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 Alex Rovira Cañellas Twitter Orcid 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 Application of MR imaging and spectroscopy techniques to the study of multiple sclerosis This research line is focused on studying the diagnostic and prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging variables in multiple sclerosis (MS). Other current interests include the study of the added value of the consideration of cortical lesions in the diagnostic criteria as well as the role of SWI in the differential diagnosis of MS in respect to other diseases that present lesions similar to the ones found in MS IP: Alex Rovira Cañellas Application of MRI in multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases The objective of this research line is to evaluate the value of MRI in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and as a marker of progression and treatment response to disease modifying treatments. IP: Alex Rovira Cañellas, Cristina Auger Acosta Research in Cerebrovascular Diseases This research line is mainly focused on the assessment of intracranial aneurysms. This includes the role of several imaging techniques to predict the risk of future rupture. Other interests are to associate imaging changes with the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie aneurysm formation and to optimize the imaging protocol used in clinical practice. IP: Alex Rovira Cañellas Application of magnetic resonance imaging techniques to the study of migraine The goal would be to assess the feasibility and the impact of new magnetic resonance sequences and image analysis tools in the characterization of patients with migraine. IP: Deborah Pareto Onghena, Alex Rovira Cañellas Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page » Projects Iron rims around multiple sclerosis lesions. A new MRI marker of disease activity and progression? IP: Alex Rovira Cañellas Collaborators: Margareta Anna Clarke, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: ECTRIMS Funding: 55000 Reference: ECTRIMS-MAGNIMS/2018/CLARKE Duration: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2019 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, 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 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »
