Best Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease doctors in Spain

Educational Background

• Dr. Bartolomé Bejarano graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Cordoba in 1989.
• He got USMLE Certification by ECFMG, the USA in 1995.
• He specialized in Neurosurgery from La Paz University Hospital in 1996.
• He completed the Doctorate Program in Computational Neurosciences and Neural Networks. From CNS, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
• He received Grant from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1997.
• He got the title of Doctor of medicine and surgery from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2004.

Professional career

• After graduation, Dr. Bartolomé Bejarano served as a military Doctor (Military Service) in 1991.
• He worked as a neurosurgery Resident in La Paz University Hospital general surgery department from 1992 to 1996
• Then he was appointed as a Neurosurgery Physician University Hospital Complex of Santiago in 1997.
• After that, he became a Neurosurgery Physician of University Hospital from 1998 to 1999. Then he also worked at Río Hortega University Hospital in 1999.
• He became a Neurosurgery Consultant and Professor of Medicine at the University of Navarra and worked there from 1999 to 2016.
• Since 2016 Dr. Bartolomé is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Chiron Health Madrid (FJD, HRJC, HIE)
• Currently, he is leading neurosurgeon at the University of Navarra Clinic (since 2019)

Memberships

Dr. Bartolomé Bejarano is a member of the following scientific societies:

• • CNS

• SENFE
• SENEC
• CIMA
• EANS
• INNS
• SEBC
• Spanish Society of Spinal and Spinal Surgery

Interesting Fact

Dr. Bartolomé Bejarano directed the first operation of a Spanish brainstem hearing implant center to restore hearing to a girl deaf from birth.

Publications

• Dr. Bartolomé Bejarano is the writer of 36 articles that are published in national and international magazines.
• He is also part of various meetings and conferences.
• Research collaborator in various research projects, some of which are:

1.  "Anterior nuclei of the raphe and the wake-sleep cycle in the cat"
2. "Compensatory anastomosis and nerve transfer in avulsions of the brachial plexus by connecting intercostal nerves to the ulnar nerve in the cat".
3. "Neural Cardiac Therapy for Heart Failure (NECTAR-1109). Designed to evaluate the application of right vagus nerve stimulation in heart failure patients with a New York Heart Association Class III, an ejection fraction equal to or less than 35%, and a narrow QRS duration equal to or less than 130 ms "

Educational Background:

• Dr. Marta Fernández Matarrubia did her bachelor of medicine from the Cantabria University of Spain.
• After that she did a specialization in Neurology from Hospital Clínico San Carlos university.
• Further for her doctor of medicine she joined Complutense University and completed it in 2016.
• She also did masters in epilepsy from Murcia university

Professional experience:

• After her specialization, Dr. Marta Fernández Matarrubia has worked as a specialist and researcher at hospital clínico san carlos for 2 years.
• Works as a professor at Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA)
• Teaching and working as a specialist at Navarra clinic Spain.

Awards and achievements:

• She did her MBBS degree with the award of  “extraordinary end”.
• Received training certificate in cognitive assessment endorsed by Spanish neurology society.

Membership in professional organizations:

• Dr. Marta is part of well reputable DEGESCO (Dementia Genetics Spanish Consortium).
• Member of the Spanish society of neurology

Research and publications:

Since after her specialization Dr. Marta Fernández Matarrubia has remained a leading researcher in neurology areas. A number of researches have been published as well as are recognized on an international level.

• She is collaborating researcher of the INNOLFACT project
• Part of number of researches related to Alzheimer’s disease
• Participation as associate researcher in the project "Understanding the subjective memory complaints of the elderly: an approach from genetics, neuropsychology and anatomical-functional connectivity" funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
• More than 20 of her articles have also been published in reputable journals.
• She has also written book chapters on neurology as a collaborator.
• Participated in more than 100 congresses

Some of Dr. Marta Fernández Matarrubia's researches are;

1. Autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia SCAR8/ARCA1: first families detected in Spain
2. Heredoataxia cerebelosa recesiva ARCA1/SCAR8: primeras familias detectadas en España

Educational Background

• Dr. Rafael Arroyo Gonzálezl graduated from the Complutense University (UCM).
• He received a University Master's Degree in Medical Direction and Management from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Professional career

• Dr. Rafael Arroyo González has been the director of the Quirónsalud Hospital's Neurology division and the Ruber Juan Bravo Hospital Complex since 2006. 35 professionals work under his guidance to develop their care and research operations.
• He is a Professor of Medicine at the European University of Madrid's Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, and he holds a National Accreditation as a Professor of Health Sciences.
• He is an educator of medication at the European University of Madrid's Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, and he holds a National Accreditation as a Professor of Health Sciences.

Memberships

• Dr. Rafael Arroyo González is part of the research team of Quironsalud Hospital and San Carlos hospital
• He is also part of the medicine faculty sector of Complutense University

Interesting facts

In his research aspect, he stands out as the leading Investigator of 100 global clinical trials.

Publications

• Dr. Rafael Arroyo González has composed 139 global articles, 38 books, and book sections. His distributions on the world's top research articles like the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet are most famous. Dr. Rafael Arroyo has in excess of 300 worldwide and public presentations indifferent Congresses.
• He won the Extraordinary Prize Doctoral Thesis. He is examining the relationship of human herpes infection 6 as a natural factor associated with multiple sclerosis.

Educational Background

• Dr. Iciar Aviles Olmos did a bachelor's in medicine from the University of Murcia in 2002.
  Then she pursued her specialization in neurology at Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa in 2009.
• After that, she further studied movement disorders and completed her master's.
• She is associated with research programs based in London university
• She also received the title of Doctor of medicine from London University in 2013.

Professional career

• Dr. Iciar Aviles Olmos has been serving as a neurologist from 2014 to 2018 in the movement disorder sector and neurosurgery sector at Ramon y Cajal University Hospital.
• Currently, she is part of the Neurology department at the Navarra hospital.
• Moreover, she has been teaching from the start of her career, she is a professor of movement disorders at the master level.

Areas of research

• Dr. Iciar Aviles Olmos is designated as a researcher at the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRyCIS).
• London-based research program for Parkinson's disorders.

Publications and awards

• Dr. Iciar Aviles Olmos was part of over 20 conferences on movement disorders.
• She has written around 29 articles that are published in globally renowned scientific journals.
• She has around83 citations to her name in the last 5 years
• She won the award for being the best teacher in London

Scientific organizations

Dr. Iciar is part of the following organizations and societies:

• Spanish Society of Neurology
• SEN
• Scientific Communications Reviewer

Educational Background

• Dr. José Angel Obeso completed his degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Navarra in 1976.
• He also got training as a resident doctor at the Nuestra Sra de Aranzazu hospital located in San Sebastian.
• Dr. Obeso completed his Ph.D. degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra in 1979.
• From 1980 to 1982, he was enrolled in the Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College Hospital, where he trained as a neurologist and collaborating researcher in Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders under David Marsden.

Professional Career

• In 1982, Dr. Obeso started working as a deputy physician at the University of Navarra Neurology Department.
• From 1986 till 1995, he worked as the head of the neurology department and the director of the movement disorders unit and experimental Neurology Laboratory at the University of Navarra.
• In 1996, he joined Clínica Quirón San Sebastián and Vintersol Clinic as a neurologist.
• From 2000 till 2014, he worked as a medical consultant and the director of the movement disorder units at the University of Navarra.
• In 2017, Dr. Obeso was appointed the academician of the Royal National Academy of Medicine, RANM.
• During his career, he has trained more than 70 young students in neurology and movement disorders, including neurosciences.
• He has also worked as editor-in-chief of the Movement Disorders Journal in the past, the most important publication in the area of Parkinson's Disease and movement disorders from the period of 2010 to 2020.
• Since 2014, Dr. Obeso has been associated with HM CINAC Integral Neurosciences Centre, working as a director and chief neurologist.
• Currently, he also works as a professor of Neurology at the CEU San Pablo University of Madrid.
• Dr. Obeso has been a professor of Neurology at the Autonomous University of Madrid since 1988.

Memberships

Dr. Obeso is a respectable member and guest professor of various organizations such as:

• The Bolivian Neurological Association
• Colombian Neurological Association
• The American Neurological Association
• The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Publications

• Dr. José Angel Obeso has worked on more than 350 studies regarding different aspects of levodopa dyskinesias, the pathophysiology of basal ganglia, and various therapeutic advancements in Parkinson's Disease.
• His current Hirsch index (an international index that measures scientific productivity) is 81, the highest in the history of Spanish neurology.
• His research papers have been published in various well-known journals, including The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Here's a detailed list of his publications:

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Jose-A-Obeso-46487107

Conferences

• Dr. José has attended more than 450 national and international conferences as a guest.
• He has also organized more than 60 congresses, such as recent conferences at the Academy of Natural and Medical Sciences of Cuba and the Marsden Lecture at the European Academy of Neurology.

Awards and Achievements

• Dr. José is the leading figure at one of the world's best laboratories focused on the pathogenesis and treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.
• He is the founder of the first specialized movement disorders group within the Spanish Neurology Society, known as the Movement Disorders Group.
• He also serves as the Director of HM CINAC Integral Neurosciences Centre, a leading center for neuroscience research and clinical services.
• In 2016, he was chosen as the “Doctor of the Year”.

Educational Background

• Dr. Oriol Franch Ubía completed his undergraduate education from University of Madrid in the year 1997.
• From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Oriol completed his specialization in Neurology at University Hospital situated in Madrid.
• Later on, he completed his Internal medicine specialization during the years 1977-1978 from a similar institute.

Professional Career

• During the years 1975-1976, he did his internship at “Puerta de Hierro Clinic” situated in Madrid.
• Then from the years 1977 to 1978, Dr. Oriol served as a resident intern at a hospital in Madrid.
• Dr. Oriol Franch Ubía served as a specialist of Neurology at the 12 de Octubre Hospital during the years 1978-1981.
• In the year 1982, he was appointed at the “Getafe Medical Clinic” as a Neuropsychiatry.
• Then in the year 1982, Dr. Oriol started serving as a specialist in Neurology at 12 de Octubre Hospital and served there till the year 1989.
• In 1984, he was appointed at the “Ruber International Hospital” as a Specialist in Neurology and served there till 1986.
• During the years 1986-1993, Oriol served at Ruber International Hospital, as a Neurology Specialist.
• In the year 1990, he was appointed as the Neurology Specialist at 12 de Octubre Hospital located in Madrid, and served there till the year 1993.
• In the year 1993, Dr. Oriol became the Head of the Neurology Department at Ruber International Hospital of Madrid and is still serving as the Head since 1998.
• He is also serving as the Head of Neurology at La Luz Hospital situated in Madrid since the year 2016.

Memberships

Dr. Oriol Franch Ubía is a member of numerous associations which include

• Spanish Neurological Society
• European Neurological Society
• American Academy of Neurology
• Madrid Neurological Association

Educational Background:

• Dr. Conchita Fernández completed  Degree in Medicine and General Surgery from the University of Oviedo.
• She then completed Specialization in Pediatrics at the Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes.
• She also did her  Master's Degree in Neuropediatrics from the University of Barcelona in 2004.

Professional Experience:

• Dr. Conchita Fernández started her career at Hospital de Barcelona.
• She has also served at Parc Taulí Hospital in Sabadell.
• Since 2004 till the present she is serving at Sant Joan De Deu Hospital Spain as a recognized neuro pediatrician.

Awards and achievements:

For her exceptional work, Dr. Conchita has been awarded;

•  Short-stay scholarship at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, during the Pediatric residency, by the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (2001)
• Scholarship-Prize from the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurology for work on "Joubert Syndrome" (2003 ).

Dr. Conchita has also remained a leading scientific researcher and has written 7 book chapters as well as various research papers.

Educational Background

• Dr. Santiago Gil completed his Medical Degree from Madrid Complutense University.
• Later on, he completed his specialization in neurosurgery.

Professional Career

• In the year 1999, Dr. Santiago Gil-Robles was appointed as the Collegiate Member of the Illustrious Association which is situated in Madrid.
• Then in the year 2004, he started serving at the Herault Association at a similar position situated in France.
• In a similar year, Dr. Santiago Gil was appointed as an Associate Specialist in Neurosurgery at Montpelier Hospital, France.
• He also served as an Associate Professor of Anatomy in a similar year and similar institute.
• He was appointed as an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at The European University in the year 2008.
• Then in the year 2017, he served as a researcher of the neuro-oncology program at a renowned institute known as the Bio-Cruces Centre.

Publications

• Dr. Santiago has more than 18 publications and has also attended various conferences.

Awards

Dr. Santiago has achieved outstanding awards throughout his career.

• In the year 2014, he received the award for the doctoral thesis from the Autonomous University.
• Then in 2015, he again received an award for a doctoral thesis from the Royal Academy.

Educational experience

• Graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valladolid in 1991.
• Dr. Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal specialized in Neurosurgery from the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid from 1992 to 1997.
• Received the title of doctor from the Complutense University of Madrid. Outstanding Cum Laude in 2015.

Professional experience

• Dr. Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal assisted in a Pediatric Neurosurgery Department at Montefiore Medical Center, the USA in 1998.
• He leads the Neurosurgery unit at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu.
• He also leads the Neurosurgery division of the Hospital del Niño Jesús in Madrid
• He was head of the children's neurosurgery Sector at the Hospital Universitario Madrid from 2010 to 2012.
• Dr. Jose also led the Pediatric Neurosurgery sector at the Quirón University Hospital in Madrid from 2006 to 2012.
• He assisted as a neurosurgeon at the Rúber International Hospital in Madrid from 2004 to 2006, at hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Madrid from 1998 to 2012, and at the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre from 1998 to 2010.

Memberships

Dr. Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal is a member of the following societies and organizations.

• Spanish Society of Neurosurgery
• Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
• European Society of Neurosurgery (EANS)
• European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN)
• Member of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
• World Federation of Neurosurgery Societies (WFNS)
• Madrid Society of Neurosurgery (SONCAM)
• International Society of Craniofacial Surgery (ISCS)

Publications

• Dr. Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal has attended numerous conferences and many of his publications are included in international books and magazines.
• He is a member of the editorial committee of: 'Child's Nervous System', 'Neurosurgery' and 'Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery'.
• He is the external reviewer of the publications: 'Case reports in Pediatrics' and 'Acta Pediátrica'.