Giovanni B Frisoni CURRICULUM VITAE - centro alzheimer

1993, 1994, 1996: training in epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD.
1985‐1990: residency in Neurology, University in Brescia, head Luigi A. Vignolo.
5. POST‐GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
My first working appointment was in 1991 at the then Istituto Sacro Cuore now IRCCS Fatebenefratelli,
in Brescia, where I am still serving.
2007‐to date: Vice Scientific Director of the IRCCS‐FBF. The staff of IRCCS‐FBF is made of 7 senior
researchers, 12 post‐docs, and about 60 fellows and 20‐30 students at all times.
1999‐to date: head of the LENITEM – Laboratory of Epidemiology Neuroimaging & Telemedicine at the
IRCCS‐FBF, a research facility with a staff of 20 to 25 (currently 3 post‐docs, 3 PhD students, 15 fellows,
and 4 students). The research at the LENITEM focuses on imaging of cognitive disturbances with the
tools of clinical epidemiology and aims to develop protocols for more accurate and earlier diagnosis,
improve the understanding of disease pathophysiology, and translate scientific acquisitions into clinical
practice. For 3 years, telemedicine services for the remote diagnosis and assessment of patients with
cognitive disturbances have been provided by LENITEM.
1991‐1999: Head of the Day Hospital at IRCCS‐FBF, a diagnostic and rehabilitation service with 15
patients with cognitive impairment daily.
1991: founding staff neurologist at the Alzheimer's Unit, IRCCS‐FBF. The IRCCS‐FBF was the first Italian
Alzheimer’s Clinic and is funded by the National Health System to carry out research and provide
advanced care to patients with Alzheimer’s and psychiatric diseases.
6. TEACHING
Post‐graduate courses. My teaching background has been mainly in the context of post‐graduate
courses that I have taken part as a speaker or I have personally organized. Since june 2005 (previous
teaching activities are unfortunately no longer on record), I have delivered over 50 lectures in national
and (mainly) international post‐graduate courses (see APPENDIX 1) and have organized the following
courses, where international experts have taken part (minor local initiatives have been omitted):
� July 2011: Chairman of the Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium Preconference at ICAD (International
Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease), Paris. Teachers: K Herholz, C Jack, D Park, E Kenny, 17 oral
communications, and about 350 posters. Participants: 1000 world’s leading imaging and non‐
imaging specialists.
� July 2011‐ ICAD 2011 (International Convention on Alzheimer’s Disease), Paris. Featured session:
Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Patterns of Cortical and Subcortical Atrophy in Early‐Onset and
Late‐Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Participants: 200 dementia Italian specialists.
� November 8 2010 – IRCCS‐FBF: International course: Amyloid imaging for the diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s disease: opportunities and challenges. Teachers: Agneta Nordberg, Karl Heholtz,
Stefano Cappa, and others. Expected participants: 150 dementia specialists from Italy.
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