Curriculum
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Michele Alessandro Cavallo, M.D.
Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna
Director of Neurosurgical Unit
St. Anna University Hospital
Via Aldo Moro, 8 – 44124 Cona-Ferrara – Italy
Phone: +39 0532 237162
Mobile : +39 3346106086
Email: cvlmhl@unife.it
Place of birth : Bologna (Italy)
Date of birth: April 22, 1958
Academic Experience
21/06/2024 - present
Temporary Professor (art.1 comma 12 L. 230/05)
Adress: University of Ferrara - Ex Convento di S.Lucia-v.Ariosto 35 -
FERRARA
Translational Medicine and for Romagna Department L.240/2010
01/04/2023 - 20/06/2024
Temporary Professor (art.1 comma 12 L. 230/05)
Adress: University of Ferrara - Ex Convento di S.Lucia-v.Ariosto 35 -
FERRARA
Translational Medicine and for Romagna Department L.240/2010
01/11/2020 - 31/03/2023
Temporary Professor (art.1 comma 12 L. 230/05)
Adress: University of Ferrara - Ex Convento di S.Lucia-v.Ariosto 35 -
FERRARA
Translational Medicine and for Romagna Department L.240/2010
01/04/2017 - 31/10/2020
Temporary Professor (art.1 comma 12 L. 230/05)
Adress: University of Ferrara - Ex Convento di S.Lucia-v.Ariosto 35 -
FERRARA
Translational Medicine and for Romagna Department L.240/2010
Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine Department. L.240/2010
Education
1984: M.D. graduated at the University of Bologna - Italy
1989: Board of Neurosurgery (University of Florence – Italy)
1993: Board of Neurology (University of Bologna – Italy)
Hospital appointments
1988-1989. Assistant Neuroradiologist, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna – Italy
1989-1996. Assistant Neurosurgeon, Policlinico University Hospital, Modena – Italy
1996-1998. Senior Neurosurgeon, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna – Italy
1998-2007. Senior Neurosurgeon, St. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara – Italy
2007–present. Chief, Neurosurgical Unit, St. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara – Italy
Professional training
1989 and 1990. Stages at the University Hospital of Marseille, Neurosurgical Unit, dir. Prof. Robert Sedan
1998-1999. Stages at the Stereotactic and Functional Service – San Raffaele Hospital, Milano - Italy
1999 and 2001. Stages at the Toronto Western Hospital, Director prof. Andres Lozano
2010. Visiting observer at the University Hospital of Loewen, prof. Bart Nuttin
Fields of interest
Electrical brain stimulation (DBS and MCS) for movement disorders and chronic pain, spinal cord stimulation and functional neurosurgery for neuropathic pain, surgical treatment of spasticity, surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia and facial spasm, awake surgery for brain tumor resection with IOM, brain mapping, neuroendoscopy, peripheral neurosurgery.
Teaching experience
2002-present. Course of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Post Doctoral School of Neurosurgery, University of Ferrara, Italy
2007-present. Course of Neurosurgical Techniques, Post Doctoral School of Neurosurgery, University of Ferrara, Italy
2007-2017. Course of Neurosurgery, Post Doctoral School of Oncology, University of Ferrara, Italy
2009-present. Consultant Neurosurgeon of Functional Neurosurgery at the Meyer Pediatric Hopital of Florence
2010. Director of the international course of Awake Neurosurgery, Ferrara June, 9th-11th, 2010.
2010-2012 Course of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Post Doctoral School of Neurology, University of Ferrara, Italy
2010-2011. Course of Neurosurgery, Post Doctoral School of Nuclear Medicina, University of Bologna, Italy
2017-present. Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Ferrara, Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna
2017-present. Course of Neurosurgery, Physical Therapy Degree, University of Ferrara, Ferrara and Bolzano, Italy
2018-present. Course of Emergency Neurosurgery, Medicine and Surgery Degree, University of Ferrara, Italy.
2021, June 16th-17th. Director of the Italian Course of Functional Neurosurgery for Dystonia
Research activities
Cit. 1539
Documents 114
H Index 24
Source: Scopus 27.01.2025
Fields of Research
Functional Neurosurgery, Brain Mapping, Oncological Neurosurgery
