Professional experience
Since 2006, he has been Head of the Neurology Department at the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid and the Ruber Juan Bravo Hospital.
Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the European University of Madrid, holds the national accreditation of Professor of Medical Sciences (issued by ANECA).
Doctor of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (UCM, 2004): Study on the relationship of human herpes virus 6 as an environmental factor in multiple sclerosis.
Membership in scientific societies
National and International Principal Investigator in Neuroscience at Quironsalud Madrid (June 2015 – present)
President of the Research Committee of the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid (2012 to present).
Member of the Research Committee of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital (2012-2015).
Member of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid (2011-2015).
Research and Teaching
Principal investigator of 100 national and international clinical trials.
7 FIS research projects from the Carlos III Institute of Health (the last 5 as principal investigator).
10 projects from private foundations, received on a competitive basis (7 as principal investigator).
He has authored 139 international articles with a total impact factor of 949,917 and 4,552 citations. 38 books and book chapters with an H-factor of 34 (2018).
His publications stand out in journals that have the greatest global impact on research, such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet.
Dr. Rafael Arroyo has given over 300 international and national presentations at various Congresses.
Education :
Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the European University of Madrid and holds the national accreditation of Professor of Medical Sciences (issued by ANECA).