INFORMATION
CURRICULUM
SOCIETIES
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INFORMATION
Preferential dedication to neuropathies, myopathies and neuromuscular junction diseases.
Dr. Alejandro Horga is a neurologist specializing in neuromuscular diseases. After completing his training as a resident intern at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, he worked in the Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit and the Neurology Service of the same center until 2010. He then moved to London, UK, to work at the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. At this center he gained extensive clinical and research experience in the area of neuromuscular diseases, including peripheral nerve (neuropathies) and muscle (myopathies) diseases and mitochondrial diseases. While in the UK he also undertook training in nerve conduction studies and electromyography at the Department of Neurophysiology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Since 2015 he has been practicing his clinical and research activity in Spain.
CURRICULUM
- Resident Medical Intern in Neurology, Neurology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona (2003-2007).
- Neurologist, Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona (2007-2010).
- Assistant Emergency Physician, Neurology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona (2008-2010).
- Honorary Clinical Assistant / Locum Specialist Registrar in Clinical neurophysiology, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK (2010-2013)
- Clinical & Research Fellow / Associate, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK (2010-2015)
- Neurology Specialist, Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínico San Carlos (2015).
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Alicante (2002).
- Neurology Specialist, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (2007)
- Research Sufficiency, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (2008).
- Master’s Degree in Neuroimmunology, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (2010).
- PhD, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK (2019)
- More than 50 publications in national and international scientific journals(PubMed).
SOCIETIES
- Since 2005, member of the Spanish Society of Neurology.
- Since 2016, member of the Neuromuscular Diseases Study Group of the Spanish Society of Neurology.
- Since 2019, member of the Peripheral Nerve Society.
AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS
- Undergraduate Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Spain (2001)
- Post-MIR Training Contract (Rio Hortega), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain (2008)
- BBVA Scholarship, The Anglo-Spanish Society, United Kingdom (2011)
- Postgraduate scholarship, Fundación Caja Madrid, Spain (2011).
RECOGNITIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Technical Training in Neurosonology, Spanish Society of Neurology, Barcelona (2007).
- Award for the best academic record, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Alicante (2002).
- Award for the best academic record in Medicine, Consejería de Educación, Generalitat Valenciana (2002).
