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Giovanni Grasso
VIA DEL VESPRO 129, 90100, Palermo, Italy
+39 0916554658 +39 3288105554
giovanni.grasso@unipa.it
Sex Male | Date of birth 11/11/1970 | Nationality Italian

JOB
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Section of Neurosurgery Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2014 - Neurosurgeon AOUP Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy. Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Section of Neurosurgery Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
2005 -2014 Neurosurgeon AOUP Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Section of Neurosurgery Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
2000-2005 Neurosurgeon AOUP Policlinico Martino, Messina, Italy. Fixed-term researcher, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Messina, Italy

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2003-2005 PhD programme in Neuro-oncology Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatrics and Anesthesiologic Sciences, University of Messina, Italy. PhD in Neuro-oncology 24/01/2005
2002-2005 Research Grant in vascular neurosurgery (aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage) Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatrics and Anesthesiologic Sciences,
University of Messina, Italy.
1995-2000 Neurosurgical Training Programme Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatrics and Anesthesiologic Sciences, University of Messina, Italy. Specialty in Neurosurgery, 50/50 and Honors, 02/11/2000
1989-1995 School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy MD 110/110 with Honors, 10/07/1995

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue Italian
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
Surgical skills Tumor surgery, vascular surgery, spine surgery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications: Author of 146 international publications quoted in SCOPUS h-index: 26, Total citation: 3602, Impact factor: 570.85)

Fellowship and Appointments:

Fellowship "C.M. Lerici Foundation", Italienska Kulturinstitutet Stockholm, for " Expression and localization of mRNA for peptide receptors in isolated human lenticulostriate arteries" (20/05/1999)

Visiting Investigator for the project "Novel Therapeutics for Treatment of Nervous System Injury". Kenneth S. Warren Institute, New York & YALE University, New Haven (USA) (2000-2002)

Visiting Professor. Department of Neurosurgery. YALE University, New Haven (USA) (2000- 2003)

Grand Rounds entitled: "An overview of novel pharmacological approaches for cerebrovascular dysfunction after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". YALE University, New Haven (USA) (2002)

Visiting Investigator for the project "Novel Therapeutics for Treatment of Nervous System Injury". Kenneth S. Warren Institute, New York (USA) & YALE University, New Haven (USA) (2004)

Honours and awards:

FOCUS Award – Best Italian invention 2000: "A new technique for water content assessment and its application for the diagnosis of cerebral pathologies”
International Paolo Emilio Maspes Award 2000 for the research "Neuroprotective effect of recombinant human erythropoietin in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage"
Brain research young investigator award 2009

Membership:

Italian society of Neurosurgery (SiNCH)
European society of Neurosurgery (EANS)
AO spine
NASS
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
Walter Dandy Society

Editorial Board:

Academic Editor, PlosOne
Section Editor Surgical Neurology International
Section Editor, World Neurosurgery
Neuroscience Research (2016-2019)