Ángela Milán-Tomás
Sligo
Summary
Dedicated and versatile neurologist with proven ability to deliver high-quality patient care in diverse clinical settings and multicultural environments. Lead multidisciplinary teams and skilled at adapting treatment approaches to meet varied patient needs, ensuring communication and optimal health outcomes. Committed to interprofessional collaboration and ensuring respectful relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Overview
4
4
Languages
1
1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Neurologist Consultant
Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital
05.2022 - Current
- I work as a general neurologist consultant at Sligo University Hospital and at Letterkenny University Hospital. I conduct neurology inpatient and emergency department consultations, along with general neurology clinics for outpatients with various neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy. Led a specialised clinic in Memory Assessment Support service, evaluating patients with young onset dementia.
Neurologist Consultant
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Madrid
03.2018 - 03.2022
- Coordinated Memory clinic at Clinica Universidad de Navarra in Madrid from March 2018 to 2022 and developed a sleep unit to provide care for outpatients with neurodegenerative cognitive disorders and sleep medicine. Contributed as Co-PI to multiple clinical trials focused on Alzheimer's disease and anti-amyloid therapies.
Clinical Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology and Movement Disorders.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto
03.2016 - 02.2018
- Completed two-year fellowship in cognitive neurology and movement disorders at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, after neurology training. Evaluated hundreds of patients with neurodegenerative cognitive and movement disorders, gaining research experience and participating in multiple clinical trials, presenting findings at international conferences.
Sleep Research Fellowship
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto
02.2015 - 02.2016
- Completed a year-long research fellowship programme and six months of observerships at Toronto Western Hospital, Canada, which included outpatient consultations for adults and children with sleep disorders, developed research projects, and gained experience in polysomnography scoring by reviewing hundreds of sleep studies.
Neurology residency.
Son Espases University Hospital
Palma de Mallorca
05.2010 - 05.2014
- Completed neurology residency programme at Son Espases University Hospital, specialising in diagnosing and treating neurological disorders.
Education
Medical Degree, MD -
Miguel Hernandez University
Elche, Spain06-2009
Neurology Specialty -
Son Espases University Hospital
Mallorca, Spain05-2014
Research Fellowship in sleep medicine -
University of Toronto
Canada01-2016
Clinical Fellowship in Cognitive neurology -
University of Toronto
Canada01-2018
Skills
- General neurologist with experience managing complex neurological patients and chronic conditions As per the high incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland, I manage several patients with MS and other demyelinating conditions with an average of 2-3 new diagnoses per month
- I have experience performing PREEMPT protocol with botulinum toxin for those with patients with migraine headaches, as well as manage multiple patients with the new CGRP medications
- I have basic understanding and interpreting EEG studies including those with status epilepticus
- Sleep medicine
- I perform cognitive assessments in young patients presenting with cognitive concerns and manage those with early onset Alzheimer's and other less frequent disorders (primary progressive aphasia, frontotemporal dementia among others) Experience interpreting CSF biomarkers in Alzheimer's, PET-FDG brain scans, DAT scans and other investigations used in patients with those conditions
- I have participated in clinical trials with anti-amyloid therapies Although Lecanemab and donanemab are not yet approved in Ireland to be prescribed in public hospitals, I have experience with the side effects (ARIA), administration and monitoring of these drugs
- I obtained the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) certificate of "Physicians as Trainers" to teach medical students how to perform and interpret findings in the neurological exam and prepare them for their annual exam I have also supervised non-consultant doctors in their rotations in neurology department and support them in their medical achievements including writing case reports for publication
Languages:
Spanish - Native
Proficient
C2
English - Proficient
Proficient
C2
Catalan - Intermediate
Intermediate
B1
Dutch
Elementary
A2
Certification
- Expertise in Sleep Medicine diploma, by the Spanish Committee of accreditation in Sleep Medicine (CEAMS)
- Somnologist expert certificate by the European Sleep Research Society-ESRS (2018).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- ISTAART Member of Alzheimer's Association International Society (AAIC)- 2023
- Member of American Academy of Neurology (AAN)-2015
- Member of Movement Disorder Society (MDS)-2015
- Member of Eastern Association of EEG- 2015
- Member of Spanish Neurology Society (SEN)-2010
- Member of Sleep Spanish Society (SES)-2018
- Member of European Research Sleep Society (ESRS)-2020
PUBLICATIONS
- Books chapters:
-Neurologia para Psiquiatras, Panamericana, chapter 2 (page 19-32) ISBN 978-950-06-9690-6; 2022.
-VIII Clinic cases for Neurology residents competition 2011 (pages 287,320,402,433) ISBN:978-84-1198-48-2.
-Milán, M. Mestre Sanso, M.D Moragues Benito, M. Ruiz López. Gait disturbance in a chronic alcoholic patient.
-M. Mestre Sansó, M. Massot Cladera, I. Chmielewska, A. Milán Tomás. Low back pain which does not improve with analgesic medication
-M. Ruiz López, B. Vives, I. Chmielewska; Á. Milan; M.D. Moragues Bilateral thalamic infarct
-MD. Moragues Benito, M.M. Massot Cladera, Á. Milán Tomás, M. Ruiz López. 37 year old woman with binocular diplopia, right eyelid ptosis and occipital cephalea
- Journal Publications
- Grüter T, Gaig C, Crijnen YS, et al., I; Anti-IgLON5 Disease Study Group. Early Treatment With Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Outcomes of Patients With Anti-IgLON5 Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Oct 1;82(10):1040-1047. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2574. PMID: 40758377; PMCID: PMC12322817.
-Gaig C, Compta Y, Heidbreder A, et al. Frequency and Characterization of Movement Disorders in Anti-IgLON5 Disease. Neurology. 2021 Aug 11:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012639. doi: 10.1212/WNL.
- Ángela Milán-Tomás, Marta Fernández-Matarrubia and María Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz. Lewy body dementias: a coin with two sides?. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 94. doi.org/10.3390/bs11070094
-Antonio Miguel Moreno-Rueda, Victor Suárez-Vega, Ángela Milán-Tomás, NicolásPérez-Fernández. An infrequent type of nystagmus during a vertigo crisis in Menière's disease. Otolaryngology Case Reports. 2021 Nov 21; doi.org/10.1016/j.xocr.2021.100362.
-Desmarais P, Miville C, Milán-Tomás Á, Nguyen QD, Ojeda-López C, Masellis M, Black SE, Andrade DM, Herrmann N. Age representation in antiepileptic drug trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy Res. 2018 May; 142:9-15
-Milán-Tomás Á, Shapiro CM. Circadian Rhythms Disturbances in Alzheimer Disease: Current Concepts, Diagnosis, and Management. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2018 Apr-Jun;32(2):162-171
-Milán-Tomás Á, Persyko M, Del Campo M, Shapiro CM, Farcnik K. An Overview of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: Etiology, Diagnosis and Management. Can J Neurol Sci. 2018 Mar;45(2):130-136
-Swardfager W, Yu D, Scola G, Cogo-Moreira H, et al. Peripheral lipid oxidative stress markers are related to vascular risk factors and subcortical small vessel disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2017 Nov; 59:91-97
- Other Communications & Abstract Publications:
-Sleep deprivation in the activation of interictal spikes and epileptic seizures. Ángela Milán-Tomás, Estefania Conde- Blanco, Antonio Moreno-Rojas, Paul Hwang. Clinical Neurophysiology 127 (2016) e165-e167
-M. Ruiz-Lopez, A. Milán-Tomás, M.D. Moragues-Benito, B. Vives-Pastor, M.J. Torres-Rodriguez, I. Legarda-Ramirez. . Somatomorphic and converisive disorders in neurology: Focal dystonia. Movement disorder department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca. XII Reunion Anual de la Sociedad Balear de Neurología. Communications. Rev Neurol. 2014 Oct 1; 59(7):329-32
-Milán-Tomás, M. Ruiz-Lopez, M.D. Moragues-Benito, M.J. Torres-Rodriguez, B. Vives-Pastor, I. Legarda-Ramirez. Somatomorphic and converisive disorders in neurology: Abdominal involuntary movements, propiospinal myoclonus?. Movement disorder department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca. XII Reunion Anual de la Sociedad Balear de Neurología. Communications. Rev Neurol. 2014 Oct 1; 59(7):329-32
-M.D. Moragues-Benito, A. Boix-Moreno, A. Milán-Tomás, M. Ruiz-Lopez, R.M. Diaz-Navarro, S. Tur-Campos,M.C. Jimenez-Martinez. Acute cerebrovascular disease and cardiac tumors.Description of our experience in the Stroke Unit. Cerebrovascular department. Neurology, Hospital Universitari Son Espases. Palma de Mallorca. XII Reunion Anual de la Sociedad Balear de Neurología. Communications. Rev Neurol. 2014 Oct 1;59(7):329-32
-M. Ruiz-Lopez, A. Milán-Tomás, M.D. Moragues-Benito, M.T. Mateos-Salas, M.J. Torres-Rodriguez,B. Vives-Pastor, I. Legarda-Ramirez Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases. Efficacy of dimeracaprol in the treatment of Wilson's disease. XII Reunion Anual de la Sociedad Balear de Neurología. Communications]. Rev Neurol. 2014 Oct 1; 59(7):329-32
-Milan Tomas A, Chung SA, Hawa R, Shapiro CM . Disturbed sleep in obese individuals: what is the role of OSA. Journal of sleep and sleep disorders research. ISSN 0161-8105. Sleep, volume 37, 2014
-T. Ivanovski, M. Ruiz López, Á. Milán Tomás. She has always been a bit crazy! X Competition of clinical cases for residents in Neurology 2013. ISBN: 978-84-15198-85-7
-Milán-Tomás A. Biomarkers and therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's Disease. Euro Congress on Dementia and Alzheimer Diseases, ECDA 2019, 2-4th September, 2019 Rome (Italy), Oral presentation
-Milán-Tomás A. Topography and prevalence of cerebral microbleeds in a cohort with diferet neurodegenerative diseases, a Sunnybrook Health Care Centre study, Toronto, Canada - LXX Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), Sevilla, Spain, 24th Novemebre, 2018, Oral presentation
-Milán-Tomás A. Sleep disorders in Parkinson's disease patients and psychiatric comorbidities - LXX Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), 24th Novemebre, 2018, Poster presentation
-Ojeda-Lopez C; Milán-Tomás A; Ramirez J; Masellis M; Black S. E. Cerebral microbleeds and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimers Association International Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2018, Poster presenation P2-297
-Ojeda-Lopez C; Milán-Tomás A; Lam B; Gao F; Masellis M and Black SE. Prevalence and topography of cerebral microbleeds in Dementia with Lewy Bodies versus Alzheimer's disease - 39th Symposium of Dementia and Cognition: A vascular perspective, Montreal, Canada, May 2017
-Milán-Tomás A. Sleep and Epilepsy in children, Pediatric Sleep Day Symposium, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, October 2016, oral presentation
-Milán-Tomás A; Conde-Blanco E; Sleep Deprivation EEG: comparison between short-term outpatient EEG and prolonged inpatient EEG monitoring - LXVI Neurology National Congress - Valencia, November 2014
-Milán-Tomás A; Conde-Blanco E; Ruiz-López M; Moragues-Benito MD; Villarreal-Vitorica E; Barcelo-Artigues MI; Martínez-García AB; Moreno-Rojas AJ. Epilepsy and EEG, Neurology department, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
-T. Ivanovski, A. Milán Tomás; A. Boix Moreno; T. Mateos Salas. Woman with aphasia and no alterations in the perfusion study - II Competition of clinical cases for Stroke Units for residents of neurology, 2013
-Á. Milán-Tomás; MD. Moragues; T.Ivanovski; J.Muñiz; B.Vives. Progressive Carotid artery dissection in a golf player - II Competition of clinical cases for Stroke Units for residents of neurology, 2013
-Milán-Tomás; R.Díaz; I. Legarda; M.Ruiz ; T. Ivanovski ; MJ. Torres; S. Tur; C. Jimenez. Prognosis of Ischaemic stroke treated with endovenous tPA: Is the Dragon scale an useful tool? - LXV Neurology National Congress, Barcelona, Spain, November 2013, poster presentation
-Milán Tomás, A.; Ruíz López, M.; Díaz Navarro, R.; Moragues Benito, M.D.; Núñez Gutiérrez, V.; Sureda Ramis, B.; Calles Hernández, C. Case review series of patients diagnosed of neuromyelitis óptica in the Unit of demyelinating diseases at Son Espases Hospital - LXV Neurology National Congress, Barcelona, Spain, November 2013
-A, Milán Tomás, M. Massot Cladera, M.Morages Benito, M.D.Miralles Morell, S. Tarongi Sanchez, A.Moreno Rojas. Experience of neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring at neurology department of Son Espases Hospital - LXIV Neurology National Congress, Barcelona, Spain, November 2012, poster presentation
-T. Ivanovski, A. Milán Tomás, MJ.Torres Rodríguez, The best medical treatment in carotid artery stenosis. II Edition of Focus on carotid Workshop, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 2013, oral presentation
-A, Milán-Tomás, M.Ruiz López, H.Vico, S. Tarongi, A.García, G.Amer. It is important the kind of episodic memory test for the identification of prodromal Alzheimer disease? - X Neurology Balearic Meeting, Menorca, Spain, June 2012, oral presentation
-A.Milán Tomás, MJ.Torres Rodríguez, The best medical treatment in carotid artery stenosis - Focus on carotid Workshop, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Palma de Mallorca, May 2012, oral presentation
-M. Ruiz López, A. Milán-Tomás, MD Moragues. M. Massot Cladera. I. Chmielewska. M.Mestre. H.Vico. A. Moreno. AB. Martinez. I.Barceló. Utility of video-EEG monitoring for identification of circadian rhythm disorders in the differential diagnosis of epileptic seizures. IX Neurology Balearic Meeting. Mallorca, Spain, June 2011
-Milán-Tomás A, Niemann Pick disease - Course of Eschizophrenia and affective disorders. Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December, 2010
-Milán Tomás A, R. Santonja, Attention, Stroke code! - XXVI National Congress of medical students - VI International Edition, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, October 2008
Timeline
Neurologist Consultant
Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital
05.2022 - Current
Neurologist Consultant
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
03.2018 - 03.2022
Clinical Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology and Movement Disorders.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
03.2016 - 02.2018
Sleep Research Fellowship
Toronto Western Hospital
02.2015 - 02.2016
Neurology residency.
Son Espases University Hospital
05.2010 - 05.2014
Medical Degree, MD -
Miguel Hernandez University
Neurology Specialty -
Son Espases University Hospital
Research Fellowship in sleep medicine -
University of Toronto
Clinical Fellowship in Cognitive neurology -
University of Toronto