CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Ettore BEGHI
Birth: Cerro Maggiore, Milan, Italy, August 15, 1947
Address: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2,
20156-Milan.
Telephone 0039/2/39014542; Fax: 0039/2/39001916 email:
[email protected]
POSITION
1. Head Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”,Milan;
2. Staff member of the Regional Epilepsy Center, Ospedale di Monza, Milan;
3. Contract professor of Neuroepidemiology at the University of Milan;
4. Head, Neurophysiology Unit and Epilepsy Center, Ospedale di Monza, Milan (until December 31 2006).
EDUCATION & TRAINING
1. M.D. at the University of Milan (1972)
2. Post-doctoral clinical fellowship in Neurology with graduation at the Neurologic Clinic of the University of Milan (1976)
3. Master of Pharmacologic Sciences Research, Istituto “Mario Negri”, Milan (1981)
4. Research Fellow, Department of Medical Statistic and Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (1982-83)
MEMBERSHIP
1. Mayo Alumni Association
2. Italian Neurologic Society (INS) (past member of the executive committee)
3. Italian League against Epilepsy (past member of the executive committee)
4. Italian Neuroepidemiology Section of the INS (past president)
5. Neuroepidemiology Section, AAN (former chair)
6. Commission “Epilepsy, Risks, and Insurance” of the International Bureau of Epilepsy (past member)
7. Commission “Antiepileptic Drugs” of the International League against Epilepsy (past member)
8. Research Group in Neuroepidemiology, American Academy of Neurology (member)
9. Cochrane Epilepsy Group (editor).
10. Commission on the Burden of Epilepsy of the International League against Epilepsy (past member)
11. International Committeee “Epilepsy and the Law” (member)
12. International Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (member)
13. Course Director at the American Academy of Neurology
14. European ALS registry (coordinator )
15. Italian Epilepsy Study Group (coordinator)
16. Epilepsy and Quality of Life Study group (member)
17. Consultant for the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA)
18. Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) (from March 6 2007)
19. European Medicines Agency (consultant)
20. European Federation of the Neurological Societies (member)
21. Co-Chair ILAE Commission on the Epidemiology of Epilepsy
22. Mayo Clinic Associate Member.
EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES
1. Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal NEUROLOGIA, PSICHIATRIA, SCIENZE UMANE.
2. Member of the Editorial Board of the journals CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION, NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY, INPHARMA, DRUGS R & D, NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY (CNN).
3. Referee of the Journals: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Epilepsia, Neuroepidemiology, Clinical Drug Investigation, Cns Drugs, Drugs, European Journal Neurology, JNNP, Neurological Sciences, Neurology, European Journal Public Health, Journal Psychosomatic Research, Seizure, Journalf Headache And Pain, Canadian Journal Neurological Sciences, Expert Review Neurotherapeutics, Clinical Neurology Neurosurgery, Annals Neurology, Journal Pediatric Neurology, Epidemiology And Infection, Intensive Care Medicine, Jama, Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, Vaccine, Brain, Nature Reviews Neurology, Neuromuscular Disorders, Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, Bmc Neurology, Plos One, Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Journal Clinical Pharmacy And Therapeutics, Journal Clinical Psychiatry, ALS FTD, Epilepsy Research, Epilepsy Behavior, Expert Opinion On Pharmacotherapy, Lancet Neurology, European Journal Epidemiology, Neurobiology Of Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Therapeutic Advances In Neurological Disorders, Cerebrovascular Diseases, European Journal Internal Medicine, Journal Clinical Epidemiology, Lancet, Pharmacological Research, British Journal Clinical Pharmacology, Journal Neurology, British Medical Journal, Geriatrics, Neurorehabilitation And Neural Repair, Jama Neurology.
4. Associate Editor of EPILEPSIA.
5. Ambassador for Epilepsy.
6. Member of the Scientific Commission AISLA Onlus.
7. Member of the Scientific Commission of the Italian ALS Association.
8. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Borgonovo Foundation.
9. Associate Editor of NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY.
10. Contract Professor of Catholic University of Milan.
11.“Founding Editor, Clinical Cases and Reviews in Epilepsy.
12. Associate Editor of the journal Epilepsia Open.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
a) Epilepsy (epidemiology, prognosis, treatment)
b) Peripheral Neuropathy (epidemiology, prognosis, treatment)
c) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (epidemiology, prognosis, treatment)
d) Myasthenia Gravis (MG) (epidemiology, prognosis)
e) Parkinson’s Disease (epidemiology)
f) Headache (epidemiology)
g) Stroke (epidemiology)
Scientific publications (full papers): 642
December 2020
