Alex Rovira Cañellas I am a full time diagnostic neuroradiologist, who gained his MD in 1983 at the Autonomos University of Barcelona. After formal training in Radiology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona), I undertook a visiting fellowship at Shands Hospital (Gainesville, University of Florida) in 1989. In 1990, I became staff neuroradiologist at the Section of Neuroradiology at Vall d’Hebron Hospital. At present I am Director of the Section of Neuroradiology at University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (Spain). Institutions of which they are part Head of group Neuroradiology Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Radiodiagnòstic (IDI) General Hospital Cap de Secció Radiodiagnòstic (IDI) Cross-departmental services Twitter Orcid Email Alex Rovira Cañellas Twitter Orcid Email Institutions of which they are part Head of group Neuroradiology Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Radiodiagnòstic (IDI) General Hospital Cap de Secció Radiodiagnòstic (IDI) Cross-departmental services I am a full time diagnostic neuroradiologist, who gained his MD in 1983 at the Autonomos University of Barcelona. After formal training in Radiology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona), I undertook a visiting fellowship at Shands Hospital (Gainesville, University of Florida) in 1989. In 1990, I became staff neuroradiologist at the Section of Neuroradiology at Vall d’Hebron Hospital. At present I am Director of the Section of Neuroradiology at University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (Spain).
I am specialized in diagnostic neuroradiology, and head and neck radiology, with a particular interest in demyelinating diseases, stroke, neuro-oncology, and neurodegenerative disorders. I am currently steering committee member of MAGNIMS (European Multicenter Collaborative Research Network on MRI in MS). I am on the editorial boards of the Neurology and Neuroradiology, and served as President of the European Society of Neuroradiology (2016-2018), as President of the Spanish Society of Neuroradiology (2009-2015), on the Lucien Appel Prize Award Jury of the European Society of Neuroradiology (2006-2012), as Editor of Neuroradiology in the Spanish Journal of Radiology, as Director of the 10th and 11th Cycles of the Pierre Lasjaunias European Course of Neuroradiology (2008-2012), and as Chairman of MAGNIMS (2012-2018). I am an author/co-author of 520 articles (Scopus; total citations 14,818; h-index: 83), 30 book chapters or monographs, and more than 400 invited conference presentations. I am also the editor of three books: “Essential Radiology” (Panamericana 2019), “Clinical Neuroradiology” (Springer 2019), and “Controversies in Radiology” (Aran 2020). I have been invited as Visiting Professor at University of Toronto, at McGill University (Montreal), at Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology (UCL, London), at Ottawa University, and at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). I am an honorary member of the Paulista Society of Radiology and the Polish Society of Radiology.
Research lines Synthetic Imaging: Assessing its value in healthcare practice The aim of the line is to evaluate synthetic MR images compared to conventional images to consider its use in healthcare protocols. IP: Fco. Javier Aymerich Martínez, Juli Alonso Farre, Alex Rovira Cañellas Application of MRI in autoimmune disorders: NMOSD and MOGAD The objective of this research line is to evaluate the value of MRI in the diagnosis of autoimmune (NMOSD and MOGAD) diseases and as a marker of progression and treatment response. IP: Cristina Auger Acosta, Alex Rovira Cañellas Advanced quantitative techniques of MR Imaging in the assessment of neurological and neurooncological diseases The objective of the line is to evaluate the added value of the information provided by quantitative MR techniques, mainly T1 and T2 relaxometry, as well as chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging (CEST) to the study of neurological and neuro-oncological diseases. IP: Fco. Javier Aymerich Martínez, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Cristina Auger Acosta Application of MRI imaging to the study of Parkinson's disease The aim of the line is to evaluate the added value of the information provided by MRI techniques, mainly aimed at the evaluation of melanin, myelin, presence of Fe, structural and functional connectivity in the study of Parkinson’s disease. IP: Fco. Javier Aymerich Martínez, Alex Rovira Cañellas Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page » Projects Automatic detection and analysis of new lesions in serial MR imaging of multiple sclerosis patients IP: Alex Rovira Cañellas Collaborators: - Funding agency: ECTRIMS Funding: 50000 Reference: ECTRIMS-MAGNIMS_2013-CABEZAS Duration: 01/05/2014 - 30/04/2015 Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in pediatric multiple sclerosis and related demyelinating disorders IP: Mar Tintore Subirana Collaborators: Cristina Auger Acosta, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mireia del Toro Riera, Angela Vidal Jordana, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Georgina Arrambide García Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Funding: 100000 Reference: 20141831 Duration: 22/05/2015 - 22/11/2018 Red Española de Esclerosis Múltiple IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Susana Otero Romero, Carlos Nos Llopis, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Fco. Javier Aymerich Martínez, Ingrid Galán Cartaña, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Silvia Soler García, Carmen Tur Gomez, Cristina Auger Acosta, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Montserrat Moreno Sánchez, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Angela Vidal Jordana, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 198090 Reference: RD12/0032/0017 Duration: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016 Estudio de marcadores biológicos pronóstico en pacientes con síndromes clínicos aislados sugestivos de esclorosis múltiple IP: Mar Tintore Subirana Collaborators: Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Georgina Arrambide García Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 59229.5 Reference: PI080788 Duration: 01/01/2009 - 30/06/2012 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page »
