Dr. Zimerman is a trained Neurologist. In 2007, he received the “Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)” scholarship to complete his PhD. in the Brain Imaging and NeuroStimulation laboratory at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
Within this period, different projects were concluded focusing on the mechanisms underlying plastic changes in the human central nervous system and in the development of novel therapeutic approaches for recovery of function based on the understanding of these mechanisms in stroke. In 2011, he received the “Young Research Award (FFM)” from the University of Hamburg for a project focusing on understanding the mechanisms underlying motor learning in healthy conditions and in stroke patients.
In 2012, he received the title of Doctor in Neuroscience by the University of Hamburg with the result of “Summa cum laude”.
His responsibility is the treatment of patients in the stroke and spasticity outpatient’s clinic, a multidisciplinary program dedicated to the aftermath of stroke at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. In parallel, he finished his postdoctoral fellow in the field of neuroplasticity and motor recovery strategies after brain injury. Recently, he moved back to Argentina and is the Medical director of CITES-INECO, a Neurorehabilitation and interdisciplinary clinic located in Buenos Aires.
