Dra. María Antonia Quera Salva

 Professional experience

• Specialist in Neurology and Sleep Medicine at AdSalutem Institute - Sleep Medicine (today)
• Head of the Sleep Unit in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, at the Raymont Poincaré APHP Hospital, in Paris Ouest University (1999 - 2020)
• Chief Clinical Associate of the Intensive Care Unit and the Department of Physiology at the Hôpital Raymont Poincaré APHP (1991 - 1993)
• Assistant Chief Associate in Clinical Pharmacology, at the Necker Hospital Enfants Malades in Paris (1988 - 1990)
• Fellow at the "Sleep Disorders Center", School of Medicine, at Stanford University

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 Sub-specialties

• Sleep and depression
• Cardiac rhtyms
• Pineal tumors and head trauma
• Effects of bright light on surveillance in patients with neurological disorders
• Epidemiological studies on road safety
• Respiratory disorders related to sleep in patients with neuromuscular disorders
• Effects of cannabis in relation to famacokinetics in surveillance
• Drowsiness and prevention

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1978)
• Specialist in Neurology via MIR at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona (1983)
• Somnology Specialist in the United States (USA) (987)
• Fellow in the American Sleep Society, USA (1988)
• Doctor of Medicine with excellent Cum Laude qualification and extraordinary first prize by the University of Barcelona (1992)
• Current research in: sleep and depression; Cardiac rhtyms; pineal tumors and head trauma; effects of bright light on surveillance in patients with neurological disorders; epidemiological studies on road safety; sleep-related respiratory disorders in patients with neuromuscular disorders; effects of cannabis in relation to famacokinetics in surveillance; and in sleepiness and prevention.

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 Publications and conferences

• Author of more than 90 international scientific articles submitted to a reading committee
• Co-author of the chapter "Melatonin and regulation of circadian rhythms", published in the book "Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine" (2011)
• Co-author of the chapter "Cyrcadian rythms disorders and treatment", published in the book "Treatise on Sleep Medicine" (2015)
• Co-author of the chapter "Troubles du rythme veille et sommeil", published in the book "Les troubles du sommeil" (2019)
• Author and co-author of more than 40 scientific articles published in international journals

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 Prizes and awards

• First extraordinary prize of Doctorate by the University of Barcelona (1992)

 Professional membership

• Member of the Société Française de Recherche et Médecine du Sommeil (SFRMS). Elected member of the administrative steering committee (2011) and elected member of the scientific committee (2014 - present)
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the European Sleep Research Society (2012)
• Member of the WASM Scientific Committee (2013, 2015)
• Member of the SFRMS Scientific Committee (2013 - 2019)

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