Hospital Quiron Barcelona
Hospital Quiron Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Francesc Graus
44 years of experience
accreditations :
Clinic is certified :
900+ headache treatments performed by Dr. Pujol, a neurologist specializing in chronic and refractory migraines at Centro Médico Teknon.
Dr. Covaro actively contributes to spine surgery research with articles in scientific magazines and participates in international meetings.
The doctor has focused research on paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, leading a panel that established diagnostic criteria. His work confirmed the immune hypothesis linking tumors to autoimmune neurological dysfunctions, with antibodies identified by him now essential for diagnosis.
Clinically, the doctor specializes in diagnosing and managing gliomas, primary brain lymphomas, and cancer treatment-related neurotoxicities. Recent interests include neurological complications from immune checkpoint inhibitors and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
He holds an MD and PhD from Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, completed a neurology residency in Barcelona, and a neuro-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
The doctor is a distinguished neurologist specializing in epilepsy, currently leading the epilepsy department at HM Delfos Hospital in Spain. With a PhD from Bonn University and a specialization in neurology from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the doctor has extensive experience in treating neurological disorders.
As a professor at UPF University, the doctor has contributed significantly to the field through research and publications on topics such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer patients and drug-resistant epilepsy. The doctor is actively involved in professional organizations like SEN and the European Reference Network.