Alberto Priori
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Specialization in Neurology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Alberto Priori | |
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| Born | November 19, 1962 |
| Occupations | Neurologist, academic, and author |
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| Education | Degree in Medicine and Surgery Specialization in Neurology Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) |
| Alma mater | University of Rome "La Sapienza" |
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| Institutions | University of Milan |
Alberto Priori (born November 19, 1962) is an Italian neurologist, academic, and author. He is a professor of Neurology at the University of Milan, Director of Neurology 1 Unit at San Paolo Hospital,[1] and the Founder and Coordinator of Aldo Ravelli Center (Coordinated Research Center) of the University of Milan. He also serves as President of the Neurophysiopatology Techniques Course, and Professor of Postgraduate Schools - Medicine, Healthcare, Dental Medicine at the same university.[2]
Priori is internationally recognized for his wide-ranging research on the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie diseases of the brain and of the peripheral nervous system. He developed innovative technologies for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, and has also pioneered the implementation of several neuromodulation techniques.[3] In 2008, he founded the Newronika SpA a spin-off company of the University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda in Milan, Italy. The company is dedicated to the development of neurotechnological devices for the treatment of neurological disorders.[4]
Priori was born in Turin, Italy in 1962. He studied at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", and got his Degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1987, specialization in Neurology in 1991, and a Doctoral degree in 1995. His dissertation on the non-invasive study of the inhibitory mechanisms in the human cerebral cortex, was supervised by Alfredo Berardelli and Mario Manfredi.[5] From 1997 till 1998, Priori was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rome "La Sapienza."[2]
Career
Priori began his career in 1990, with an appointment as a Research Registrar of Human Movement and Balance Unit at Institute of Neurology at the University of London in the period 1989–1991. From 1992 till 1998, he was appointed as an Attending physician in the Department of Neurology of Ospedale Mellino Mellini di Chiari (BS). Following this, he joined Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, and served there as a Neurologist from 1998 till 2015, and as a Director from 2008 till 2015. During this time period, he also held a concurrent appointment as an Army Medical Corps Captain.[6]
