Ma Antonia Poca Pastor I have a degree in Medicine and Surgery and I’m a specialist in Neurosurgery. I finished the Doctoral Thesis in 1996. Since 1990, I work in the Neurosurgery Department of the Vall Hebron University Hospital. I am currently Clinical Head of Neurosurgery and responsible for the Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit. I am also an associate professor of the UAB, resident tutor and co-coordinator of the Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN) of the Vall Hebron Research Institute Institutions of which they are part Head of group Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN) Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Neurosurgery General Hospital Head of Section Paediatric Neurosurgery Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital Email
Since 2008, I coordinate the Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery at VHUH, considered as Reference Service (CSUR) by the Ministry of Health since 2013. My additional clinical fields of interest are hydrocephalus and other abnormalities of the CSF dynamics, traumatic brain injuries, surgery of the cranio-cervical junction, and neurooncology. I am accredited as University Professor by the ANECA and in Advanced research: AQUCAT “Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya”. I participate in several advisory committees (Advisory Commission on Severe Polytrauma Patient Care; Emergency Commission of the Traumatology Area at VHUH; Registry of severe traumatic brain injuries of Catalonia [TraumCat]). I am member of the Organizing Committee of the biannual International Symposium on Neuromonitoring and Treatment of Neurocritical Patients since 1994. I also belong to the European Reference Network on Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND), the Collaborative European Neuro-Trauma Effectiveness Research in TBI (CENTER-TBI), and the European collaborative network Pediatric Brain Monitoring with Information Technology (KidsBrainIT). My general indicators of the quality of scientific production are: H-index: 28; sum of the times cited: 2880; papers indexed in PubMed: 118; book chapters: 55; direction of Doctoral Thesis: 6; direction of other research projects (master, grade...): 16; competitive projects: 30 (7 as principal investigator); healthcare innovation projects: 16; participation in national and international congresses: 321 (as guest speaker: 138).
Research lines Hydrocephalus and alterations in the dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (Consolidated Line) 123 General aim: To study the pathophysiology of intracranial pressure (ICP) and alterations in CSF dynamics in patients with hydrocephalus and other intracranial pathologies. Specific aims: 1) To gain greater insight into the physiopathology of normal pressure hydrocephalus and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) and to study new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies; 2) To determine the biochemical alterations (neurotransmitters and neuropeptides) in these patients, as well as their role in cognitive function and sleep disturbances; and 3) To correlate cognitive deficit with morphological and functional alterations in different cerebral structures, such as the corpus callosum and subcortical white matter. IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor, Joan Sahuquillo Barris Congenital malformations of the cranio-vertebral junction (Emerging line) 123 Aims: 1) To improve knowledge of the physiopathology of craniocervical malformations, particularly Chiari Type I (MC-I), and quantify the clinical, social and occupational repercussions of this malformation; 2) To study the genetic bases of this malformation and its penetrance in family members; 3) To study sleep disturbances (particularly type and frequency of sleep apneas) associated with Chiari Type I malformations; and 4) Study the quality of life of patients with a craniocervical malformation without surgical treatment, as well as those with surgical treatment before and after surgery. IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor, Joan Sahuquillo Barris Projects Biomarkers to improve diagnosis and management of mild traumàtic brain injury (BRAINI2) IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor Collaborators: - Funding agency: EIT- European Institute of Innovation & Technolog Funding: 248666 Reference: ID230225 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024 Repercusión de la "dilatación" beniga de los espacios subaracnoideos en el desarrollo psicomotor y cognitivo de los niños IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor Collaborators: Gustau Perez Prat , Carlos Jacas Escarcellé, Noelia Montoya Clemente, Jannet Paola Cano Granda, Susanna Tagliabue Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 81070 Reference: PI18/00468 Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Anemia or Blood Transfusion: A Clinical Dilemma in patient with traumatic brain injury IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor Collaborators: Dario Fabian Gándara Sabatini, Marylin Riveiro Vilaboa, Joan Sahuquillo Barris, Anna Rey Pérez, Miriam de Nadal Clanchet, Verónica Pons Escoll Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Funding: 191336.25 Reference: 20172430 Duration: 27/06/2018 - 31/12/2021 Anemia or Blood Transfusion: A Clinical Dilemma in patient with traumatic brain injury IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor Collaborators: - Funding agency: Funding: Reference: PR(AG)160/2017 Duration: - Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next page › Last page »
