Xavier Montalban Gairín I am director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat) at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital since 2007 and Head of the Neuroimmunology Research Group at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) since 1995. I am Professor of Neurology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) since 2006 and at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) since 2021. Additionally, I serve as Senior Consultant in the Department of Neurology at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Institutions of which they are part Head of group Clinical Neuroimmunology Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Neurology General Hospital Director Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Email Xavier Montalban Gairín LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Email Institutions of which they are part Head of group Clinical Neuroimmunology Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Neurology General Hospital Director Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia I am director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat) at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital since 2007 and Head of the Neuroimmunology Research Group at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) since 1995. I am Professor of Neurology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) since 2006 and at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) since 2021. Additionally, I serve as Senior Consultant in the Department of Neurology at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.
I obtained my MD (1983) and PhD (1990) from UAB, specializing in Neurology at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (1988) and completing my postdoctoral fellowship at St Thomas’ Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (London). I earned a Diploma in Comprehensive Healthcare Institutions Management from ESADE (2005). From 2012 to December 2024, I served as Chair of the Neurology Department at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. Between 2017 and 2020, I was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Neurology at the University of Toronto, as well as Director of the MS Center at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto. I am past President (2014-2016) and current Honorary Member of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS). I also served as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of Magnetic Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis (MAGNIMS) and a member of the Steering Committee of the International Progressive MS Alliance. Since December 2024, I have been Vice President of the European Charcot Foundation. Additionally, I chaired the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in MS, sponsored by ECTRIMS and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), until December 2024. My scientific output includes over 800 peer-reviewed publications, with more than 65,000 citations and a Scopus H-Index of 110 (January 2025). Over the last seven years, I have been among Clarivate’s most cited researchers. I have been Principal Investigator (PI) or collaborator in over 35 competitive projects (€8.5 million) and more than 150 clinical trials. Notably, I received the 2022 John Dystel Prize (AAN and NMSS), the 2023 Charcot Award (MSIF) for lifetime achievements in MS research, the 2024 Fundación Lilly Award for Biomedical Research, and the 2023 ICS Career Research Award for clinical and scientific excellence.
Projects ResEM Project - Desarrollo de un modelo global de reserva funcional y estructural del sistema nervioso central en esclerosis múltiple IP: Jaume Sastre Garriga Collaborators: Cristina Auger Acosta, Carme Santoyo Medina, Manel Alberich Jordà, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Xavier Montalban Gairín, Lucía Gutiérrez Ruiz, Neus Mongay Ochoa Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 157300 Reference: PI22/00750 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025 SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica, Carlos Nos Llopis, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, José Ant. Graells Salvador, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Ingrid Galán Cartaña, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Andrea Serrano Mascarós, Margarida Capell Maymo, Samuel Sánchez Pous, Elisenda Anglada Clofent, Montserrat Aroca Alsina, Sergio Cabello, Carmen Tur Gomez, Gabriel Ig Camiña Rodríguez, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Carme Santoyo Medina, Oriol Nualart Mundo, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Edwin Roger Meza Murillo, Augusto Cesar Sao Aviles, Miguel Angel Robles Sanchez, Dunia Muñoz Valdivielso, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica, Gaizka Loyola Sanmillan, Mireia Resina Salles, Angela Vidal Jordana, Lucía Gutiérrez Ruiz, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Sergio Vergara Ruiz, Javier Villacieros Álvarez, Rafael Garcia Merida, Maria Arantza Dema Etxezarreta, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Neus Mongay Ochoa, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Milagros Fraga Pereira, Breogan Rodriguez Acevedo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Rucsanda Pinteac, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 40000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00782 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025 x IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Arnau Hervera Abad, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN Funding: 236350 Reference: RYC2021-033528-I Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027 PROGRAMA DE FORMACIÓ EN ASSISTÈNCIA I RECERCA CLÍNICA I DE RESSONÀNCIA MAGNÈTICA EN ESCLEROSI MÚTIPLE IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Neus Mongay Ochoa, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 65000 Reference: CM21/00018 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next page › Last page »
