Fabrizio Stocchi

Fabrizio Stocchi, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neurology at University San Raffaele Rome and Consultant in Neurology and Director of the Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders research centre and director of the drug development research centre at the Institute for Research and Medical Care IRCCS San Raffaele Rome. He is also Scientific advisor of the Institute for Parkinson’s Disease Research in Vicenza. Professor Stocchi was awarded his MD from the University of L’Aquila and his PhD from the University of Catania. Professor Stocchi’s research activities have centred on neuropharmacology in the field of movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Professor Stocchi pioneered (along with Dr. Obeso and Tom Chase) in the 80’s the concept of “continuous dopaminergic stimulation” for Parkinson’s disease and started the subcutaneous and intraintestinal infusion of dopaminergic drugs. He designs and conducts a large number of clinical trials in Parkinson’s disease and actively particip