Hardworking and passionate neurosurgical resident.
Passionate about neuroanatomy, skull base, and neuro-oncology.
Committed to achieving goals and innovate the neurosurgical field for best patient care.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Neurosurgery Resident
Humanitas University
11.2021 - Current
Assisted daily attending surgeons in complicated cranial and spine surgeries, gaining valuable hands-on experience and improving technical skills. Performing surgeries as a primary and second operator
Assisted attending surgeons in advanced skull base and vascular procedures
Participated in research projects presented at national and international conferences
Presented case findings at multidisciplinary conferences
Rotation in the Neurosurgery department "ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XIII" in Bergamo, Italy from February 2024 to November 2024
Skull Base Laboratory Fellow
Indiana University
05.2025 - 01.2026
Nine month microneurosurgical anatomy fellowship (May 2025- January 2026).
Performing both open and endoscopic skull base cadaveric dissections.
Developing skull base projects with an international team.
Attending weekly skull base meetings presenting step by step photos of skull base dissections.
Observe high complexity skull base surgeries.
Neurosurgery Resident
Cremona Hospital
10.2022 - 06.2023
Managed and operated as a primary operator in neurosurgical emergencies
Conducted research projects
Attended cranial and spine cadaver labs
Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams including radiologists, oncologists and critical care specialists optimizing patient outcomes
Internship Student in Neurosurgery and Neurology
Ospedale Santa Maria Della Misericordia
08.2020 - 06.2021
Performed neurologic examinations, discussed neurosurgical cases and scrubbed in, assisting the resident/attending in the OR
Helped in a Clinical Trial for Alzheimer's disease involving monoclonal antibody drugs (A Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Aducanumab in Participants With Alzheimer's Disease Who Had Previously Participated in the Aducanumab Studies)
Received positive feedback from supervisors, reflecting a strong commitment to personal growth and development throughout the internship program.
Education
M.D. - Medicine And Surgery
University of Perugia
Perugia, Italy
07.2021
Skills
Team leadership and communication skills
Education and innovation
Clinical research
Neuroanatomy
Critical and creative thinking
Commitment and decision-making
Empathy
English fluency
Accomplishments
Chair of Vascular (Aneurysm & AVMs) session at EANS Barcellona Congress 2023
Member of EANS (European Neurosurgical Society)
Member of EANS Young Neurosurgeon Network
Member of SINCH (Società Italiana Neurochirurgia)
Former General Secretary of the Italian Medical Student Dandy Neurosurgical Club
Scientific Programme Committee member of the 1st Medical Student World Congress of Neurosurgery (Crete, October 2021)
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
Donofrio CA, Riccio L, Badaloni F, Rosellini E, Servadei F, Fioravanti A. Endoscope-Assisted Microvascular Decompression of Cochleo-Vestibular Nerve for Treating Unilateral Pulsatile Tinnitus, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, and Paroxysmal Vertigo: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Nov 1;25(5):e277-e278. doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000830. Epub 2023 Jul 11. PMID: 37432013.
Jelmoni AJ, Mascaro L, Mariola C, Conde MM, Uralov D, Caniglia F, Chebaro K, Rosellini E, Zaed I, Milani D, Cannizzaro D. Trends in Female Authorship over 5-year Publication History in Neurovascular surgery. World Neurosurg. 2024 Jan 22:S1878-8750(24)00107-4. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.095. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38266985.
Cannizzaro, D., Rosellini, E., Jelmoni, A. J. M., Olei, S., Xu, F., Bortolotti, C., & Xu, B. (2023). The Role of Flow-Augmentation Bypass in Moyamoya Disease and Hemodynamic Ischemic Stroke. Brain and Spine, 3, 101814.
Baram A, Capo G, Riva M, Brembilla C, Rosellini E, De Robertis M, Servadei F, Pessina F, Fornari M. Monocentric retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes, complications, and adjacent segment disease in 507 patients undergoing ACDF for degenerative cervical myelopathy. World Neurosurg. 2024 Jul 15:S1878-8750(24)01219-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.07.079. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39019433.
congress abstracts and oral presentations
Bone fragility perception during screw positioning: is it a valid indicator for PMMA injection? 71° Sinch National Congress of Italian Neurosurgical Society, Naples, October 2022
Surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy in the elderly patient: a retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications. 71° Sinch National Congress of the Italian Neurosurgical Society, Naples, October 2022
“Hybrid" surgical treatment (open and endovascular) of a vertebral artery thrombosed giant aneurysm: case report and operative video. 72° Sinch National Congress of the Italian Neurosurgical Society, Padua, October 2023
Certification
Cadaver Labs and courses:
Neurovascular microsurgical course, aneurysm clipping and vascular anastomosis on synthetic and placenta models (Novara Simulation Center, University of Piemonte Orientale, April 2024)
Medical Expert Training in EXOscope Microsurgery (IRCCS San Gerardo di Monza, Italy, February 2024)
Anterior Cranial Fossa: Endoscopic Endonasal and Transcranial Approaches (Trecchi Human Academy, Cremona, Italy, May 2023)
Middle and Posterior Cranial Fossa Approaches (Trecchi Human Academy, Cremona, Italy,May 2023)
Cervical and Lumbar Spine Approaches (Trecchi Human Academy, Cremona, Italy, June 2023 )
"Microsuture techniques: Anastomoses and watertight sutures" course (Mikros International School of Microsurgery, Milan, Italy, January 2023)
"Basic techniques in Neurosurgery- Hands on Course" (IRCS Neuromed - Pozzilli, Italy March 2023)
Treatment of post-traumatic intracranial hypertension: best clinical practice in monitoring and decompressive craniectomy" ( Sinch, Neurotraumatology Section, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, September 2023)
BLSD (Basic Life Support and Defibrillation, Perugia, Italy, 2018)
18th National Congress of the Italian Society of Neuroscience (Perugia, Italy, 2018)
Affiliations
EF Exchange Student (High School Year Abroad) in Hercules High School, San Francisco, California (2012)