Dr. Alejandro Iranzo de Riquer
Languages: Spanish | Catalan | English
CURRENT POSITION
· Senior consultant in the Department of Neurology of the Clínic de Barcelona.
· Head of the Sleep Unit of the Clínic de Barcelona.
· Head teacher, Universitat de Barcelona.
· Coordinator of the master's degree on sleep disorders at the Universitat de Barcelona.
Select service:
ACADEMIC TRAINING
· Bachelor of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, 1991
· PhD: Universitat de Barcelona, School of Medicine, 2002
· Speciality in Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 1991
· Fellowships: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2003-2004
EXPERIENCE
· More than 25 years of experience
Specialization
· Sleep disorders such as: insomnia, apnea, drowsiness, narcolepsy and REM sleep disorder
· Restless legs syndrome
· Parkinson disease
· Alzheimer disease
Milestones
· Award for best scientific medical article of the Sociedad Española de Parkinson in 2013 and 2015.
· President of the Sociedad Española del Sueño.
· Member of the scientific committee of the Sociedad Española de Neurología and the European Sleep Research Society.
· Prize for the best scientific article by the Societat Catalana de Neurologia in 2014, 2015 and 2022.
· Prize for the best scientific article by the Sociedad Española de Neurología in 2002 and 2015.
· Prize for the best scientific article by the Sociedad Española del Sueño in 2017 and 2022.
RESEARCH
· Scientific articles (national and international): 350
· Book chapters: 75
· Scientific meetings (national and international): 700