Dr. Patricia Torralba

CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGIST SPECIALIZING IN INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING

Dr. Patricia Torralba

I received a Master's degree in Medicine from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and I completed my residency in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos. This specialty fascinated me because it permits functional and objective diagnoses of pathologies of the nervous system, and when I learned in depth about Intraoperative Monitoring, I knew that this would be my path: to help the surgical team by making functional diagnoses in real time in order to ensure the best possible outcome for the patient. That is why I took a further two years of training with a fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

Throughout my clinical practice in neurophysiology I have maintained a commitment to learning, to great teamwork skills, and to hold the highest level of ethics.

It is a pleasure and a privilege to continue growing professionally as a member of the Instituto Clavel team.

Experience

Clinical Neurophysiologist specializing in intraoperative monitoring, Instituto Clavel Madrid. (2024- present)

Fellowship in intraoperative monitoring, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA. (2022-2024)

Residency in clinical neurophysiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid. (2018-2022)

Education

Degree in Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. (2011-2017)

Special training in academic and hospital settings. Epilepsy Surgery and VideoEEG. Hospital Universitario Niño Jesus, Madrid. (February-April 2021)

Intensive course in Epilepsy/EEG, Epilepsy Surgery Case Management, Evoked Potentials, and overview of Intraoperative Monitoring. UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. (July-September 2021)

Course in Intraoperative Monitoring. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona. (October-December 2021).

International Certification in intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM). Neurodiagnosis Accreditation and Credential, ABRET. (November 2023).

 

Languages

Spanish

English

 

Pathologies treated

DEGENERATIVE SPINAL PATHOLOGIES

ONCOLOGICAL NEUROSURGERY

NEUROENDOSCOPY 

EPILEPSY SURGERY 

MOVEMENT DISORDER

Other Academic, Scientific, and Professional activity

University Expert in Psychology of Coaching, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED. Madrid. (2020-2021)

Master’s Degree in Cosmetic Medicine, Nutrition, and Anti-Ageing. Academia Medicina Estética (AMIR), UDIMA, Madrid. (2021-2022)

Publications

Neuromonitoring alert due to prone positioning on a severe lumbar stenosis case, American Society for Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM). Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA, 2024

Course: Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Mapping and Monitoring- A State of the Art Approach, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 2023.

EMG como parte de la evaluación clínica del paciente oncológico, [EMG as part of the clinical evaluation of the cancer patient], SENFC (Spanish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology), 2021

EEG en el diagnóstico precoz de la cefalea transitoria y los déficits neurológicos con linfocitosis del líquido cefalorraquídeo (HaNDL), [EEG in the early diagnosis of transient headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL)], SENFC (Spanish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology), 2021

Presentation: Seguridad neurocognitiva de Perampanel como terapia añadida en la epilepsia refractaria en la infancia y su relación con el sueño [Neurocognitive safety of Perampanel as an added therapy in refractory childhood epilepsy and its relationship with sleep], SENEP (Spanish Society of Neuropediatrics), Annual congress 2019

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