Dra. Isabel Fernández-Conejero

• DATOS ACADÉMICOS
  
  
  • 1998: LICENCIADA EN MEDICINA Y CIRUGÍA.
    Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
    Unidad Docente: Hospital de la Vall d´Hebrón.
  • 2000-2004: ESPECIALISTA EN NEUROFISIOLOGÍA CLÍNICA.
    Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge in Barcelona.
  • 2004-2006: NEUROCIRUGÍA Y NEUROFISIOLOGÍA INTRAOPERATORIA.
    Beca de investigación y desarrollo del Hospital de Bellvitge.
  • 2006-2008: FELLOWSHIP: INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY.
    Mount Sinai West Hospital. Columbia University. New york (USA).
  • 2008-2013: PROGRAMA DE DOCTORADO "MEDICINA". (Mención de calidad MCD2008-2013).(Mención hacia la excelencia MEE2011-0316)
    Proyecto Tesis doctoral (University of Barcelona-European format): INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING OF THE CORTICOBULBAR TRACT. CRITICAL APPROACH.
    Directores de tesis: Vedran Deletis, MD, PhD (Mount Sinai West Hospital)-New York- USA y Josep Valls, MD, PhD (H. Clinic de Barcelona). Co-director de tesis: Dr. Joseps Valls Canals.
    Hospital Clínico de Barcelona.
  • 2009: MÁSTER ELECTRODIAGNÓSTICO NEUROLÓGICO.
    Universidad de Barcelona.
• ACTIVIDAD LABORAL ACTUAL
  
  
  • desde 2008: DIRECTORA DE LA UNIDAD DE NEUROFISIOLOGÍA INTRAOPERATORIA.
    Hopital Universitari de Bellvitge.
  • CODIRECTORA MIOGRUP (Brain and Care, SLP).
  • MEDICAL ADVISOR.
    INOMED at Médica.
  • MEDICAL ADVISOR.
    Inbrain Neuroelectronics.
• OTRAS ACTIVIDADES
  
  
  • Presidenta de la International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN)
  • Presidenta y organizadora del congreso Mundial de la ISIN.
    Barcelona, 15-17 Septiembre 2011.
  • Revisora habitual para “Clinical Neurophysiology”.
  • Revisora habitual para “Spinal Cord”.
  • Revisora habitual en el Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing.
  • Revisora invitada en el International Journal of Otorynolaryngology.
  • Revisora invitada en el Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.
  • Directora módulo de monitorización neurofisiológica intraoperatoria del Máster en electrodiagnóstico Neurológico de la Universidad de Barcelona.
    2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 y 2019.
  • desde 2009: Directora de un programa de formación en monitorización neurofisiológica intraoperatoria para neurólogos y neurofisiólogos clínicos de diferentes países, principalmente de Europa y Latino-America
• PUBLICACIONES
  
  
  • 2022: Miró Lladó J, López-Ojeda P, Pedro J, Marnov A, Contreras L, Pariente L, Gabarrós A, Fernández-Conejero I.
    Evaluation of multimodal intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring during supratentorial aneurysm surgery: a comparative study.
    Neurosurg Rev. 2022. Jan 13.
  • 2020: Miró J, López-Ojeda P, Gabarrós A, Urriza J, Ulkatan S, Deletis V, Fernández-Conejero I.
    Letter to the Editor. Intraoperative neuromonitoring in elective aneurysm clipping. Methodology matters.
    J Neurosurg. 2020 Jun 5:1-3.
  • 2019: Skinner SA, Aydinlar EI, Borges LF, Carter BS, Currier BL, Deletis V, Dong C, Dormans JP, Drost G, Fernandez-Conejero I, Hoffman EM, Holdefer RN, Kimaid PAT, Koht A, Kothbauer KF, MacDonald DB, McAuliffe JJ 3rd, Morledge DE, Morris SH, Norton J, Novak K, Park KS, Perra JH, Prell J, Rippe DM, Sala F, Schwartz DM, Segura MJ, Seidel K, Seubert C, Simon MV, Soto F, Strommen JA, Szelenyi A, Tello A, Ulkatan S, Urriza J, Wilkinson M.
    Correction to: Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervisión “guideline” a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.
    J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr;33(2):191-192.
  • 2019: Skinner SA, Aydinlar EI, Borges LF, Carter BS, Currier BL, Deletis V, Dong C, Dormans JP, Drost G, Fernandez-Conejero I, Hoffman EM, Holdefer RN, Kimaid PAT, Koht A, Kothbauer KF, MacDonald DB, McAuliffe JJ 3rd, Morledge DE, Morris SH, Norton J, Novak K, Park KS, Perra JH, Prell J, Rippe DM, Sala F, Schwartz DM, Segura MJ, Seidel K, Seubert C, Simon MV, Soto F, Strommen JA, Szelenyi A, Tello A, Ulkatan S, Urriza J, Wilkinson M.
    Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervisión “guideline” a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.
    J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr;33(2):185-190.
  • 2018: Sanmillan JL, Lopez-Ojeda P, Fernández-Conejero I, Fernández-Coello A, Plans G, Ali-Ciurana Y, Gabarrós A.
    Treatment of cavernous malformations in supratentorial eloquent áreas: experience after 10 years of patient-tailored surgical protocol.
    Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Oct;160(10):1963-1974.
  • 2017: Sanmillan JL, Plans G, Gabarrós A, Fernández-Conejero I.
    Letter to the Editor: Threshold criterion in transcranial motor evoked potentials.
    J Neurosurg. 2017 May;126(5):1744-1746.
  • 2017: Plans G, Fernández-Conejero I, Rifà-Ros X, Fernández-Coello A, Rosselló A, Gabarrós A.
    Evaluation of the High-Frequency Monopolar Stimulation Technique for Mapping and Monitoring the Corticospinal Tract in Patients With Supratentorial Gliomas. A Proposal for Intraoperative Management Based on Neurophysiological Data Analysis in a Series of Ninety-Two Patients.
    Neurosurgery. 2017 Jan 13. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyw087. [Epub ahead of print].
  • 2017: Sanmillan JL, Fernández-Coello A, Fernández-Conejero I, Plans G, Gabarrós A.
    Functional approach using intraoperative brain mapping and neurophysiological monitoring for the surgical treatment of brain metastases in the central region.
    J Neurosurg. 2017 Mar;126(3):698-707
  • 2014: Deletis V, Mac Donald DB, Sala F, Fernandez Conejero I.
    Comments on "Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in spine surgery. Developments and state of the art in France in 2011" written by M. Gavaret et al. published in Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2013; 99:s319-27.
    Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2014 May; 100(3): 353-4
  • 2014: Deletis V, Rogić M, Fernández-Conejero I, Gabarrós A, Jerončić A.
    Neurophysiologic markers in laryngeal muscles indicate functional anatomy of laryngeal primary motor cortex and premotor cortex in the caudal opercular part of inferior frontal gyrus.
    Clin Neurophysiol. 2014 Feb 11. pii: S1388-2457(14)00062-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.01.023. [Epub ahead of print].
  • 2013: Rogić M, Deletis V, Fernández-Conejero I.
    Inducing transient language disruptions by mapping of Broca's area with modified patterned repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol.
    J Neurosurg. 2014 May; 120(5): 1033-41. doi: 10.3171/2013.11.JNS13952. Epub 2014 Jan 3.
  • 2013: Fernández-Conejero I, Deletis V.
    Transcranial electrical stimulation and monitoring.
    J Neurosurg. 2014 Jan; 120(1): 291-2. doi: 10.3171/2013.6.JNS131278. Epub 2013 Nov 8.
  • 2012: Fernández-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Sen C, Deletis V.
    Intra-operative neurophysiology during microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
    Clin Neurophysiol. 2012 Jan; 123(1): 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.10.007. Epub 2011 Dec 1. Review.
  • 2011: Deletis V, Fernández-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Rogić M, Carbó EL, Hiltzik D.
    Methodology for intra-operative recording of the corticobulbar motor evoked potentials from cricothyroid muscles.
    Clin Neurophysiol. 2011 Sep; 122(9): 1883-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.018. Epub 2011 Mar 25.
  • 2009: Deletis V, Urriza J, Ulkatan S, Fernandez-Conejero I, Lesser J, Misita D.
    The feasibility of recording blink reflexes under general anesthesia.
    Muscle Nerve. 2009 May; 39(5): 642-6. doi: 10.1002/mus.21257.
  • 2009: Deletis V, Fernandez-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Costantino P.
    Methodology for intraoperatively eliciting motor evoked potentials in the vocal muscles by electrical stimulation of the corticobulbar tract.
    Clin Neurophysiol. 2009 Feb; 120(2): 336-41. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.11.013. Epub 2009 Jan 10.
  • 2008: Fernández-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Deletis V.
    Upper facial nerve motor evoked potentials can be a misinterpretation of the blink reflex.
    JNNP on line. December 2008.
  • 2007: Ulkatan S, Deletis V, Fernandez-Conejero I.
    Central or peripheral activations of the facial nerve?
    J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar; 106(3): 519-20; author reply 520.
• CAPÍTULOS DE LIBROS
  
  
  • 2022: Varun Shandal, Isabel Fernández Conejero, Raymond Sekula, Donald Crammond, Parthasarathy Thirumala, Katherine Anetakis, Antoun Koht, Jeffrey R. Balzer.
    MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION FOR CRANIAL VERVE DISORDERS.
    Monitoring the Nervous System for Anesthesiologists and other Health Care Professionals. Third Edition. Springer 2022.
  • 2022: Isabel Fernández-Conejero, Sedat Ulkatan.
    BRAINSTEM REFLEXES.
    Intraoperative Monitoring. Neurophysiology and Surgical Approaches. Springer. 2022.
  • 2022: Isabel Fernández-Conejero, Vedran Deletis. Sedat Ulkatan.
    MONITORING CEREBELLOPONTINGE ANGLE AND SKULL BASE SURGERIES.
    Handbook of Clinical Neurology-Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. David MacDonald and Marc Nuwer. Elsevier Science. August 2022.
  • 2022: Andrea Szelenyi, Isabel Fernández-Conejero, Kunihiko Kodama.
    INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING DURING ANEURYSM SURGERY.
    Handbook of Clinical Neurology-Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. David MacDonald and Marc Nuwer. Elsevier Science. August 2022.
  • 2020: Isabel Fernández-Conejero.
    CORTICOBULBAR MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS.
    Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery: A Modern Approach by Vedran Deletis, Jay Shils, Kathleen Seidel and Francesco Sala. Academic Press. 2020.
  • 2020: Isabel Fernández-Conejero.
    BLINK REFLEX.
    Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery: A Modern Approach by Vedran Deletis, Jay Shils, Kathleen Seidel and Francesco Sala. Academic Press. 2020.
  • 2011: Isabel Fernández-Conejero.
    MONITORIZACIÓN NEUROFISIOLÓGICA INTRAOPERATIORIA EN LA CIRUGÍA DE COLUMNA. ANESTESIA EN CIRUGÍA ORTOPÉDICA Y EN TRAUMATOLOGÍA.
    Ed medica Panamericana, 2011. Pag. 187-194.
  • 2015: Isabel Fernández-Conejero.
    POTENCIALES MOTORES EVOCADOS EN NEUROFISIOLOGÍA INTRAOPERATORIA.
    Sociedad Española de Neurofisiología Clínica. En edición. 2015.
• CONFERENCIAS
  
  
  • 2008: Thyroid Surgery and ENT. ( September 8th – 9th, 2008. Freiburg. Germany ).
    "Multimodality Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in the field of Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orthopedics".
    
  • 2009: International meeting of Intraoperative Monitoring in the field of Neurosurgery. ( 19 y 20 Marzo 2009. Freiburg. Germany ).
  • 2009: Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery.National congress of Neuroanesthesia. ( 23 Abril 2009. Leipzig. Germany ).
  • 2009: National congress of spine diseases. ( 11 Marzo 2009. Barcelona. Spain ).
    "Spinal cord neuromonitoring in spine and spinal cord surgeries".
  • 2009: II International Máster of Neurological Diagnosis. ( 29 Abril 2009. Barcelona. Spain ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology in skull base surgery".
  • 2009: Neurosurgery meeting. ( 10 Julio 2009. Zagreb. Croatia ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery".
  • 2009: Neurosurgery meeting. ( 10 Julio 2009. Zagreb. Croatia ).
    "Intraoperative monitoring of the corticobulbar tract. Methodological improvement and preliminar results".
  • 2009: EANS. ( 19 octubre 2009 ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Spine and Spinal cord surgeries".
  • 2009: Congreso Nacional de Neurofisiología Clínica. ( 22 Octubre 2009. Madrid ).
    "Aspectos generales de la Neurofisiología Intraoperatoria".
  • 2009: Congreso Nacional de Neurofisiología Clínica. ( 22 Octubre 2009. Madrid ).
    "Monitorización neurofisiológica del n. facial".
  • 2009: II ISIN meeting. ( 14 Noviembre 2009. Dubrovnik. Croatia ).
    "Intraoperative monitoring of corticobulbar tract. New York experience".
  • 2009: II ISIN meeting. ( 14 Noviembre 2009. Dubrovnik. Croatia ).
    "Intraoperative recording of blink reflex".
  • 2010: Reunión de la Sociedad Catalana de Neurocirugía. ( 4 Marzo 2010. Barcelona ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica Intraoperatoria en patología de base de cráneo".
  • 2010: I Joint meeting ASNM-ISIN. ( 4th November 2010. Groningen. Netherlands ).
    "Motor evoked potentials in the brain stem region".
  • 2010: I Joint meeting ASNM-ISIN. ( 5th November 2010. Groningen. Netherlands ).
    "New approach to the intraoperative Neurophysiologic mapping of eloquent cortex".
  • 2010: I Joint meeting ASNM-ISIN. ( 5th November 2010. Groningen. Netherlands ).
    "Intraoperative monitoring of the corticobulbar pathways".
  • 2010: I Joint meeting ASNM-ISIN. ( 5th November 2010. Groningen. Netherlands ).
    "Brain stem mapping".
  • 2011: II Latin-American Symposium of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. ( 12th May 2011. Viña del Mar. Chile ).
    "IOM for cranial nerves".
  • 2011: II Latin-American Symposium of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. ( 13th May 2011. Viña del Mar. Chile ).
    "IOM for brain tumors".
  • 2011: II Latin-American Symposium of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. ( 14th May 2011. Viña del Mar. Chile ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology. General aspects".
  • 2011: III Congress of the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology. ( 16th September 2011. Barcelona ).
    "New Evidence about Neurophysiologic Mechanism of Hemifacial Spasm".
  • 2011: III Congress of the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology. ( 16th September 2011. Barcelona ).
    "Corticobulbar Motor Evoked Potentials".
  • 2013: III Educational Course ISIN. ( 13th November 2013. Cape Town. South Africa ).
    "Mapping techniques. General aspects".
  • 2013: III Educational Course ISIN. ( 13th November 2013. Cape Town. South Africa ).
    "Mapping techniques. General aspects".
  • 2013: IV congress of the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology. ( 14th November 2013. Cape Town. South Africa ).
    "Brain mapping-New approach to intraoperative neurophysiological mapping of motor speech areas".
  • 2014: Workshop. ( 16-18th February 2014. Freiburg. Germany ).
    "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the corticobulbar tract".
  • 2014: National Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology of Norway. ( 14th March 2014. Oslo. Norway ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology. General concepts".
  • 2014: National Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology of Norway. ( 14th March 2014. Oslo. Norway ).
    "Cranial nerves monitoring".
  • 2014: National congress of Clinical Neurophysiology. ( 25th March 2014. Madrid. Spain ).
    "Corticobulbar tract monitoring".
  • 2014: XXV workshop of thyroid cancer. ( 9th of June 2014. Barcelona. Spain ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology of laryngeal nerves".
  • 2015: V Congreso de la SEMONEIN. ( 11-12 Junio 2015, Alicante, España ).
    "Monitorización neurofisiológica intraoperatoria en los tumores cerebrales: pasado, presente y futuro".
  • 2015: V Congreso de la SEMONEIN. ( 11-12 Junio 2015, Alicante, España ).
    "Maniobras de recuperación de los potenciales evocados en neurocirugía".
  • 2015: ISIN-EANS. ( 14-16 Junio, Verona, Italy ).
    "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of cranial nerves: Corticobulbar Motor Evoked Potentials. Neurosurgery and Neuromonitoring; The essentials".
  • 2015: V Congress of the International Society of Intraoperativa Neurophysiology. ( 15th November 2015. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil ).
    "IOM for cranial nerves. Educational Course".
  • 2015: V Congress of the International Society of Intraoperativa Neurophysiology. ( 15th November 2015. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil ).
    "Mapping Techniques. Educational Course".
  • 2015: V Congress of the International Society of Intraoperativa Neurophysiology. ( 16th November 2015. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil ).
    "Cranial nerve monitoring: Breakfast sesión ".
  • 2015: V Congress of the International Society of Intraoperativa Neurophysiology. ( 17th November 2015. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil ).
    "IONM in skull base surgery. Breakfast sesión".
  • 2016: Workshop Cáncer Tiroides. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. ( 15 de Marzo de 2016. Barcelona. España ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica Intraoperatoria en cirugía del cáncer de tiroides".
  • 2016: International workshop INOMED. ( 20 de Abril de 2016. Freiburg. Germany ).
    "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the Corticobulbar tract".
  • 2016: XII congreso de la Sociedad Española de Base de Cráneo. ( 22 de Abril 2016 ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica Intraoperatoria en la cirugía de base de cráneo. Nervios craneales".
  • 2016: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring. (ASNM). ( 11 de Mayo de 2016. Chicago, USA ).
    "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring during Brainstem Surgery".
  • 2016: I congreso de la Asociación de Monitorizacion Neurofisiológica Española (AMINE). ( 22 de Mayo de 2016. Santander. España ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica de los nervios craneales".
  • 2016: I congreso de la Asociación de Monitorizacion Neurofisiológica Española (AMINE). ( 23 de Mayo de 2016. Santander. España ).
    "Estímulo multipulso en la cirugía de tumores cerebrales".
  • 2016: Congress of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH). ( 21 de Junio de 2016. Santander. España ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology for Peripheral nerve surgery".
  • 2016: Curso de postgrado de Neurocríticos. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. ( 20 de Octubre de 2016. Barcelona. España ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica Intraoperatoria en la cirugía vascular intracraneal".
  • 2016: Educational Course. ISIN. ( 11 de Noviembre de 2016. Groningen. The Netherlands ).
    "Intraoperative Neurophysiology during Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm".
  • 2016: Educational Course. ISIN. ( 11 de Noviembre de 2016. Groningen. The Netherlands ).
    "Mapping techniques".
  • 2017: International workshop INOMED. ( 22 de abril de 2017. Freiburg. Germany ).
    "Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the Corticobulbar tract".
  • 2017: II Congreso de la de la Asociación de Monitorizacion Neurofisiológica Española (AMINE). ( 15 de Mayo de 2017. Barcelona. España ).
    "Monitorización Neurofisiológica Intraoperatoria en la cirugía de los aneurismas intracraneales".
  • 2017: II Congreso de la de la Asociación de Monitorizacion Neurofisiológica Española (AMINE). ( 16 de Mayo de 2017. Barcelona. España ).
    "Manejo neurofisiológico intraoperatorio en la cirugía del nervio periférico".
  • 2017: II Congreso de la de la Asociación de Monitorizacion Neurofisiológica Española (AMINE). ( 16 de Mayo de 2017. Barcelona. España ).
    "Mapping y monitorización neurofisiológica intraoperatoria en la cirugía de los tumores cerebrales".
  • 2017: XXI congreso de la Sociedad española de Neurocirugía (SENEC). ( 17 de Mayo de 2017. Barcelona. España ).
    "Safety and precisión in Neurosurgery: The Role of Intraoperative Neurophysiology".
  • 2017: XXI congreso de la Sociedad española de Neurocirugía (SENEC). ( 17 de Mayo de 2017. Barcelona. España ).
    "Safety and precisión in Neurosurgery: The Role of Intraoperative Neurophysiology".
  • 2006: V International Symposium Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in neurosurgery. ( November 16th – 18th, 2006. New York. USA ).
    "Late responses of the facial nerve in patients with hemifacial spasm".
    Fernandez-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Deletis V, Sen C.
  • 2007: I International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN) Congress. ( November 15-17th, 2007. Lucerne, Switzerland ).
    "Further achievement in diagnosis of sub-clinical focal neuropathy of the facial nerve in patients with facial vascular and lymphatic malformations".
    Fernandez-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Urriza J, Deletis V.
  • 2008: 17th International Workshop on Vascular Anomalies. Harvard Medical School. ( July 19-21th. 2008. Boston. USA ).
    "Subclinical focal neuropathy of the facial nerve in patients with facial vascular and lymphatic malformations".
    Fernandez-Conejero I, Ulkatan S, Deletis V.
  • 2013: IV Congress of ISIN. ( 15th November 2013. Cape Town. South Africa ).
    "Correlation between blink reflex and corticobulbar motor evoked potentials (CoMEPs) in skull base surgery and role as a predictor of clinical outcome".
    Fernández-Conejero I, Torres A, Gabarrós A.
• EQUIPO de NEUROLOGICS