Dr Roberto Jose-Lopez

Roberto graduated from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain in 2006. Following graduation, he completed a Rotating Internship there and after some time in general practice, he returned to the UAB to complete a Residency in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery between 2009 and 2012.

On completion of his residency, Roberto moved to the UK and joined the Willows Referral Service as a Neurology Clinician. In 2014, Roberto became a board-certified Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and in 2015 he joined the Neurology and Neurosurgery team at the University of Glasgow where he was the Head of Service for over 2 years and founded the Brain Tumour & Neuro-Oncology Centre for Companion Animals.

Roberto joined the HSR team in October 2021 as one of our Specialist Consultant Neurologists and in April 2022, earned his PhD from the UAB for his research characterising canine glioma as a model for immune evasion in human gliomas.

Roberto’s clinical and research interests include diagnostic neuroimaging, neurosurgery, intracranial pressure estimation methods, and neuro-oncology.