Prof. Alessandro Olivi

Prof. Alessandro is a well-known neurosurgeon throughout the world who completed his education and training in the US. He has been a full professor at John Hopkins University in Baltimore since 2002. Prior to that, he was the director of the neurosurgery department at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the director of the neurosurgery oncology division at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has held the positions of Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Full Professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome since 2015.

He currently treats brain tumors (meningiomas, gliomas, pituitary adenomas, acoustic neuromas, skull base tumors, metastases), spinal tumors (astrocytomas, ependymomas), and cerebral vascular malformations (angiomas, cartero-venous malformations, aneurysms) as the director of the neurosurgery unit at the A. Gemelli University Hospital Foundation in Rome, a department of excellence at the European level.

Additionally, it addresses conditions pertaining to the cervical and lumbar spine (stenosis, herniated discs). He has long been a part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, which establishes global standards for cancer therapy. Since 1991, he has completed almost 7,000 procedures, averaging roughly 300 procedures annually.

Qualification

• Degree -Medicine and Surgery-University of Padua 1979
• Clinical Rotations in Neurosurgery- University of San Diego
• USA 1980 Specialization in Neurosurgery- University Hospital of Cincinnati
• USA