Massimo Filippi

Massimo Filippi was born in Monza on 31/08/1961, took his Graduation in Medicine in 1986, his Specialization in Neurology in 1990 and in Neurophysiology in 1994. He is currently: Full Professor of Neurology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Member of Academic Senate, Director Residency School in Neurology, and President of the Bacherlor’s Degree in Physiotherapy at the same University; Chair of the Neurology Unit; Director of the Neuroimaging Research Unit (NRU), Institute of Experimental Neurology; and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at IRCCS Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan. He is also Visiting Professor at the University of Belgrade (2006) and at Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf (2008). His research activity has always been focused on the definition of the mechanisms leading to progressive accumulation of irreversible physical disability and cognitive impairment in various neurological conditions. As Director of the NRU, he coordinated the MRI acquisition and analysis of several large-scale international MRI-monitored trials of MS. He is member of various national and international Scientific Societies and Boards and, in some of them, he covered or is covering institutional roles. Prof. Filippi is author of over 1050 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, he edited several international volumes; he is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurology, member of the Editorial Boards of many international scientific journals, and reviewer on a regular basis for several others in the neurology and neuroimaging fields, as well as for many Governmental Organizations and private Foundations. He is very often requested as speaker and/or chairman in national and international neurological congresses. In 2001, Prof. Filippi was awarded the Rita Levi Montalcini Prize for his outstanding contributions to the study of MS, and in 2015 Distinguished Dr Luis Barraquer Ferré Lecture at the LXVII Congress of the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN).