Nationality: Italian / Date of birth: 11 agosto 1976

EDUCATION AND TRAINING Nov 2016 - Nov 2017 / Second level master “Tecniche invasive terapia del dolore” “La Sapienza” University, Rome Ott 2015 - Dic 2015 / Endovascular Neurosurgery MD Visitor, Ospedale Niguarda, Milan (Dr.E.Boccardi) May 2015 / Short Fellowship “Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery”, Njiemegen, Holland (Prof. Grotheunius) Feb 2013 - Jun 2013 / “Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery Fellowship” - Minimally invasive neurosurgery for brain tumors. Centre of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia (prof. Charlie Teo) August 2010 / MD Visitor at Neurosurgical Department, Zurich (prof. H.Bertallanffy) Jun 2004 - Nov 2008 / Neurosurgery Training. Vote: Summa cum laude 50/50 (824.10.2008). Ferrara University, Italy 2000 - 2001 / Internship at UTN-Stroke Unit, Ospedale “Umberto I” Roma (prof. C.Argentino, prof. M.L. Sacchetti) 1995 – 2002 / Medical Doctor. Vote: Summa cum laude (22.11.2002) “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy Mother tongue: Italian Other languages: English - independent user / French - basic user Accademic: Research activities. Minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery Vascular and skull base neurosurgery, Neurooncology, Awake Surgery PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 - present / Consultant- Neurosurgery Department, “San Carlo” Regional Hospital, Potenza, Italy 2010 - 2011 / Consultant-Neurosurgery Deparetment, “San Salvatore” Hospital, L’Aquila, Italy 2008 - 2010 / Consultant-Neurosurgery Department, “Sant’ Anna” Hospital, Ferrara, Italy “I performed about 900 surgical procedure as a surgeon and about 1100 as an assistant. My skills are mainly addressed to minimally invasive and endoscopic for brain tumor, skull base and vascular neurosurgery and awake surgery." Main course and Cadaver Lab ADVANCED HAND-ON DISSECTION COURSE, NEW GENERATION NEUROENDOSCOPY, ENDOMIN COLLEGE Budapest, Jun 2018 PRIMO E SECONDO MODULO HANDS-ON COURSE NEUROCHIRURGIA ENDOVASCOLARE (Rome and Strasbourg, Feb 2016) ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE ADVANCED HANDS-ON COURSE, Messina, Italy, September 2013 FULL-HD ENDOSCOPIC BALTIC SEA ADVANCED HANDS-ON COURSE, Greisfwald, Germany, August 2013 MICROSURGICAL AND ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE HANDS-ON COURSE, L’Aquila, Italy, July 2012 DYNAMIC LUMBAR STABILIZATION COURSE, Ferrara, Italy, March 2011 CEREBRAL RIVASCULARIZATION COURSE, Mestre, Italy, Dec 2011 HANDS-ON CADAVER COURSE: CERVICAL ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR APPROACH, Wein, Austria, Sept 2010 HANDS-ON CADAVER COURSE: SKULL BASE MICROSURGICAL APPROACH, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug 2010 CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS COURSE, Verona, Italy, March 2010 CEREBRAL METASTASIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT COURSE Ferrara, Italy, Nov 2009 CEREBRAL VASCULAR MALFORMATION NEUROIMAGING COURSE, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Oct 2009 DEGENERATIVE SPINE PATHOLOGIES UPDATE, Bologna, Italy, March 2009 CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS COURSE, Modena, Italy, Oct 2008 SKULL BASE HANDS-ON DISSECTION COURSE “FUKUSHIMA STYLE”, Menaggio, Italy, Oct 2008. CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS COURSE, Modena, ITALY, October 2007. ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE COURSE, Modena, ITALY, February 2007 CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS COURSE, Modena, October 2006 POSTERO-LATERAL SKULL BASE HANDS.ON DISSECTION COURSE, Alicante, Spain, May 2006 RECONSTRUCTION SKULL BASE COURSE “ALESSANDRO GUCCIONE”, Varese, Italy, March 2006 RECONSTRUCTION MICROSURGICAL COURSE, Torino, Italy, April 2006. Publications “TIMING OF CT PERFUSION ABNORMALITIES WITHIN AND AROUND SPONTANEOUS INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM ACUTE TO SUBACUTE PHASES”. XIX Symposium Neuroradiologicum. The Neuroradiology Journal Volume 23 Suppl.1-OCTOBER 2010. “POTENTION ROLE OF CT PERFUSION PARAMETERS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOLITARY INTRA-AXIAL BRAIN TUMOR GRADING”. Acta neurochir.suppl. 2010; 106:283-7. “INTRAOPERATIVE MAPPING OF SUBCORTICAL MOTOR AND LANGUAGE PATHWAYS DURING AWAKE SUPRATENTORIAL GLIOMA SURGERY”. 57° Congresso nazionale SINch, Udine 6-8 novembre 2008. “SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ADULT OPTICO-CHIASMAL ASTROCYTOMA PRESERVING THE PRESURGICAL VISUAL STATUS”. 57° Congresso nazionale SINch, Udine 6-8 novembre 2008. “POTENTIAL ROLE OF CT PERFUSION PARAMETERS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOLITARY INTRA-AXIAL BRAIN TUMOR GRADING”. XIV International Symposium. Brain Edema & Brain Tissue Injury, Varsavia (Polonia), 11-14 giugno 2008-11-17. “INTRODUZONE ALLA NEUROCHIRURGIA FUNZIONALE”. Electroneurophisiology in neurosurgery-intraoperative monitoring- Rivista Medica, pag.35 Vol 14, numero 2, giugno 2008. “CORTICAL AND SUBCORTICAL INTRAOPERATIV MAPPING DURING AWAKE SURGERY FOR BRAIN TUMOR IN ELOQUENT AREA” Acta Neurochirurgia, Vol 150, 04. “SURGICAL REMOVAL OF CORPUS CALLOSUM NEUROCYTOMA IN AWAKE SURGERY WITH INTRAOPERATIVE SUBCORTICAL MAPPING. CASE REPORT”. Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol 150, P102. “ALCAPTONURIA CON LOCALIZZAZIONE VERTEBRALE E DURALE: DESCRIZIONE DI UN CASO”. XXX Congresso nazionale G.I.S. Cagliari, 24-26 maggio 2007. “ALCAOPTONURIA CON LOCALIZZAZIONE VERTEBRALE E DURALE: DESCRIZIONE DI UN CASO”. SINch 55° congresso nazionale. Sorrento, 19-22 novembre 2006. “POSSIBILE RUOLO DELLA TC PERFUSIONALE NELLA DIAGNOSI DIFFERENZIALE DELLE NEOPLASIE CEREBRALI INTRA-ASSIALI SOLITARIE”. The Neuroradiology Journal. Vol 19 Suppl 1 –Ottobre 2006. Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Neuroradiologia. Milano, 4-6 ottobre 2006. “MISURAZIONE DEL VOLUME EMATICO CEREBRALE (CBV) E DELLA PERMEABILITA’ MICROVASCOLARE (PS) MEDIANTE TC PERFUSIONALE NEI TUMORI CEREBRALI SOPRATENTORIALI: RAPPORTO TRA EMODINAMICA CEREBRALE INTRATUMORALE E GRADO ISTOLOGICO. XI Congresso nazionale e corso residenziale dell’Associazione Italiana di Neuro-Oncologia. Bergamo, 1-4 Ottobre 2006. “CHIRURGIA DEI TUMORI CEREBRALI DELLA SERIE GLIALE GRADO III IN AREA ELOQUENTE IN AWAKE SURGERY, CON MAPPAGGIO INTRAOPERATORIO DELLA CORTECCIA SENSORIMOTORIA E DELLE AREE DEL LINGUAGGIO”. XI Congresso nazionale e corso residenziale dell’Associazione Italiana di Neuro-Oncologia. Bergamo, 1-4 Ottobre 2006. “MAPPING CORTICALE INTRAOPERATORIO IN PAZIENTI SVEGLI: ESPERIENZA SU 12 CASI DI NEOPLASIA CEREBRALE”. Rivista di Neurobiologia, Suppl. fascicolo 1-2006. XLVI Congresso Nazionale della S.N.O. San Benedetto del Tronto, 24-27 Maggio 2006. “POSSIBILE ROLE OF CT PERFUSION PARAMETERS IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SOLITARY INTRAAXIAL BRAIN TUMORS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY”. ASNR 44Th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 1-5 maggio 2006. “MISURAZIONE DEL VOLUME EMATICO CEREBRALE (CBV) E DELLA PERMEABILITA’ MICROVASCOLARE (PS) MEDIANTE TC PERFUSIONALE NEI TUMORI CEREBRALI SOPRATENTORIALI: RAPPORTO TRA EMODINAMICA CEREBRALE INTRATUMORALE E GRADO ISTOLOGICO”. SINch 54° Congresso Nazionale. Torino, 15-17 dicembre 2005. “PILOT STUDY ON MULTISLICE SPIRAL CT-ANGIOGRAPHY CAPABILITY IN DETECTING CAROTID UNSTABLE PLAQUE”. XXXIV congresso Società Italiana di Neurologia. Roma 11-15 Ottobre 2003. “PILOT STUDY ON MULTISLICE SPIRAL CT-ANGIOGRAPHY CAPABILITY IN DETECTING CAROTID UNSTABLE PLAQUE”. European Journal of Neurology, P3020. 7th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies. Helsinki, Finlandia, 30 agosto-2 settembre 2003. “CD4+ CD28NULL CELL, ROLE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE DEVELOPMENT” VI International Symposium: heart-brain interactions. Bologna, 14-15 ottobre 2002. “ARE CARDIAC “LESS WELL-DOCUMENTED” RISK FACTORS FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE ALSO “LESS-RISKY”?”. VI International Symposium: heart-brain interactions. Bologna, 14-15 ottobre 2002.