Training: She graduated in 2012 with an honor degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad
of Buenos Aires. She completed her neurology residency at the Hospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos
Mejía, where she started her research in neurogenetics, with focus on small vessel disease and
mitochondriopathies. She did a stroke observership at Presbyterian Columbia Hospital in New York city,
where her sponsors were Randolph Marshall and JP Mohr. Once she completed his training as a
neurologist, she completed a two-year fellowship in Vascular Neurology at Fleni with Dr. Sebastián
Ameriso.
Research Areas: She has a particular interest in implementing stroke care systems. She is one of the PI
of the CABOS project, which aims to establish stroke networks with thrombolysis-capable centers in
Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Her research also focuses on small vessel
disease; she is an active member of the global CADASIL consortium and founded CADASILar, a registry
for CADASIL patients in Argentina. Additionally, she is deeply committed to addressing gender disparities
in stroke care. As a researcher, she has served as a sub-investigator in numerous international studies,
including SOCRATES, Young-ESUS, THALES, AXIOMATIC-SSP, ENRICH-AF, and OCEANIC-Stroke.
Professional: She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Ibero-American Stroke
Organization since 2022 and has been an active member of the Stroke Working Group of the Argentine
Neurological Society since 2014. She is also a member of the World Stroke Organization, where she
contributes to the Implementation Task Force and the Education Committee. In 2022, she founded
ALATAC (Alianza Joven Latinoamericana contra el ACV) and was elected its president. She actively
participates in the Argentinian Committee for the Certification of Stroke Centers in Latin America and
serves as a member of the Board for Stroke Center Certification across the region.
Publications: She has published several indexed articles, the most relevant ones being the following:
Fall in the Proportion of Atherothrombotic Strokes During the Last Decade. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis.
2020 Dec;29(12):105257. Control of vascular risk factors and response to stroke symptoms during the
most restrictive period of the COVID-19 Quarantine. A survey of population behavior in Argentina.
Frontiers in Neurology. 2022. ; 52. Incidence and case-fatality rate of stroke in General Villegas, Buenos
Aires, Argentina. The EstEPA population study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Mar 18;32(5):107058.
Availability and barriers to access post-stroke rehabilitation in Latin America. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis.
2024 Aug 5:107917. Strategies to Advance Stroke Care in Women: An International Conversation.
Stroke. 2024 Aug 22.
In Private: She enjoys traveling around the world, reading about politics and gender disparity. She also
enjoys having time with friends and her dog called Horacio, who she loves like a son.