Dr. Angel Horcajadas
ACADEMIC MERITS
• Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Granada in 1991.
• Doctor of Medicine from the University of Granada in 2011.
• Neurosurgery specialist after MIR residence at Virgen de las Nieves Hospital between 1993 and 1997. Number 47 of the MIR exam
• Accredited as Neurosurgeon in the British GMC (General Medical Council)
• Accreditation to direct Facilities for medical diagnosis purposes as well as for interventional practices.
• European Courses of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies between 1996 and 1999.
• Tutor of the specialty of Neurosurgery at Carlos Haya Hospital (Malaga. Spain) between 1999 and 2005.
• Clinical Neuropsychology Master Professor University of Almería
• International Master Professor of CNS Radiosurgery at the Complutense University of Madrid
• Professor Postgraduate Diploma in Neuromodulation at the University of Granada.
• Author of more than 50 articles and book chapters
• Speaker at more than 200 Congresses and National and International Meetings of Neurosurgery
• Director and / or President of numerous Courses, Meetings and Congresses of the specialty, both national and international
• Researcher in various multicenter studies (subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain tumors and mobile phones, chronic hydrocephalus).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Specialist in Neurosurgery at Virgen de las Nieves hospital (Granada. Spain) 1998-1999
• Specialist in Neurosurgery at Carlos Haya Hospital (Malaga. Spain) between 1999 and 2005.
• Head of the Vascular Pathology and Hydrocephalus Section of the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Granada. Spain) between 2005 and 2011.
• Head of Neurosurgery Service at the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Granada. Spain) between 2011 and 2013.
• Coordinator of the Stereotaxic Radiosurgery Unit of the Virgen de las Nieves hospital (Granada. Spain) from 2008 to 2016.
• Specialist in Neurosurgery at Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Granada. Spain) 1998-1999.
• Specialist in Neurosurgery at Vithas la Salud Hospital (Granada. Spain) since 2013.
• Specialist in Neurosurgery at Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Granada. Spain) 2013-2016.
• Consultant Neurosurgeon at King Saud Medical City (Riyadh. Saudi Arabia) in 2016-2017.
STAYS IN FOREIGN CENTERS
Lille Hospital (France)
Date: April 199
Theme: Lumbosacral Artodesis
Royal College of Surgeons (London. Great Britain)
Location: . Date: April 1999
Topic: Approaches to Skull Base and Modern dissection of bone, biometals and bioplastics.
Helsinki University Hospital (Finland)
Date: June 2002. Topic: Neurovascular and Oncological Pathology
Date: March-April 2006. Topic: Neurovascular and Oncological Pathology
Date: June 2009. Topic: Neurovascular and Oncological Pathology
Karlasbad University Hospital (Germany)
Date: March 2007
Topic: Advanced cervical pathology
University of St. Louis (USA).
Date: January 2008. Topic: ECIC bypass and microanastomosis techniques
Date: January 2009. Topic: ECIC bypass and microanastomosis techniques
Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Date: November 2009. Topic: Complex pathology of the cervical spine.
Date: November 2010. Topic: Advanced neuromodulation.
Aesculap Academy Berlin (Germany)
Date: June 2012. Topic: Intracranial Neuroendoscopy.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
Responsible for various aid missions in Tanzania in the field of Neurosurgery (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) with the NED Foundation at the Mnazi Moja Hospital in Zanzibar.

OTHER DATA
• Areas of special interest: vascular, hydrocephalus, spinal surgery, neuro-oncology, radiosurgery, neuroendoscopy, pain.
• Patents: registered neuroPICture software for intracranial pressure monitoring.
• Active member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC), the European Society of Neurosurgery (EANS), Andalusian Society of Neurosurgery (SOANNE) and Spanish Society of Radiosurgery (SERC).
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of Radiosurgery until 2016.
• Member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery before the EANS (European Association of Neurological Surgery) since 2018.
• Secretary of the Andalusian Society of Neurosurgery from 2005 to 2007.
• Member of the Program Committee of the X, XIX and XXIV National Congresses of Neurosurgery.
• Member of the Vascular Pathology Working Group of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery.
• Prize for the best oral communication of the Congress of the Andalusian Society of Neurosurgery in 2007.
• First Certificate in English and C1 at IELTS
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