Alessio Di Fonzo

Alessio Di Fonzo is a board-certified neurologist trained as a movement disorders specialist. His activity comprises the in-patient clinic, and the direction as Principal Investigator of the out-patient clinic for Movement Disorders and Rare Neurological Diseases. He is the Director of the Movement Disorder Group, Fresco Institute of Milan. In the last 5 years, he directed his group’s research focus on genetics of Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Gaucher Disease and other Lysosomal Storage Disorders, investigating both the molecular and clinical aspects. His team is composed of 16 excellent young researchers (neurologists and biologists) specialized in the field of neurogenetics. The principal research subjects are: 1) Genetics of Movement Disorders; 2) iPSCs-based cellular models of PD-GBA1 and other neurodegenerative diseases.