-Name:                       Maria Teresa PELLECCHIA

-Birth date:               3/6/1970

-Birth place:             Avellino

-Personal Address: Via Tuoro 69, 83100 Avellino

-Office Address:        Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Italy

-Phone:                      +39-3274003951 (mobile), 089/969121 (office)

-E-mail:                     mpellecchia@unisa.it

-Medical board number:     AV3233

Professional Position:

Associate Professor in Neurology at Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Italy; Chief of UOC program of “Experimental Neurology” at the AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona, Largo Città d’Ippocrate, 84131, Salerno, Italy

EDUCATION:

1988-1994       Student at the School of Medicine of University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

July1994         Medical degree with honours from the University of Naples Federico II, School of Medicine, Naples, Italy

1999                Board of Neurology with honours from the University of Naples Federico II, School of Medicine, Naples, Italy

2000-2001       PhD in Neurodegenerative Disorders at the Department of Neurological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

2001-2005       PhD Degree in Neurosciences at the University of Naples, Federico II, with a thesis entitled: “Arginine test in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonisms”.

1999-2019       Participation as subinvestigator or principal investigator in clinical trials on Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonisms and dementia

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT:

1999-present               Consultant at the Regional Centre for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (Chair: Professor Paolo Barone) at the Department of Neurological Sciences, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

2006-2010                   Fellow at the Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

2011-2012                   Researcher at the Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

2012-2014                   Researcher in Neurology at the Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

                                    Assistant neurologist at Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

2014-present               Associate Professor in Neurology at the Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.

Chief of the Unit of Experimental Neurology at the University Hospital of Salerno San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona, Largo Città d’Ippocrate, 84131, Salerno, Italy

Prof. Pellecchia is author of about 200 peer-reviewed papers (h index: 50)

She participated to more than 50 clinical trials on neurodegenerative disorders (including Parkinson’s disease, Multiple system atrophy, Progressive supranuclear palsy, Alzheimer’s disease) as SubInvestigator or Principal Investigator.