Francesco Signorelli

Biography

Prof. Francesco Signorelli is an Italian board certified neurosurgeon. He was trained in neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Naples, Italy. He was fellow in neurosurgery in London and Southampton, UK, and fellow in vascular neurosurgery and skull base neurosurgery at the Notre Dame Hospital of the University of Montreal, Canada. In 2007 he was appointed associate professor of neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Catanzaro, Italy. In 2011 has rejoined the staff of the neurosurgical and neurovascular department at the “P. Wertheimer” Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Lyon, France, where he is also involved in teaching medical students and trainees in neurosurgery and neuroradiology. His surgical practice has canvassed the spectrum of neurosurgery together with his scientific activity, with over 3000 interventions, more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters and review articles. He is member of national and international neurosurgical associations and of the “Association pour le Développement Médical au Vietnam”, a French humanitarian association. His current major interests are vascular neurosurgery and brain tumors in eloquent areas. Surgical and endovascular treatment of brain vascular malformations is a significant portion of his practice.

Research Interest

brain vascular, neurosurgery