About
Dr Carla Cordivari researches complex movement disorders and develops techniques for their diagnosis and treatment.
Research
Dr Cordivari is an honorary lecturer at the Institute of Neurology.
Currently, she is developing sophisticated neurophysiological techniques to diagnose, study and treat complex movement disorders, such as tremors.
She is also exploring new, potentially-promising botulinum toxin treatments for these disorders.
Publications
Dr Cordivari has published many articles about movement disorders in leading academic journals and textbooks, including:
“Rest and other types of tremor in adult-onset primary dystonia”
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, November 2013
“Clinical Diagnosis of Propriospinal Myoclonus Is Unreliable: An Electrophysiologic Study”
Movement Disorders, November 2013
“Late-onset asymmetric myoclonus: an emerging syndrome”
Official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, May 2011
“Immediate response to botulinum toxin injections in patients with fixed dystonia”
Official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, March 2011
Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
You can see more of her publications on the ResearchGate website.
Education
Dr Cordivari attended the School of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna (Facolta’ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna).
She completed her specialist training at the School of Specialisation in Neurology at the University of Bologna (Scuola di Specializzazione in Neurologia, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna).
Her training in clinical neurophysiology was at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London.
Professional affiliation and registration
GMC Certification: number 4470036 (full registration)
MDU: 437731C
Inclusion in the European Specialist Register (UK) as a Specialist in Neurology in 1998
(under European Medical Qualification Order 1995)