Giampaolo Brichetto

Dr. Giampaolo Brichetto joined the Italian MS Society Foundation (FISM) on March 2009 where he currently holds the position of Clinical Director of MS Society Rehabilitation Centers and President of the Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) organization. He is 50 years old and he graduated in Medicine in 2000 and in 2004 he became specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2004, Dr. Brichetto discussed his on Neurosciences (the effect of robotic training in patients with multiple sclerosis with prevalent cerebellar symptoms). He started to work on Research in Rehabilitation in the field of neuro-rehabilitation 20 years ago in particular in the topic of Parkinson’s disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis. Since from the beginning he started to explore the topic of movement analysis and the use of advanced technologies in rehabilitation. His whole carrier effort aimed at improving neuro-rehabilitation strategies for MS by integrating traditional rehabilitation techniques with bio-tech devices, improving cognitive rehabilitation strategies by delivering rehab trough m-health devices and by improving rehabilitation outcome measures for clinical and research purposes.