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Dr. Asier Gómez

Neurology Specialist.
Preferred focus on epilepsy and sleep disorders.

Works at: Madrid headquarters
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Professional career

Medical Degree (MD), Universidad de Navarra, 2005.

Specialist in the Department of Neurology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra, 2010.

PhD in Neuroscience, Universitat de Valencia, 2022.

Clinical Fellow, EEG/Epilepsy Program, University Hospital London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Western University, London (Canada) (2013–2014).

Specific technical training in EEG and video-EEG, Spanish Society of Neurology, 2014.

Attending Physician in the Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe (Valencia) (2014–2018).

Clinical collaborator at Clínica Universidad de Navarra since 2018 to the present.

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Basque Government research training grant. Research project on facial recognition in patients with epilepsy (2011–2012).
  • Grant for a research project on neural changes in the semantic system in patients with epilepsy, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2013–2016).
  • Participation in more than 8 national and international clinical studies, including:
    • Sub-investigator in a study on prescribing antiepileptic drugs in different clinical situations, Epilepsy Study Group, SEN, 2016.
    • Esteve Laboratories project on quality of life with seizures in patients with epilepsy, 2016.
    • Multicenter study on COVID-19 prevalence and mortality in patients with epilepsy in Spain, 2021.
    • Study of the MJN-SERAS device for early detection of epileptic seizures.

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and sleep disorders.

Activity

In teaching

  • Collaborating instructor for the Neuroimmunology module in the Neuroscience PhD course, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Navarra (2011–2012 and 2012–2013 academic years).
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Training Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Navarra (2011–2012 and 2012–2013 academic years).
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Navarra, since the 2019–2020 academic year to the present.

In research

  • 38 scientific publications in national and international journals.
  • Co-author of 13 book chapters in his specialty.
  • Peer reviewer for publications in 4 journals.
  • 61 oral and written communications at national and international conferences.
  • He has been invited 52 times as a guest speaker at national scientific meetings and conferences.
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Premios

  • Best communication in the meeting of the Neurology Society of Navarra, 2008.
  • Cerebrovascular pathology imaging contest of the Cerebrovascular Disease Study Group of the SEN, 2009.
  • Best communication at the Navarre Society of Neurology meeting, 2011.
  • Novartis award to the best young neurologist in epilepsy. Spanish Society of Neurology, 2011.

Scientific organizations

  • Member of the Spanish Society of Neurology.
  • Member of the Epilepsy Study Group of the Spanish Society of Neurology.
  • Member of the American Epilepsy Society.