Meet our team

Director and principal investigator

José Manuel Matamala (MD, PhD)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chile, where he specialised in Neurology. Master in Neurological Electrodiagnostics from the University of Barcelona, Spain. Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chile. Postdoctoral studies in Clinical Neurophysiology and Motor Neuron Disease at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney (Australia), under the supervision of Prof. Matthew C. Kiernan. Training in Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Boston (USA) and Philadelphia (USA). He currently works as Associate Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurological Sciences (Hospital del Salvador), Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, and directs the Laboratory of Neurology and Translational Neurophysiology - NODO Lab.

His research focuses on the understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms and the description of new biomarkers in neurological diseases, especially in Motor Neuron Disease - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other neuromuscular diseases. To date, he has published more than 80 ISI papers and is the principal investigator of Fondecyt Regular - ANID.

Email: jm_matamala@med.uchile.cl

Associated researchers

Daniel Jiménez F.
(MD, MSc)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Neurologist, Universidad de Chile. Master in Neurosciences from the University of Chile.

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Ignacio Acosta C.
(MD)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chile. Adult neurologist from Universidad del Desarrollo and Clínica Alemana.

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José Luis Castillo C.
(MD)

Neurologist, Universidad de Chile. Fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

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Eva Araya
(MD)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Santiago. Adult neurologist from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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PhD Students

Javier Moreno R.
(MD, PhDc)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chile. Student of the PhD program in Medical Sciences and specialization in Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine - University of Chile.

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Lucia Del Valle B.
(MD, PhDc)

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chile. Student of the PhD program in Medical Sciences and specialization in Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine - University of Chile.

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