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National University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, MD, 1981
Visiting Fellow, Unit of Abnormal Movements, Department of Neurology, University Clinic of Navarra, School of Medicine, University of Navarra. Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Senior Associate, Extrapyramidal Disease Section, Neurological Center, French Hospital, Beunos Aires, Argentina
Attending Neurologist, Neurological Center, French Hospital, Beunos Aires, Argentina
Visiting Fellow, Clinical Pharmacology Section, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Senior Staff Fellow, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health.
Honors and Awards
Alfredo F. Thomson Foundation for the Development of Neurosciences. "Specialness in Clinical Neurology". French Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1985.
Scholnik Foundation. Clinical research on "Tremor and Myoclonus". Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1986.
Scientific and Technological Institute of Navarra (ICT). Research in Clinical Neurophysiology of Movement Disorders. Abnormal Movement Unit, Neurology Department, University Clinic of Navarra. Pamplona, Spain. 1987.
Research Fellowship Award, Fogarty International Center. National Institutes of Health. 1991-1994.
Research Focus
Movement Disorders Parkinson’s Disease Basal Ganglia Human Motor Control Excitatory Amino Acid Neurotransmission Experimental Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research Support
NIH-NINDS R01 NS045962 -Papa (PI) -Regulation of Motor Function in Parkinson’s Disease. 2004-2009
Research Grant PFIZER, Inc. Papa (PI) -Effects of CE in the MPTP primate model of Parkinson’s disease. 2004–2005 -NIH/NINDS R01 NS33779-07 -Greenamyre (PI) -Glutamate in Parkinson's Disease 2000-2004