Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
publications
congress abstracts and oral presentations
Certification
Affiliations
References
Timeline
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Elena Rosellini

Milan,MI

Summary

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)
  • Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: Neurovascular Round Table 2024 (Novara, Italy, 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)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Skull Base Laboratory Fellow

Indiana University
05.2025 - 01.2026

Neurosurgery Resident

Cremona Hospital
10.2022 - 06.2023

Neurosurgery Resident

Humanitas University
11.2021 - Current

Internship Student in Neurosurgery and Neurology

Ospedale Santa Maria Della Misericordia
08.2020 - 06.2021

M.D. - Medicine And Surgery

University of Perugia