Life and career Ramon Cugat was born in
L' Aldea, Spain on 25 August 1950 in a farming family. At the age of 15, he moved away from the rural life to Barcelona in 1965, where he was selected to play for the youth team of FC Barcelona until 1971. In 1969 he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona and started his venture in sports medicine under the guidance of Dr. Jose Garcia Cugat, founder of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association. By 1975, he had graduated in medicine and surgery and in the next two years he received his doctorate and obtained the title of specialist in orthopedic and trauma surgery. By then, he was also completing his first major in England in 1979. Ramon Cugat learned arthroscopy in England and the United States in the late 70s. He trained at Massachusetts General Hospital under the guidance of Dr. Bertram Zarins and has continued collaboration with him.
Medical career In 1980, Ramon Cugat began his collaboration with Bertram Zarins, Head of Sports Medicine at
Massachusetts General Hospital at
Harvard University in the United States. He was a founding member of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association created in 1982 and chaired this organization from 1993 to 1995. In 1990, he returned to Spain to be appointed Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the
University of Barcelona. In 1991, he was appointed as orthopaedic surgeon to the American Football Team of
Barcelona Dragons, a member of the Barcelona sport organisation. He was appointed a member of the team of orthopedic surgeons during the
1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. From 1992 to 2004 he worked as medical assistant in the Department of Trauma and Orthopedics at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona directing the Arthroscopic Surgery Unit. In 2007, he joined Hospital Quiron Barcelona assuming the position of co-director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma where he continues today.
Personal life Ramon Cugat is married to
Montserrat Garcia Balletbó, a pathology specialist currently focused on the investigation of biological therapies. They have three children: Debora, Coco and Pepe. ==Academic career ==