- Clinical ophthalmology
- Diagnostic imaging department (Goldman field, HRT II, OCT, Angiography, Ecography, Corneal Topography, etc.)
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Emergency eye treatment
The Centre has a permanent ophthalmologic emergency service that works 24 hours a day, and has an on-call team of ophthalmologists and nurses. To support the Ophthalmology team, the Centre has physicians who are specialised in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetology, ENT, Dentistry, Biology and Clinical Analysis. It also has an Anaesthesiology team specialised in anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery.
Eye surgery specialists at the Spanish clinic
The "Barraquer Saga" has been present in ophthalmology for over 100 years.
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José Antonio Barraquer Roviralta (1852 - 1924) was the first Professor of ophthalmology in Spain (1888).
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Ignacio Barraquer Barraquer (1881 - 1965) developed the phakoeresis technique for cataract extraction in 1927.
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José Ignacio Barraquer Moner (1916 - 1998) established the Instituto Barraquer de América in Bogotá (Colombia) and he is one of the pioneers of refractive surgery.
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Joaquín Barraquer Moner (1927), discovered (1957) the action of alphachymotrypsin and developed the "enzymatic zonulolysis" technique for cataract extraction.
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Elena Barraquer Compte (1953), and Rafael Ignacio Barraquer Compte (1956), daughter and son of Joaquín Barraquer Moner , are both Assistant Medical Directors of Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer.
Prof. Joaquín Barraquer
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Director of the Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer
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Director of the Institut Universitari Barraquer
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Executive Director of the Instituto Barraquer
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Director-founder of the Eye Bank for Treatment of Blindness
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Doctor Honoris Causa and Honourary Professor of 7 universities.
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Specialities: Anterior segment surgery, corneal graft, and refractive surgery by PRL.
Read more about Joaquín Barraquer Moner.
Rafael I. Barraquer, MD
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Medical Director of the Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer.
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Educational Director of the Institut Universitari Barraquer
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Titular of the Chair "Joquín Barraquer" Research in Ophthalmology
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Specialities: Anterior segment surgery, refractive surgery and ocular oncology.
Read more about Rafael Ignacio Barraquer Compte.
Elena Barraquer, MD
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Medical Director of the Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer.
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Executive Director of “Barraquer Foundation”.
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Specialities: Anterior segment surgery, specialist in cataract surgery and Clinical ophthalmologist.
Read more about Elena Barraquer Compte
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Contact details
Barraquer Eye Centre
Muntaner, 314
08021 Barcelona
Spain
Tel. (+34) 93 209 53 11
Fax. (+34) 93 200 24 69
Website: www.barraquer.com
Email: info@barraquer.com
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