Anna Bersano

Work address: Cerebrovascular Unit, Foundation IRCCS C.Besta Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, ITALY Phone: +390223941 E-mail: anna.bersano@istituto-besta.it EDUCATION Graduate. 1991-1997 Milan University Medical School Thesis: Effect of alfa-MSH on proinflammatory effects of microglia induced by beta-amyloid Summa cum laude Post-graduate 1998-2003 Residency in Nervous Disorders at the University Medical School Thesis: ‘Disability and psychosocial outcome in Guillain-Barre’ syndrome patients: a 3-5 years follow-up study’ Summa cum laude Philosophiae Doctorate 2003-2006 PHD in ‘Neurological and Pain Sciences’ at the Department of Neurological Sciences of Milan University Thesis: ‘Genetics of stroke’ Summa cum laude Training 2004. EUSI European Stroke Summer School (Krems, Austria) (European Stroke Iniziative) 2006.Two months training at Heidelberg University Stroke Unit, Germany (Prof.W.Hacke) and laboratory of genetics (Dr.c.Grond-Ginsbach) 2010 obtainment of Switzerland FMH of doctor and neurologist POSITIONS 2010 Neurologist at Neurocenter of Ospedale Civico di Lugano, Switzerland 2011 neurologist with a research contract at l’IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale ‘C. Mondino’ 2012 university researcher at University of Pavia/IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale ‘C. Mondino’ 2012 to now permanent position as neurologist at cerebrovascular Unit, Istituto Neurologico ‘C.Besta’ di Milano 2014 to now Chief of Cellular therapy Unit Istituto Neurologico ‘C.Besta’ di Milano RESEARCH AREAS: 1997-2003: Guillain-Barré syndrome and dysimmune neuropathies 2002-2011: Quality of Stroke Care for acute stroke patients and Stroke Unit 2003 to now: Genetics of stroke (monogenic disease and polygenic stroke) 2003-2011: Genetics of epiaortic vessel dissection 2004-2010: Registry of endovascular procedures of epiaortic and intracranial vessel stenosis 2004-2009: Predictor markers of damage and vasospasm in subaracnoidal hemorrage 2009-2011: Inflammatory mechanism in cerebrovascular disease 2011-to now: Pathogenic mechanism of small vessel disease 2012 to now: Genetics of ischemic and post traumatic disorders of consciousness 2014 to now: Moyamoya syndrome: pathogenic mechanism and clinical features 2016: Susac Syndrome and Sneddon Syndrome 2016 to now: phenotype and biomarkers of cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) FUNDINGS Lombardia GENS (GENetics of Stroke) project, Progetto per la Ricerca Indipendente, Regione Lombardia (DGR no. VIII/006128-12/12/2007) (Prof.L.Candelise, Dr. A.Bersano) SVE-LA Project. Progetto per la ricerca indipendente DGS13465 del 22/12/2010.(Dr.G.Micieli, Dr.A.Bersano) REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Neurology Neurology, Stroke, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Cerebrovascular Disease, Plos One, Journal of Neurology, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, European Journal of Neurology, BMC neurology, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Annals of Medicine, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Neurology Clinical Practice, International Journal of Stroke, European Journal of Human Genetics, Neurological Sciences, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, Case Reports in Neurology, Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy, Mini-review in Medicinal Chemistry, Current medicinal chemistry, The Journal of Headache and Pain, Case report in Cardiology, Annals of Cardiovascular diseases REVIEWER FOR PUBLIC GRANTS 2016 Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO). 2017 Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO). ADVISORY E EDITORIAL BOARDS 2010-2011: Leading Guest Editor of Special Issue ‘Genetics of Stroke’ on Stroke research and Treatment From 2008 member of CADISP group From 2008 member of the International Stroke Genetic Consortium (ISGC) From 2015 member of European Moyamoya Initiative 2015: member of the International Congress of Vascular Dementia (ICVD) working group SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES PARTICIPATION Invited at more than 50 (national and international) seminars PUBBLICATIONS Authors of 110 paper on peer reviewed international journals (H index 24, Scopus, November 2017) and of 7 book chapter