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Ignacio Illán-Gala, MD, PhD
Neurologist
We need to efficiently combine excellence in clinical care with the development of an international research network.
Current Work
Ignacio is a behavioral neurologist and neuroscientist at the Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. He is researching and leading a multidisciplinary clinic to improve the diagnosis and clinical care of people living with frontotemporal dementia and their families.
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Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Words of Strength
Bringing solutions to clinical practice
Vision
To fight against dementia around the world, we need to efficiently combine excellence in clinical care with the development of an international research network focused on the discovery and application of novel treatments.
Strategy
Ignacio is working to validate novel diagnostic tools aiming to increase diagnostic precision and improve our ability to understand how the disease will progress at the single-subject level. This is an essential step toward the development of effective treatments.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Ignacio has started building an international network to sustain his research and the development of a local multidisciplinary clinic. He has learned leadership and grant writing abilities and published research in high impact journals including Brain, Neurology, and Alzheimer's and Dementia.
Motivation
There is an urgent need to improve public awareness and the diagnosis and management of patients with frontotemporal dementia in Spain.
Education & Experience
Ignacio Illán-Gala obtained his Medical Degree and Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. At the end of his internship in Neurology, he joined the Memory Unit of the Sant Pau Hospital, a leading behavioral neurology team where translational research is implemented by a multidisciplinary and highly talented group of scientists, including biologists, psychologists, engineers, nurses, and neurologists. Currently, he is leading the frontotemporal dementia multidisciplinary unit.
Awards & Honors
- Winner of the national contest on clinical cases of Neurology (Barcelona, Spain, 2012) - Winner of the young investigation award at the European Stroke Conference (London, 2012). - 2013 Best presentation award at the annual meeting of the Madrid Association of neurology (Madrid, Spain, 2013). - Awarded in 2014 with the annual grant of the Spanish Society of Neurology to promote stages in foreign centers to attend the behavioral neurology program of the Memory and Aging Center. - 2016-2017: i-PFIS Grant for the PhD in Neurosciences (“Doctorados IIS-empresa en Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Salud” program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III). - 2018-2020: Rio Hortega Grant (CM17/00074, “Acción estratégica en Salud 2013-2016”, Instituto de Salud Carlos III) - 2017 Best presentation award at the annual meeting of the Catalan Society of Neurology. Oral communication title: Cortical microstructural changes in FTLD: a novel imaging biomarker. - 2018 Best presentation award at the annual meeting of the Catalan Society of Neurology. Oral communication title: CSF levels of sAPPB and YKL-40 are related to frontotemporal neurodegeneration and survival in the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Frontotemporal Dementia spectrum.
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