BIOGRAPHY

Prof. Claudio Gasperini MD, PhD
Head
Neurology Unit Department
San Camillo Forlanini Hospital
Rome, Italy

Claudio Gasperini MD PHD is currently Head of Neurology in the Department of Neurosciences of the S Camillo-Forlanini Hospital. He is Coordinator of Italian multiple Sclerosis Group of Italian Neurological Society.  He graduated in Medicine and completed his specialist training in neurology at the University of La Sapienza of Rome. He then spent one year as Fellow in the Institute of Neurology in London directed by Professor WI McDonald. He obtained his PhD in the Department of Neuroscience at University of La Sapienza in Rome.  Particular field of interest is Multiple Sclerosis.  From 2021 he is  Coordinator of the Italian Neurological Society (SIN) for the Study Group on Multiple Sclerosis. From 2022 he is Full membership of the European Academy of Neurology  (EAN). He is member of the Steering Committee of MAGNIMS (Magnetic Resonance Imaging in MS)  that is a European network of academics  sharing a common interest in the study of multiple sclerosis using MRI. Recently he has focused his research also on possible correlations between immunological and MRI biomarkers He has been  principal investigator in several Phase II and III clinical trials.

Scientific activities are documented by more than 280  publications in  high-impact journals.