Susanna Melkas
Head Physician, Assistant Professor in Neurological Rehabilitation
Neurocenter, Neurology
- Education
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Licentiate of Medicine 2001 Karolinska Institutet Stockholm; Specialist in Neurology 2011 University of Helsinki; Doctor of Medical Science 2013 University of Helsinki: Poststroke survival and ischemic stroke recurrence: the cerebral small-vessel disease perspective; Associate Professor in Clinical Neurology 2016 University of Helsinki
Research: Project director in a study on mild to moderate brain injuries, on which there are four doctoral dissertations on the way in their early phases. An associate project director in a study on cerebral small vessel disease, of which four dissertations are underway at an early stage.
- Specialities
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Cerebral small vessel disease (strokes, vascular degeneration), brain injuries, memory disorders, rehabilitation. Special qualifications of the Finnish Medical Association: memory disorders, rehabilitation.
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish, English, French