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
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 Tortolero 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

  • https://www.scirp.org/journal/articles.aspx?searchcode=Gabriel+Salazar++Tortolero&searchfield=authors&page=1

  • G. Salazar; et al. "Post infectious Opsoclinus-Myoclonus syndrome in a Cov-2 infected patient". EC Neurology, 12.9 (2020) 99-101

  • G.Salazar(www.barcelonaparkinson.com) . J. Badia ( Teracat) Application for self evaluation in Parkinson's disease patients: MiParkinson ( Android and IOS).

  • Gabriel Salazar, Marta Fragoso, Jonatan Martí, Noelia Martín, Rosó Bernal. Continuous Apomorphine Infusion in Patients with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease with Varying Degrees of functional impairment. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 2016, 6,393-403.http://www.scirp.org/journal/jbb

  • G. Salazar. M.Fragoso. M. Font. Apomorphine in pump for advaced PD patients with different functional disability. Neurologia April 2016.

  • Francesc Vallderiola,1,2 Yaroslau Compta,1,2 Javier Aparicio,3 Jaume Tarradellas,4 Gabriel Salazar,5 et al.Effects of Night-Time Use of Rotigotine on Nocturnal Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease.Parkinson’s Disease.Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 475630, 6

  • Salazar G, Fragoso M, Rey A, Sánchez L, Navarro MG (2014) IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) and OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) for Chronic Migraine Headache: Experience with Higher Doses and Changes to the Injection Technique. J Neurol Disord 2:192. doi: 10.4172/2329-6895.100019.

  • Salazar G, Fragoso M and Rey A. Lower Body Parkinsonism Patients: Increased Blood Flow in Posterior Cerebral Arteries. Austin J Neurol Disord Epilepsy. 2014; 1(2): 1008.

  • Salazar G, Fragoso M, Espanol G, Estevez M, Rey A (2015) EEG Findings in Diffuse Lewy Body Disease and Parkinson ́S Disease with Dementia. Brain Disord Ther 4: 156. doi:10.4172/2168-975X.10001

  • Salazar G. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lewy body diffuse disease: a case report. Neurologia 26:499 (2011)

  • Oromandibular dystonia secondary to radiotherapy. Peripheral injuries triggering thalamic disruption?: A case report. G. Salazar et al. / Basal Ganglia 1 (2011) 235–236

  • Metoclopramide as a painkiller in acute migraine attacks: CNS drugs and therapy : Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery, Volume 6, Number 2, May 2011 , pp. 141-145(5)

  • Ocullo-Jaw-Lingual synkinesia in PD, MSA and normal subjects. Clinical neutro physiology 121 (2010) 94-97

  • Amnesia global secundaria a un hematoma espontáneo del cuerpo calloso: A propósito de un caso. Med clin (Barc).2009. May 7

  • Metoclopramida como analgesico en la cefalea migrañosa intensa en urgencias., Rev. Neurol 2008, 47 (10) 506-508

  • Baclofeno intratecal en la Distonia generalizada secundaria a una Hipoxia cerebral. Rev. Neurol 2008; 47 (I) pag.53

  • Eficacia y Tolerancia del Piribedil como terapia adjunta a la l-dopa en Pacientes con enf. De Parkinson: Rev Neurol. 2004 Apr 16-30; 38(8):715-9

  • Postural and Action Myoclonus in Patients with Parkinsonian Type Multi System Atrophy. MOV. Dis. Vol. 15 n 1, 2000, pp 77-83.

  • Bladder dysfunction in progressive supranuclear palsy and other parkinsonian disorders. -European neurological societies June 1997 en Rhodas-Grece.

  • Postural and action myoclonus in patients with parkinsonian type multiple system atrophy Mov. Dis. Volume 15 Issue 1, Pages 77-83

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