Francesco Tomasello, date and place
of birth, Messina, July 4th, 1946, Italy
Education:
1970, M.D. degree, cum laude, University of Messina Medical School
Post-doctoral training:1970-1976, Specialization in Nervous and
Mental Diseases, Resident in Neurosurgery, University of Naples
and Messina Medical School
1977, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
1979, University of London, Ontario, Canada
Clinical and Academic
Appointments:
1971, Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Clinic,
University of Messina Medical School
1973, Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Clinic,
University of Messina
1976, Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Clinic,
University of Naples Medical School
1982, Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Clinic,
University of Messina Medical School
1986, Professor and Chairman, Neurosurgical Clinic, University
of Messina Medical School
1986-1999, Director, Residency in Neurosurgery Program, Neurosurgical
Clinic, University of Messina Medical School
1993-2004, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Messina
1999, Director, Ph.D. in Neurooncology Program, Neurosurgical
Clinic, University of Messina Medical School
2003, Consultant of the Italian Ministry of Health
2004, Rettore of the University of Messina
Author of 142 manuscripts published in refereed journals (MEDLINE
or CURRENT CONTENTS) and four textbooks in English language.
Scientific Societies Appointments 1985, Member of the Administrative
Council of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery
1991-1996, Treasurer of the Administrative Council of the Italian
Society of Neurosurgery
1996-2002, Secretary of the Administrative Council of the Italian
Society of Neurosurgery
2002-2004, Vice-President of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery
2004, President of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery
1979-1987, Component of the Research Committee of the European
Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
1987-1995, Component of the Training Committee of the European
Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
1995-1999, Vice-President of the European Association of Neurosurgical
Societies (EANS) and Component of the Examination Commission of
the Neurosurgical European Board
2001, Component of the European Committee for the accreditation
of European Residency in Neurosurgery Programs (Bruxelles)
2004, member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA)
Reviewer of the international Journals Acta Neurochirurgica,
Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
Recent Research Projects Funded 1999-2003, Stadiation of cerebral
gliomas (Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
and European Community)
1999-2001, Guidelines for treatment of moderate head injury (Italian
Ministry of University and Scientific Research)
2002-2003, Implementation of guidelines for severe head injury
management in the light of modern Information Communication Technologies
Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research )
2003-2005, Combined approaches for genic therapy of glioblastomas
(Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research)
2004-2006, Telestroke: evaluation of the impact of the Information
Communication Technology (ICT) in the multidisciplinary mangement
of acute cerebrovascular events
Principal Investigator in Clinical Trials 1983-1985, The International
Extra-Intracranial By-pass Study
1995-1996, Tirilazad Mesylate in women affected by aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage
2001-2002, European Brain Injury Consortium Survey on intradural
traumatic lesions (EBIC, Glasgow, U.K.)
Established international research collaborations documented
by publications with joined authorship University of Vienna, Austria
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
University of Texas at Houston, USA
University of Florida at Gainesville, USA
University of Ohio at Cincinnati, USA
University of New York, USA
