Biography

Birth Date: July 3rd, 1955 Birth Place: Tolentino, Macerata (Italy) Nationality: Italy
Current affiliation: Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Current role: Full Professor of Neurology
Education and career 1980: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, State University, Milan 1983: Fellow-ship in the Sleep Disorders Center, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, USA 1984: Postgraduate Degree in Neurology, State University, Milan 1986-1989: Researcher, Dept. of Neurology, State University and Scientific Institute
H San Raffaele, Milan 1990-April 1999: Vice-Chief, Dept. of Neurology, State University and Scientific
Institute H San Raffaele, Milan
2006-2015: Associate Professor of General Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University,
Milan
Position
1990-present: Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Neuroscience,
Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Milan
Present: Full Professor of Neurology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
Chief, Dept. of Neurology, Scientific Institute H San Raffaele-Turro, Milan
Member of the Academic Senate, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University


Other professional information
Field Editor of “Sleep Medicine” journal, Associate Editor of “Journal of Alzheimer Disease”, Member of the Editorial Board of “European Journal of Neurology”, “Behavioral Neurology”, “Sleep Disorders”
Frequent reviewer for “Neurology”, “Sleep”, “Journal of Sleep Research”, “Journal of Neurology”, “Clinical Neurophysiology”, “Neuropsychopharmacology”, “Brain”, “Lancet Neurology”.
He is Past-President of the Italian Association of Sleep Medicine.
He is the Past-Secretary of the International RBD Study Group.
He is the Past- President of the World Association of Sleep Medicine Society.
He has published 346 full papers in International Journals, and several book chapters on various neurological topics (Google Scholar Citations H-index: 79).
He is co-Editor of two books (“Restless legs Syndrome”, Oxford Neurology Library, 2009; “Sleep Disorders”, Oxford University Press, 2017).