Skip to main content

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 and 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
Head of Section
Paediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital

Ma Antonia Poca Pastor

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN)
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Head of Section
Paediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital

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 and coordinator of the Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN) of the Vall Hebron Research Institute

Since 2008 I coordinate the Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit (NCP) of the HUVH, considered as a Reference Service (CSUR-NCP Complex) by the Ministry of Health since 2013. My clinical fields of greatest interest are: pediatric neurosurgery, hydrocephalus and other alterations of the CSF dynamics, brain trauma, craniocervical junction and skull base surgery, and neuro-oncology. I am accredited as a Senior University Professor by ANECA and in Advanced Research by AQUCAT. I have participated in advisory committees such as the Advisory Commission for Serious Polytrauma Patient Care (Generalitat de Catalunya) and the Emergency Commission of the Traumatology Area of ​​HUVH. I am a member of the Organizing Committee of the biannual International Symposium on Neuromonitoring and Treatment of Neurocritical Patients since 1994 and of the PICSmartCampus teaching platform (https://smartcampus.neurotrauma.net/), aimed at training in different aspects of neurocritical patients and patients affected by complex alterations of CSF dynamics. I also belong to the European Reference Networks on Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND), ITHACA and CRANIO, in the latter I am responsible in our center and it is directed to craniofacial malformation pathologies. In relation to research, I am part of the multinational European projects CENTER-TBI, KidsBrainIT and BrainI2. My general indicators of the quality of scientific production are as of September 1, 2022: H-Index: 33; Sum of citations: 4998; Articles indexed in PubMed: 140; Book chapters: 55; Direction of doctoral theses: 8; Management of other research projects (master's, degree...): 16; Projects financed through competitive calls: 33 (9 as principal investigator); Health innovation projects: 24; Participation in national and international conferences: 519 (198 as guest speaker).

Projects

CENTER-TBI: Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI

IP: Joan Sahuquillo Barris
Collaborators: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 25500
Reference: CENTER-TBI_FP7HEALTH2013
Duration: 24/10/2014 - 01/04/2020

Unitat d’Investigació de Neurotraumatologia i Neurocirurgia (UNINN) (GRC)

IP: Joan Sahuquillo Barris
Collaborators: Francisca Munar Bauza, Dulce María Moncho Rodríguez, Noelia Montoya Clemente, Ma Antonia Poca Pastor, Fuat Arikan Abello, Miriam de Nadal Clanchet, Alejandro Ferré Masó, Francisco Ramón Martínez Ricarte
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 15000
Reference: 2014 SGR 844
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016

Alteraciones neuropsicológicas y lesiones encefálicas en el traumatismo craneoencefálico

IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor
Collaborators: Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 45135
Reference: PRED-VHIR-2012-26
Duration: 08/01/2013 - 07/01/2016

Aplicaciones de la microdiálisis de alta resolución a la definición del perfil molecular del edema cerebral postraumático e isquémico. Estudio de la contribución del canal no selectivo NCCa-ATP regulado por el receptor SUR1 en su formación.

IP: Ma Antonia Poca Pastor
Collaborators: Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 54000
Reference: FI11/00195
Duration: 03/11/2011 - 02/11/2015

Related news

The goal is to test a low-cost, easy-to-use and non-invasive monitor, which will serve to control intracranial pressure (PICO) values, which will help to control and treat different acute brain pathologies.

The new tool will improve patient care and allow early detection of complications, as the hospital previously did not have a specific form.

Entre els projectes es troben 12 investigacions on participen investigadors i investigadores de Vall d’Hebron.

Related professionals

Patricia Guilabert Sanz

Patricia Guilabert Sanz

Predoctoral researcher
Reconstructive Surgery of the Locomotor System
Read more
Andres Miguez Gonzalez

Andres Miguez Gonzalez

Postdoctoral researcher
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Read more
Enric Caubet Busquet

Enric Caubet Busquet

Main researcher
General Surgery
Read more
Jordi Teixidor Serra

Jordi Teixidor Serra

Reconstructive Surgery of the Locomotor System
Read more

Subscribe to our newsletters and be part of the Campus life

We are a world-leading healthcare complex where healthcare, research, teaching and innovation go hand in hand.