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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

Alex Rovira Cañellas

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

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

Projects

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

REEM - Red Española de Esclerosis Múltiple

IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín
Collaborators: 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, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Montserrat Moreno Sánchez, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Dunia Muñoz Valdivielso, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Angela Vidal Jordana, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 364373.77
Reference: RD07/0060/0020
Duration: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2014

Espectroscopia por RM de protón e imagen de transferencia de magnetización en el estudio de primeros episodios sugestivos de Esclerosis Múltiple.

IP: -
Collaborators: Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, Xavier Montalban Gairín
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 40940
Reference: PI020971
Duration: 06/11/2002 - 31/12/2005

Estudio de la Heterogeneidad de la Esclerosis Múltiple Remitente-Recurrente Mediante Resonancia Magnética y Perfiles de Expresión Génica

IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín
Collaborators: Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Alex Rovira Cañellas
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 150040
Reference: PI061334
Duration: 01/01/2007 - 30/06/2010

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