Nicola Valsecchi

Current position

11/2024 - Ongoing. PhD candidate, University of Bologna

Certifications

10/2024  European Board of Ophthalmology diploma

Previous experiences

01/2024 - 07/2024. Visiting Scholar, University of Pittsburgh (Prof. J. Chhablani), USA

10/2016- 03/2020. Coordinator and Tutor of Neuroanatomy, University of Bologna (Prof. L. Manzoli), ITA

09/2019 – 10/2019. Research Trainee,Mayo Clinic, (Prof. G. Lanzino), USA

10/2018 – 12/2018. Clinical Observer, University College of London, UK

09/2017 – 08/2018. Erasmus Project, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ESP

06/2015 – 08/2015. Course in Gross Anatomy and Dissection, New York University, USA

Studies

01/2021 – 01/2025 Residency in Ophthalmology 110/110 cum laude, University of Bologna, ITA

10/2013 - 07/2019. Degree in Medicine and Surgery 110/110 cum laude, University of Bologna, ITA

09/2007 – 07/2012. High School “Liceo Classico Giulio Perticari”, ITA

Languages

Italian

English - IELTS 2018 (score=7)

Spanish - OLS Test Level 2017 (score= B2)

Clinical trials

Sub-Investigator Clinical trial: “REC 0/0559 Eye Drops for Treatment of Moderate and Severe Neurotrophic Keratitis in Adult Patients”, Sponsor: Recordati Rare Disease

Sub-Investigator Clinical trial: “Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Brolucizumab 6mg Compared to Aflibercept 2 mg in a Treat-to-control Regimen (TALON)”, Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceutical

Publications

1. Valsecchi N, Roda M, Elifani M, et al. Peripapillary Alterations in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Retina. February 2025
   
2. Valsecchi N, Roda M, Febbraro S, et al. Open-angle glaucoma in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery: an interventional prospective study. World Neurosurgery. February 2025
3.  Valsecchi N, Hasan N, Sadeghi E, Chhablani J. Oscillatory photodynamic therapy in central serous chorioretinopathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. Published online February 11, 2025.
4.  Demirel S, Yan A, Valsecchi N, Chhablani J. Imaging in Pachychoroid Disease. Turk J Ophthalmol. Published online February 5, 2025.
5.  Sadeghi E. Rahmanipour E. Valsecchi N. et al. An update on ocular effects of anti-diabetic medications. Survey of Ophthalmology
6.  Valsecchi, N., Sadeghi, E., Davis, E. et al. Assessment of choroidal vessels in healthy eyes using 3-dimensional vascular maps and a semi-automated deep learning approach. Sci Rep 15, 714 (2025).
7.  Sadeghi E, Valsecchi N, Ibrahim MN, et al. Three-Dimensional Choroidal Vessels Assessment in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024;65(13):39.
8.  Sadeghi E, Valsecchi N, Vupparaboina SC, et al. Geographic atrophy progression secondary to age-related macular degeneration: five years of follow-up
9. Sadeghi E, Valsecchi N, Rahmanipour E, et al. Choroidal biomarkers in Age-related Macular Degeneration. Survey of Ophthalmology
10.  Valsecchi N, Zarnegar A, Shah S, et al. Assessment of optical coherence tomography biomarkers in patients with non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) converting to exudative AMD according to the status of the fellow eye. Eye 38, 3532–3538 (2024)
11.  Iannetta D, Romano V, Valsecchi N, et al. Retrolental Cohesive Ophthalmic Viscoelastic Injection for Severe Subluxated Cataracts: a prospective study. Int J Retin Vitr 10, 66 (2024)
12.  Trolli E, Roda M, Valsecchi N, et al. Parafoveal Retinal Cones Analysis Using Adaptive-Optics Retinal Camera in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. Eye. 2024
13.  Zarnegar A, Valsecchi N, Sadeghi E. et al, Choroidal Imaging Biomarkers as Predictors of Conversion to Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. August 20.2024
14. Iannetta D, Valsecchi N, Finzi A, et al. Pneumatic retinopexy for the management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: the Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Outcomes Randomized Trial (PIVOT) applied to real-life experience. BMC ophthalmology, 24(1), 287
15.  Iannetta, D., de Smet, M. D., Valsecchi, N., Fontana, L., & Chhablani, J. (2024). Viscoelastics Enable Dissection of Anterior Closed Funnels in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy: A Retrospective Case Series. Case reports in ophthalmology, 15(1), 394–398
16.  Valsecchi, N., Veronese, C., Roda, M., Ciardella, A. P., & Fontana, L. (2024). Bilateral multifocal chorioretinitis as the only presentation of acute West Nile virus infection: a case report. BMC ophthalmology, 24(1), 160.
17.  Roda, M., Valsecchi, N., di Geronimo, N., Repaci, A., Vicennati, V., Pagotto, U., Fresina, M., Fontana, L., & Schiavi, C. (2024). Long-term surgical outcome and impact on daily life activities of strabismus surgery in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy with and without previous orbital decompression. Head & face medicine, 20(1), 22.
18.  Valsecchi, N., Roda, M., Febbraro, S., Trolli, E., Palandri, G., Giannini, G., Milletti, D., Schiavi, C., & Fontana, L. (2024). In vivo assessment of the ocular biomechanical properties in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. International ophthalmology, 44(1)
19.  Iannetta D, Chhablani J, Valsecchi N, Mesiani M, de Smet MD, Fontana L. Epiretinal implant of human amniotic membrane to treat highly myopic macular hole retinal detachments: A novel surgical technique. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2024;34(1):304-309.
20.  Iannetta D, Romano V, Valsecchi N, Mesiani M, Moramarco A, Fontana L. Retrolental cohesive ophthalmic viscoelastic injection in severely subluxated cataracts: The "Viscolift technique". Eur J Ophthalmol. 2024;34(1):300-303.
21.  Valsecchi N, Roda M, Febbraro S, et al. Choroidal morphology and microvascular structure in eyes of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):16379
22.  Iannetta D, Febbraro S, Valsecchi N, Moramarco A, Fontana L. FIL SSF intraocular lens opacification after pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade for traumatic lens luxation and retinal detachment: a case report and literature review. BMC Ophthalmol. 2023;23(1):383
23.  Roda M, di Geronimo N, Valsecchi N, Gardini L, Fresina M, Vagge A, Fontana L, Schiavi C. Epidemiology, clinical features, and surgical outcomes of acute acquired concomitant esotropia associated with myopia. PLoS One. 2023 May 18;18(5):e0280968.
24. Giannini G, Jusue-Torres I, Mantovani P, Mazza L, Pirina A, Valsecchi N, Milletti D, Albini-Riccioli L, Cevoli S, Yasar S, Palandri G. INPH and parkinsonism: A positive shunt response with a negative tap test. Front Neurol. 2023 Mar 29;14:1150258.
25. Aldo Vagge, MD, PhD, Matilde Roda, MD, Nicola Valsecchi, MD, Hilda Capo, MD, Costantino Schiavi, MD, Federico G. Velez, MD, AAPOS Adult Strabismus Committee's Report on the Status of Adult Strabismus Telemedicine, J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023
26.  Polizzi S, Curti N, Dall’Olio L, Cercenelli L, Fontana L, Valsecchi N, Marcelli E, Castellani G, Versura P. Characterization of Pupillary Light Response Features for the Classification of Patients with Optic Neuritis. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(3):1520.
27.  Valsecchi N, Roda M, Wrona D, Marega G, Palandri G, Giannini G, Milletti D, Schiavi C, Fontana L, Vascular and morphological choroidal features in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, Abstract, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 2022, 19(1)
28.  Pazzaglia A, Valsecchi N, Belletti M, Guaraldi F, Fresina M, Fontana L. Case report: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) as a risk factor for central serous chorioretinopathy. Front Neurol. 2022 Nov 21;13:1034718.
29. Finzi A, Valsecchi N, Tassi F, Cellini M, Fontana L.Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy with Pigment Epithelium Detachment Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report, Case Rep Ophthalmol 2022;13:692–699
30. Del Noce C, Roda M, Valsecchi N, Guandalini S, Di Geronimo N, Schiavi C, Traverso CE, Vagge A. Evaluation of peripapillary vascular flow in patients with Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy (TAO) by OCT Angiography. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Aug;260(8):2711-2716.
31. Scalinci SZ, Valsecchi N, Pacella E, Trovato Battagliola E. Effects of Photo-Biomodulation in Stargardt Disease. Clin Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan 10;16:85-91.
32. Ciavarella, C.; Astolfi, G.; Valsecchi, N.; Barbato, F.; Arpinati, M.; Bonifazi, F.; Versura, P. Longitudinal Tear Protein Changes Correlate with Ocular Chronic GVHD Development in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 8221.
33.  Valsecchi N, Mantovani P, Piserchia VA, Giannini G, Cevoli S, Aspide R, Oppi F, Milletti D, Cortelli P, Elder BD, Palandri G. The Role of Simultaneous Medical Conditions in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. World Neurosurg. 2022 Jan;157:e29-e39.
34. Mantovani, P., Giannini, G., Milletti, D. Anterior callosal angle correlates with gait impairment and fall risk in iNPH patients. Acta Neurochir 163, 759–766 (2021).
35. Moccia, M., Valsecchi, N., Ciccarelli, O., Van Schijndel, R., Barkhof, F., & Prados, F. (2020). Spinal cord atrophy in a primary progressive multiple sclerosis trial: Improved sample size using GBSI. NeuroImage. Clinical, 28, 102418. Advance online publication.