José M Ferro

José M Ferro is Professor of Neurology and a Member of the Scientific Council and President of the ‘Conselho de Escola’ of the School of Medicine at the University of Lisbon. He is also the Director of the Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Neurology Service of the Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Director of the Neurological Clinical Research Unit of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular. Dr Ferro is a member of the Editorial Boards of Stroke, the Journal of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Diseases. He was recently appointed (2014 to 2017) a Member of the Scientific Panel for Health of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Directorate E-Health of the European Commission. Research in his main area of interest focuses on the matters related to cerebrovascular disease, cerebral venous thrombosis in particular, cognitive and psychiatric consequences of stroke and stroke in young. He has authored or co-authored 273 papers, published in international journals, and 60 book chapters. Dr Ferro was President of the European Neurological Society, Vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Neurology and Chairman of the Stroke Portuguese Society. Furthermore, he was a member of the Program Committee of the European Stroke Conference.