Education

July 2020 – July 2024 Long-term specialization in Neurology University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania

October 2013 – October 2019 University Diploma – Doctor of Medicine (MD), General Medicine University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania

Work Experience in Neurology

September 10, 2024 – ongoing ����logo��� 3

Trainings

January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024 Subspecialization in Parkinson’s Disease, Movement Disorders, Dementias and other Neurodegenerative Diseases. Trained in: DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation), treatment of dystonias, tremor, spasticity, etc. with Botulinum toxin

September 1, 2023 – October 30, 2023 Clinical fellowship, Department of Neurology, Atkinson Morley Wing, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK Trained in recognition, differentiation, and management of complex forms of movement disorders (European Academy of Neurology)

January 6, 2023 – June 18, 2023 EEG Course (Electroencephalogram), Virtual Epilepsy Academy, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)

January 2, 2023 – January 31, 2023 Clinical fellowship, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Trained in treatment of migraine and cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin

Work-Related Skills

· Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with cerebrovascular diseases

· Management of primary and secondary headaches and treatment of migraine with botulinum toxin

· Clinical and electrophysiological diagnosis of epilepsy, monitoring and treatment of these patients

· Management of Parkinson’s disease and neurodegenerative diseases

Publications and Presentations

Journal Articles:

· Isolated Choreic Manifestations Indicative of Anti-Amphiphysin Antibody-Related Encephalitis in Breast Cancer PMID: 40042056 DOI: 10.1002/mds.30140 (first author)

· Parkinson’s disease diagnosis impact: patients, caregivers and health-care professionals’ perspectives J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(14), 4118; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13144118 (first author)

· Wernicke encephalopathy presenting as a stroke mimic: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2025; 13(19): 103585 [DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i19.103585]

· Ketamine in Neurocritical Care: New Potentials and Perspectives, Cureus. 2025 Jun 6;17(6):e85456. doi: 10.7759/cureus.85456. PMID: 40485863

· Herpes simplex virus encephalitis mimicking acute ischemic stroke, DOI 10.25259/SNI_1123_2022

· Multiple cerebral septic emboli sourcing from a ventricular assist device: a case report, doi:10.21037/acr-23-50 PMID: 37942042; PMCID: PMC10628398.

· Cervical Disc Hernia Following a Jet-Ski Accident, ISSN 2958-0390

· Central nervous system vasculitis secondary to sarcoidosis presenting with hemorrhagic stroke. DOI: 10.52768/2766-7820/2979

· Cervical dystonia improved by sensory trick. ISBN: 978-9928-322-87-6 (first author)

· Lafora disease: fast progression in a 16 years old patient” case report, ISBN 978-9928-363-34-3 (first author)

Congress Posters:

· Unusual cause of secondary headache. Case report and literature review, 10th congress of EAN, Helsinki 2024 DOI: 10.1111/ene.16389 (first author)

· Limb shaking transitory ischemic attacks due to moderate to severe intracranial arteries stenosis, 92nd EAS Congress, Lyon, 2024

· Guillain-Barre Syndrome with facial nerve involvement; an atypical presentation of COVID-19, CONy, Dubrovnik 2023

· Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis due to Graves` disease: a case report, World Stroke Congress 2022, DOI: 10.1177/17474930221128746 journals.sagepub.com/home/wso

· A rare case of carcinomatous meningitis due to NHL, CONy 2021

· Spontaneous Vertebral Artery Dissection in Young Adults, CONy 2022

· Pseudomyotonia as a Clinical Feature of Severe Primary Hypothyroidism, case report CONy 2022

· The Impact of COVID-19 in Reperfusion Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Albania, WSC 2021, DOI: 10.1177/17474930211041949 journals.sagepub.com/home/wso (first author)

· Red Cell Distribution Width as a prognostic factor in Stroke Outcome, World Stroke Congress 2022, Singapore October 26-29, 2022, DOI: 10.1177/17474930221125973 journals.sagepub.com/home/wso (first author)

· Pontine infarction in a young male patient revealing Neuro-AIDS: a case report, World Stroke Congress, Toronto, 2023

Congresses and Seminars

· Parkinson’s Disease Management: A Travel Throughout the Disease Course, MDS-ES Course, Toulouse, France, June 14–15, 2024

· EAN Spring School, Steinschaler Dörfl, Austria, May 17–21, 2023

· MDS-ES School for Young Neurologists, Berlin, Germany, September 29–October 1, 2022

· 19th Catania International Summer School, Catania, Sicily (Rare diseases in Neuroscience), July 18–22, 2022

· 32nd Summer Stroke School, June 6–10, 2022, virtual

· 31st Summer Stroke School, June 7–11, 2021, virtual

· 1st European NCD Youth Conference (YHO, WHO, Erasmus+), Portoroz, Ljubljana, December 6–9, 2019

· School “HIV/AIDS-Prevention, Treatment and Care for the Key Population of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID)”, University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany