Walter Arruda, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Universidade Federal do Parana

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Walter Arruda, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Curitiba, Brazil

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Associate Professor of Neurology
Universidade Federal do Parana

Education

Bio

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Walter Oleschko Arruda
Filiation: Hercílio de Moura Arruda
Maria Monika Oleschko Arruda
Birth date: February 27th, 1959
Birth place: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Address: Rua Gonçalves Dias, 713 – 80240-340, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Phone numbers: Office(41)3244-2625
Cell phone (41)9971-2212
Email: arrudaw@yahoo.de

Academical formation:
MD graduation, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR – 1976-1981
Medical Residency – Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas – UFPR – 1982-1984
Medical Residency - Neurology – Hospital de Clínicas – UFPR – 1985-1986
MSc (Neurology) – 1989
Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 1991-1992 (Prof. Peter J. Dyck)
PhD (Neurology) - 2016

Professional Activities
Neurology consultant – Instituto de Neurologia, Hospital Ecoville – since 2001
Associate Professor of Neurology, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital de Clínicas, UFPR – since 1996

Associative activities and membership:
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia – since 1989
American Academy of Neurology – since 1992
Mayo Alumni Association – since 1992
MSBase Study Group – since 2005
European Academy of Neurology – since 2014