[3] He then entered the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, receiving an honorable mention in the Medical Clinic award (which was won by Eduardo Xalabarder),[4] and graduated in 1892.
[3][7] Presta also approached the world of sport and, in 1913, he joined the FC Barcelona board of directors chaired by Francesc de Moxó,[3] whose resignation in 1914 caused a strong internal division.
[3][8] The internal division, however, remained, and after just three months, on 29 September, he resigned due to the unrest between him and Peris de Vargas, his vice-president who aspired to preside over the club.
[3][8] Presta's most prominent action and enduring legacy as the presidency of Barça was the hiring of a doctor for the first time in the history of the club, Felio Castells Farrerons, to take care of the health problems and injuries of the players of the first team of FC Barcelona.
[3] Presta became an academic of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Barcelona [es] in 1902 in recognition of the two works that he presented on the Treatment of Strep and Staphylococcal Infections by Brewer's Yeast and A Case of Aortic Aneurysm Treated with Serum Injections Gelatinized, and it was under this umbrella that he participated in the first Congress of Catalan Language Doctors and was elected as a vice-president of the organizing Board of the second Congress of Doctors.