Professor Gabriel Salazar Tortolero

Head of neurological deparment Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona Spain

Professor Gabriel Salazar Tortolero  specialized in Neurology
Country

Spain

Speciality
Neurology
Subspeciality
Parkinson's disease and Neurodegenerative disease
Experience
1996 years
Languages
English, Spanish, Catalan

Areas of expertise

  • Neurodegenerative diseases
  • Movement disorders
  • Parkinsonism
  • Neurophysiology
  • Headache
  • Dementia and Alzheimer's
  • Epilepsy
  • Myofascial pain block
  • TSA and transcranial Doppler
  • Neuromuscular ultrasound
  • Electroencephalography
  • HIFU-Parkinson's and tremors
  • Bladder dysfunction

About the expert

Professor Salazar is the head of the neurology department at the Hospital of Terrassa in Barcelona and at the International University of Catalonia. He is a Specialist in neurological disorders and Botulinum toxin therapy in spasticity, functional and movement disorders also Parkinson's disease surgery and Deep brain stimulation. . Throughout his career, he aimed at facilitating life for those with such disorders through scientific research and projects and creating new invasive and noninvasive techniques.

    Professor Salazar Tortolero is a consultant neurologist specialising in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. He is the head of the neurology department at the Hospital of Terrassa in Barcelona and at the high-profile International University of Catalonia.

    Professor Salazar Tortolero is responsible for the management of neurological team researchers who are working on advancing the diagnostic and treatment modalities for Parkinson's disease to improve patient care. He is particularly proficient in cutting-edge invasive and non-invasive technologies to treat movement disorders.

    He has a significant body of research work in the areas of movement disorders that was published in multiple nationally and internationally-acclaimed scientific journals which helped develop better understanding of his domain of research to advance future medical revelations in the field.

    Prof. Tortolero considers his challenges to be new designs and the creation of health-related projects around the globe to improve medical care for patients with movement disorders.

  • Head of Department of Neurology

    2009 - Today

    Terrassa Health Consortium (CST)

  • Consultant Neurologist

    2019 - Today

    Delfos HM Hospital, CINAC, Private Hospital

  • Consultant Neurologist

    2016 - Today

    Alomar Medical Centre

  • Associate Professor of Neurology

    2018 - Today

    Gimbernat University

  • Associate Professor of Neurology

    2015 - Today

    International University of Catalonia (UIC)

  • Consultant Neurologist

    2004 - Today

    Barcelona Parkinson Manresa, Barcelona

  • Adjunct of Neurology

    2004 - 2007

    Mutua de Terrassa foundation

  • Fellowship in clinical and neurophysiology of Movement Disorders

    University of Barcelona

    1999

  • Postdoctoral fellowship in Movement Disorders and Parkinson disease

    University of Barcelona

    1998

  • Phd in Neurology

    The Central University of Venezuela

    1995

  • MD

    University of Carabobo, Venezuela.

    1990

  • Spanish Society of Neurology

  • Catalan Society of Neurology

  • Movement Disorders World Society

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