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 Función de las proteínas de choque técnico (HSP, heat shock protein)-70 en la patogenia de la esclerosis múltiple IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 109804.5 Reference: MS07/00146 Duration: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2013 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 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ … Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page › Last page »
