Giampaolo Brichetto, MD-PhD, Genova (Italy)
Dr. Giampaolo Brichetto joined the Italian MS Society Foundation (FISM) on March 2009, where he currently holds the position of Coordinator of Research in Rehabilitation. Giampaolo is 44 years old and has 17 years of Research in Rehabilitation experience in the field of neuro-rehabilitation: Parkinson’s disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis; he worked as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation MD and then as PhD in Neurosciences for the Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Genova, from 2000 to 2007 and then as Head of Traumatic Brain Injury Unit for Ottavia Ferrero Hospital from 2007 to 2009. His whole carrier effort aimed at improving neurorehabilitation strategies both by integrating traditional rehabilitation techniques with bio-tech devices and cognitive rehabilitation strategies and by improving rehabilitation outcome measures for clinical and research purposes. He is author of more than 41 papers in extenso, published on international peer reviewed journals and more than 100 abstracts published in peer reviewed journals.