Education
- 2018: PhD in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology 鈥� Universit脿 del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
- 2015: Master in Pain Medicine 鈥� Universit脿 di Torino
- 2006: Residency Program in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 鈥� Universit脿 degli Studi di Milano
- 2002: Medicine Degree 鈥� Universit脿 del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
Academic Appointments
- 2021 – 2024: Associate Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Universit脿 del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
- 2018 – 2021: Assistant Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Universit脿 del Piemonte Orientale , Novara, Italy
Membership and Affiliations
- 2026 – present: Incoming President of Italian Society for Neurological Rehabilitation 鈥� SIRN
- 2017 – present: UEMS 鈥� European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellow
- 2022 – 2025: Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (SIMFER) member of the research group for Stroke Rehabilitation
- 2022 – 2024: Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SIRN) Vice-president
- 2013 – 2022: Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SIRN) Board of Directors member
- Member of the General Assembly of the Italian Alliance for Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases of the Ministry of Health-Directorate General of Health Prevention
Other
- 2022 – 2024: Director of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Ospedale Maggiore della Carit脿 University Hospital, Novara, Italy
- 2010 – 2022: Medical Director, SCDU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital 鈥極spedale Maggiore della Carit脿鈥�, Novara
Research areas
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity and movement disorders pathophysiology and rehabilitation
- Pathophysiology of muscle changes in neurological diseases
Editorial board member in academic journals (European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neurology – Section Neurorehabilitation, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience – Section Motor Neuroscience)
Member of the working group of the Consensus Conference “Intrathecal therapies for spasticity in adults with spinal cord injury” – SIMFER (Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine), Italian Society of Neurorehabilitation (SIRN) and SIMS (Italian Spinal Cord Society).
Member of the working group of the SIMFER-SIRN National Consensus Conference “CICERONE – Rehabilitation assisted by robots and electromechanical devices for people with neurological disabilities.”
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