He graduated as M.D,at Univ. of Milano, discussing the experimental thesis on “ Monosynaptic reflex analysis during REM sleep” in 1965. Then he was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Dept of Physiology, Univ of Milano.
In 1968 as International N.I.H. fellowship he spent two years in at the dept of Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, N.Y., USA. Back in Italy he achieved the Board in Neurology and Psychiatry at Univ. of Parma, and subsequently worked at Istituto Neurologico C.Besta of Milano as attending neurologist. Subsequently he achieved the Board in Neurosurgery at Univ. of Milano.
In the 1973-74, as Visiting Fellow, at the Neurochirurgische Klinik of the Universitatspital of Zurich, he was trained in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery by prof. Jean Siegfried, and in Vascular and Oncological Neurosurgery by prof. M.G.Yasargil.
Then he was appointed as Head of the Service for Stereotactic and functional Neurosurgery at Istituto Neurologico C.Besta , Milano, and lead the growth of stereotactic surgery in Italy. Furthermore, he was Visiting Professor in many Universities, Mount Sinai, N.Y., Columbia Univ:, N.Y., Georgtown Univ. Whashigton D.C., Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Ar., UCSF Univ, S.Francisco, USC Univ., Los Angeles, Calif., Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada, Pittsburg Univ,Penn., Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, Univ of Freiburg, Germany, Univ of Paris, France, Univ of Toulouse, France, Univ of Grenoble, France, Fudan Univ., Shangahi, China, Prince of Wales Univ, Sydney, Australia, Univ of Kyoto, Japan, ,
As Neurosurgeons, he carried a large numbers of surgeries, more than 8.000, in the field of chronic pain, movements disordes, epilepsies, brain tumors, skull base tumors, spine tumors, degenerative spine diseseas, neurovascular diseases, developping advances in technology such as image guided neurosurgery, endoscopic surgery, intraoperative control in surgery for vascular malformation, mini-invasive neurosurgery, drug delivery systems.
As Neuroscientist he was and is involved in different and relevant experimental projects in Restorative Neurosurgery, Neuroncology, Vascular Neurosurgery.
He was appointed Professor of Stereotactic Neurosurgery at Univ of Ferrara, Italy(1986-96) and he is Professor of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Milano (1997-today)
He has been chairman of the dept of Neurosurgery from 1999 to 2008, at the Istituto Neurologico C.Besta of Milano, in which he has been appointed , from 2009 till today, Scientific Director of Advanced Neurosurgery Project.
He is co-Director of the Radiosurgry Cyberknife Center in Milano, and is member of the Advisory Board of the CNAO, National Center for Adrotherapy in Oncology, in Pavia.
He is member of different Italian and International Scientific Societies (SINCH,EANS,ESSFN,SNLF, AANS,CNS). In some of them he served as Officer (ESSFN, SINCH), Secretary, and President.(SINCH) or is serving as Vice President (ESSFN, EANS), Vice Chairman, Neuromodulation, WFNS.
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Laureato in Medicina e Chirurgia nel 1965 Università di Milano
Assistente in Fisiologia Umana all’Università degli Studi di Milano 1966-1967
International Fellowship NIH presso Albert EINSTEIN College of Medicine, NY, NY 1968-1969.
Specialità in Neurologia 1970 Università di Parma.
Libera docenza in Fisiologia Umana 1971.
Assistente neurologo Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta” 1972
International Fellowship 1973 Universitat Klinik Zurigo, Dipartimento di Neurochirurgia
Assistente Neurochirurgo 1973 al 1985 Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta”.
Specialità in Neurochirurgia 1980 Università di Milano.
Responsabile del Servizio di Neurochirurgia Funzionale 1986-1990 Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta”.
Primario Neurochirurgo dal 1990 ad oggi Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta”.
Direttore del Dipartimento di Neurochirurgia, dal 1999 al 30 giugno 2008, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta”.
Consulente operativo e responsabile del progetto Advanced technology in Neurosurgery, Dip di Neurochirurgia, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C.Besta
Coodirettore del Progetto Radiochirurgia Cyberknife dell’Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”- CDI Bracco.
Professore a contratto in Neurochirurgia Funzionale Stereotassica Univ. di Ferrara dal 1986 al 1996.
Professore a contratto in Neurochirurgia, Università di Milano, dal 1997 al 2008
Professore a contratto in Neurochirurgia, Università di Torino dal 2009 ad oggi.
Nel corso della sua carriera si è occupato dello sviluppo della neurochirurgia stereotassica e funzionale, della neuroalgologia, della terapia della malattia di Parkinson e delle distonie focali e sistemiche, della chirurgia delle epilessie, delle malformazioni vascolari e della chirurgia dei tumori endocranici e spinali con neuronavigazione assistita da immagini di radiochirurgia cranica e spinale.
Ha eseguito per queste patologie oltre 8000 interventi neurochirurgici.
Membro delle Società:
SINCH (Società Italiana di Neurochirurgia),
SIN (Società Italiana di Neurologia),
ESSFN (European Society Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery),
SNLF (Societé de Neurochirurgie de Langue Francaise),
EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies)
AANS (American Association Neurological Surgeon)
CNS (Congress Neurological Surgeon)
Ruoli Istituzionali
Consulente operativo e responsabile del progetto Advanced technology in Neurosurgery,
Dip di Neurochirurgia, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C.Besta
Professore a Contratto Università di Milano e Torino
Vice Presidente EANS
Vice Presidente ESSFN
Past President SINch
Vice Chairman, Section of Neuromodulation, WFSN
Autore e coautore di 363 pubblicazioni su riviste internazionali recensite in PubMed.
Editore di 10 libri.
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