NAME
Rizzo, Giovanni
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
10/09/1975, Tricase (LE), Italy.
POSITION TITLE
Neurologist
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Università degli studi di Bologna M.D. 2000 Medicine
Università degli studi di Bologna Specialist 2006 Neurology
Università degli studi di Bologna PhD 2010 Sleep Medicine
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
From 1998 attending Movement Disorders Center of Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurological Science, University of Bologna
2001-2006 Medical residency, Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurological Science, University of Bologna
From 2007 to 28-April-2010 PhD student in Sleep Medicine, Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurological Science, University of Bologna
From 1-November-2006 to 31-July-2013 research grants in advanced MR tecniques, Functional MR Unit, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DiBiNeM), University of Bologna, Bologna. Italy
From 1-October-2013 to 30-September-2015 employed at the Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit of the Azienda Ospedaliera “Panico” in Tricase (LE), Italy, connected with the University of Bari.
From 5-October-2015 Assistant Professor of Neurology at Neurology Unit, IRCCS “Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna”, Bellaria Hospital, and Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DiBiNeM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Achievement of the National scientific qualification to act as University Associate Professor of Neurology (MED/26) from 28/03/2017 to 28/03/2023.
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), member.
The Movement Disorder Society (MDS), member.
LIMPE-DISMOV Academy, member.
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), member.
Italian Chapter ISMRM, member.
Referee for the following journals: “Neurology”, “Movement Disorders”, “Parkinsonism & Related Disorders”, “Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry”, “NeuroImage: Clinical”, “European Journal of Neurology”, “Sleep”, “Sleep Medicine”, “PLOS one”, “European Neurology”, “Neuroscience Letters”, “Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences”, “Parkinson’s Disease”.
Editorial Board Member of “Frontiers in Neurology” e “International Journal of Neurology Research”.
ONGOING RESEARCH
The goal of his research study is to add informations about pathophysiology and differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, movement disorders and sleep disorders using detailed clinical assessment and advanced magnetic resonance techniques.
He has published about 60 publications, mostly on PD, parkinsonism, Restless legs syndrome, Ataxia, dementias, and mitochondrial disorders.
He was co-investigator in many international/NATIONAL studies
