CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Francisco Tellechea Rotta Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 910/204 Porto Alegre - RS (51) 3311-0890 GRADUAÇÃO: 1986-1992 Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) RESIDÊNCIA/ESPECIALIZAÇÃO: 1992-1993 Internato em Medicina Interna na Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - USA. 1993-1996 Residência em Neurologia na University of Miami - Miami, FL - USA. 1996-1997 Especialização em doenças neuro-musculares (Fellowship) na University of Miami - Miami, FL - USA. TÍTULOS DE ESPECIALISTA 1998 Título de especialista em Neurologia, conferido pela Academia Brasileira de Neurologia 2000 Título de especialista em Neurofisiologia clínica, conferido pela Sociedade Brasileira de Neurofisiologia Clínica. PUBLICAÇÕES: 1) Rotta FT, Mello CF, Rocha JBT, Souza DOG: Early Undernutrition blocks the effect of Naltrexone on rat exploratory behavior. Revista Brasileira de Pesquisas Medicas e Biologicas 1988; 21:305-311. 2) Mello CF, Rocha JBT, Rotta FT, Souza DOG: Undernutrition during suckling and latent learning ability of rehabilitatedadult male rats. Behavioral and Neural Biology 1989; 52:39-50. 3) Rotta FT: Demência associada à doença de Parkinson: uma revisão. Revista AMRIGS 1990; 34: 187-190. 4) Rotta FT, Bianchin MM, Soares FM, Costa SM, Kliemann FAD: Princípios básicos no manejo da eclâmpsia. Revista de Medicina ATM 1991; 12:147-155. 5) Polanczyck CA, Rotta FT, Neves JM, Loss JM, Pohlman PR, Leite VLP: Editorial. Revista de Medicina ATM 1992; 13:9. 6) Chaves MLF, Bianchin M, Peccin S, Rotta F, Jardim C, Gianlupi A, Eidt L: Chronic useof benzodiazepines and cognitive deficits complaints: a risk factor study. The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1993; 14:429435. 7) Fuchs FD, Neto JL, Moraes RS, Moreira LB, Rosito GA, Moreira WD, Rotta FT, Atanazio P, de Paula LP, Wannmacher L: The behavior of blood pressure during repeated measurements in a cohort of patients evaluated for hypertension. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention 1995; 4:28-33. 8) Rotta FT, Romano JG: Skull base metastases causing acute bilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 1997; 148:127-129. 9) Rotta FT, Bradley WG: Marked improvement of severe polyneuropathy associated with multifocal osteosclerotic myeloma following surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Muscle & Nerve 1997; 20:1035-1037. 10) Romano JG, Rotta FT, Bradley WG: Relapses in the Guillain-Barré syndrome after treatment with intravenous immuneglobulin or plasma exchange. Muscle & Nerve 1998; 21:1227-1230. 11) Lubianca Neto JF, Saffer M, Rotta FT, Arrarte JL, Brinckmann CA, Ferreira P: Lateral sinus thrombosis and cervical abscess complicating cholesteatoma in children: case report and review. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 1998; 42:263-269. 12) Bradley WG, Bowen BC, Pattany PM, Rotta F: 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 1999; 169:84-86. 13) Sharma KR, Romano JG, Ayyar DR, Rotta FT, Facca A, SanchezRamos J: Synpathetic skin response and heart rate variability in patients with Huntington disease. Archives of Neurology 1999; 56: 1248-1252. 14) Rotta FT, Sussman AT, Bradley WG, Ram Ayyar D, Sharma KR, Shebert R: The spectrum of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2000; 173: 129-139. 15) Bowen BC, Pattany PM, Bradley WG, Murdoch JB, Rotta FT, Younis AA, Quencer RM: MR imaging and localized proton spectroscopy of the precentral gyrus in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology 2000; 21: 647-658. 16) Rotta F, Ayyar DR, Sharma K, Romano J: Early Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Comparison of Digit 1 with Wrist and Distoproximal Ratio. Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology 2001: 2-10. 17) Forcelini CM, Rotta FT, Posenato N, Rovani JS, Crusius PS, Mallmann AB, Seibert CA, Crusius MU, Carazzo C, Crusius CU, Goellner E, Ragnini J, Wayhs SY: Benign fasciculations responsive to gabapentin. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2007 Dec; 65 (4A): 1015-7. 18) Hexsel D, Brum C, do Prado DZ, Soirefmann M, Rotta FT, Dal'forno T, Rodrigues TC: Field effect of two commercial preparations of botulinum toxin type A: A prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Oct 29. 19) Santos PD, Teixeira C, Savi A, Maccari JG, Neres FS, Machado AS, de Oliveira RP, Ribeiro M, Rotta FT: The critical illness polyneuropathy in septic patients with prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation: is the diaphragm also affected? A pilot study. Respir Care. 2012 Oct;57(10):1594601. 20) Hexsel D, Hexsel C, Siega C, Schilling-Souza J, Rotta FT, Rodrigues TC: Fields of effects of 2 commercial preparations of botulinum toxin type A at equal labeled unit doses: a double-blind randomized trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Dec;149(12):1386-91. 21) Linden-Junior E, Becker J, Schestatsky P, Rotta FT, Marrone CD, Gomes I: Prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the city of Porto Alegre, in Southern Brazil. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2013 Dec;71(12):959-62.