Education
Università degli Studi di Padova, Medical School, Padova
Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia (Medical Doctor degree), November 2003
Thesis: Autoimmune disease in patients with multiple sclerosis and in their first-degree relatives: study of risk and HLA patterns. Chairman referee: Prof. L. Battistin, thesis supervisor: Prof. P. Gallo.
Honors: 110 of 110, summa cum laude.
Clinical Training
January 2004 to date:
Padova University Hospital, First Neurology Clinic, Padova
Resident in Neurology (at present fifth-year resident).
Major research interests
As a medical doctor and resident in neurology, I am involved in elective and urgent clinical care of patients with neurological diseases. My main interest is the clinical, immunological and MRI follow-up of multiple sclerosis patients. During my medical training I performed a research project on epidemiology and genetics related to clustering of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases in families. Presently I am on a post-doctoral fellowship assignment in Weiner Lab investigating the immunological aspects of MS, with a major focus on the role of dendritic cells and natural killer cells.
Publications
Laroni A, Calabrese M, Perini P, Albergoni MP, Ranzato F, Tiberio M, Battistin L, Gallo P., Multiple sclerosis and autoimmune diseases:epidemiolog and HLA-DR association in North-east Italy, J Neurol. 2006; 253(5): 636-9
