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Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro

Founder

Chief Medical Officer at Leuko Labs

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

FoundedLeuko Labs

About

Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro is a physician and neurologist who trained in Madrid and completed the Catalyst Fellows program at MIT in Boston. He is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Leuko, where he co-invented PointCheck, a non-invasive optical device for measuring white blood cell counts related to chemotherapy side effects. He also co-invented nQ, a software for characterizing motor signs in Parkinson's disease, which was licensed to nQ Medical in 2017.

Chief Medical Officer at Leuko Labs

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Dorm RoomBrooklyn · $90K – $250K checks · since 2019Good Growth CapitalCharleston · since 2019MassVenturesWaltham · $250K – $500K checks · since 2019National Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2018

Co-founders at Leuko Labs

CCCarlos Castro Gonzalez
Carlos Castro GonzalezChief Executive Officer
IBIan Butterworth
Ian ButterworthChief Technology Officer
ABAurelien Bourquard
Aurelien BourquardChief Data Scientist

Experience

  1. LeukoCofounder | Chief Medical Officercurrent2017 — present
  2. Hospital 12 de OctubreNeurologistcurrent2021 — present
  3. International Parkinson and Movement Disorder SocietyDirector Clinical Outcomes Programcurrent2023 — present
  4. International Parkinson and Movement Disorder SocietyAssociate Director Clinical Outcomes Program2021 — 2022
  5. Movement Disorders JournalInternational Board Editor2018 — 2022
  6. Spanish Neurological SocietyChair Committee on Technology2017 — 2021Spain
  7. Movement Disorders SocietyChair Rating Scales Electronic Development Committee & Vice Chair Rating Scales Program2017 — 2021
  8. HM HospitalesNeurologist | Senior Investigator2015 — 2019Centro Integral de Neurociencias A.C.
  9. Earlybird Technologies SLCEO2016 — 2017
  10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium)M+Vision Fellow2013 — 2016
  11. Massachusetts General HospitalNeurology Research Fellow2012 — 2013Boston y alrededores, Estados Unidos
  12. Hospital 12 de octubreClinical Research fellow program "Rio Hortega"2010 — 2013
  13. Hospital Ruber InternacionalNeurologist2010 — 2012
  14. Hospital Nuestra Señora de AmericaNeurologist2010
  15. Hospital 12 de OctubreNeuropediatrician2009 — 2010Madrid y alrededores, España
  16. Hospital 12 de OctubreNeurology resident2005 — 2009Madrid

Skills & more

Investigación clínica40Investigación y desarrollo30Medicina29Epidemiología23Asistencia sanitaria20Neurociencia17Investigación médica15Ensayos clínicos16Neurología14Medicine12Estadística12Clinical Research11
+12 moreHospitalesResearchCienciasHealthcareGenéticaNeurologyMedical ResearchBiotecnologíaR (lenguaje de programación)AccessSPSSR

Languages Alemán · Español · Inglés · Italiano

  • Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach — Coursera Course Certificates

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro?
Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro is a physician and neurologist who trained in Madrid and completed the Catalyst Fellows program at MIT in Boston. He is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Leuko, where he co-invented PointCheck, a non-invasive optical device for measuring white blood cell counts related to chemotherapy side effects. He also co-invented nQ, a software for characterizing motor signs in Parkinson's disease, which was licensed to nQ Medical in 2017.
Where does Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro work?
Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro is Chief Medical Officer of Leuko Labs.
What companies did Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro found?
Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro founded Leuko Labs.
Where did Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro go to school?
Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro studied at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medicina); IESE Business School (PADIIT); University of Oxford (Evidence-Based Medicine: Diagnostic and Screening Tests).

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