Dr Andrea Eugenio Cavanna MD PhD FRCP FANPA SFHEA

Dr Andrea Eugenio Cavanna

Birmingham Medical School
Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry
Consultant in Behavioural Neurology

Contact details

Email
a.e.cavanna@bham.ac.uk
Address
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Andrea E. Cavanna is Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry and Consultant in Behavioural Neurology at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, BSMHFT. He works part-time as Deputy Director of the Clinical Neuropsychiatry MSc/PGDip/PGCert.

Qualifications

  • SFHEA Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2019
  • FANPA Fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association 2017
  • FRCP Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 2014
  • PhD University College London 2010
  • MD University of Turin (Italy) 2002

Biography

Andrea E. Cavanna received his MBChB and MD from the University of Turin (Italy), completed his specialty training in Neurology at Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara (Italy) and was awarded his PhD in Clinical Neurology from University College London. Since 2008 he is Lead Consultant for the specialist Tourette Syndrome Clinic at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT).

He is currently Deputy Director of the Clinical Neuropsychiatry MSc/PGDip/PGCert at University 麻豆精选. He has published over 250 international peer-reviewed articles in the fields of behavioural neurology and neuropsychiatry, with special focus on the behavioural aspects of movement disorders and epilepsy. In 2010 he received the American Neuropsychiatric Association Career Development Award.

Teaching

  • Clinical Neuropsychiatry MSc/PGDip/PGCert
  • Medicine and Surgery MBChB

Postgraduate supervision

Supervision of MSc students (MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

Research

Translational research programme in behavioural neurology and clinical neuropsychiatry, with focus on movement disorders (especially Tourette syndrome) and epilepsy (pharmacology, psychiatric aspects and alterations of consciousness). Organiser of the European Federation of Neuropsychiatry Congress (Florence, 2007). Co-founder of the Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group (MTNRG, 2009).

Other activities

Member of the Editorial Board of several scientific journals, including Epilepsy and Behavior.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Riva, A, Arienti, G, Zuin, G, Spini, L, Calia, M, Biondi, A, Nacinovich, R & Cavanna, AE 2024, '', Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 16, 2675.

Baizabal-Carvallo, JF, Cavanna, AE & Jankovic, J 2024, '', Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, vol. 159, 105609.

Cavanna, S & Cavanna, AE 2023, '', Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, vol. 50, no. 1, 29.

Rigas, A, Mainka, T, Pringsheim, T, M眉nchau, A, Malaty, I, Worbe, Y, Cavanna, AE, Lees, AJ, Lang, AE, Martino, D & Ganos, C 2023, '', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Cavanna, AE, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Seri, S 2023, '', European Journal of Neurology.

Cavanna, AE, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Seri, S 2023, '', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, vol. 451, 120725.

Cavanna, AE, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Seri, S 2023, '', European Journal of Neurology, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 2411-2417.

Cavanna, AE 2022, '', Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, vol. 23, no. 13, pp. 1523-1533.

Termine, C, Galli, V, Dui, LG, Berlusconi, V, Taras, R, Vergani, M, Lunardini, F, Ferrante, S & Cavanna, AE 2022, '', Neurological Sciences, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 3497-3501.

Termine, C, Grossi, E, Anelli, V, Derhemi, L & Cavanna, AE 2021, '', Neurological Sciences, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 1559鈥�1561.

Letter

Cavanna, AE, Paini, G, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Seri, S 2024, '', Neurological Sciences, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 4033-4035.

Review article

Andersen, K, Cavanna, AE, Szejko, N, M眉ller鈥怴ahl, KR, Hedderly, T, Skov, L & Mol Debes, N 2024, '', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice.

Chiereghin, S, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Cavanna, AE 2024, '', Sclerosis, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 186-198.

Cavanna, AE, Purpura, G, Riva, A & Nacinovich, R 2023, '', Neurological Sciences.

Cavanna, AE, Purpura, G, Riva, A, Nacinovich, R & Seri, S 2023, '', Neurological Sciences, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1861-1869.