Dr Serna grew up in Barcelona, Spain, and attended medical school at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (UAB). She did her residency in Family Medicine and then worked in an outpatient clinic as a primary care physician and in a pediatric emergency department. In 2004 she moved to Boston, and spent the next two years with the Palliative Care Service. She is currently working as a Palliative Care attending at the Vall Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, affiliated with the Autonoma University of Barcelona

"Since my residency, my goal has been to help my patients go through this difficult time. I enjoy taking care of my patients and hearing their unique stories. I am particularly interested in serving people from diverse ethnicities, realising that we all approach the end of life very differently."