Prof. Massimiliano Visocchi is Professor in Neurosurgery at the Catholic University of Rome Italy, (Full Professorship Abilitation in Neurosurgery in 2018), Visiting Professor at the St George Medical School
(UK), Shanghai University (China), and Mumbai University Seth Medical College (India). Director of the Special Course and the Second degree level Master in Surgery of CranioVertebral Junction at the Catholic University of Rome Italy (11th edition). Founder and Scientific Director of Research Center in Surgery of CranioVertebral Junction Catholic University of Rome Italy (2 four years Editions) .
Member of the World Achademy of Neurosurgical Sciences (WANS).
Chairman Craniocervical junction Committee World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS),
President-Elect of the International Societies of Reconstructive Neurosurgery (ISRN), past
Co-Chairman of the Neurorehabilitation and Reconstructive Committee of the
WFNS, Member of the WFNS Neurotrauma Adivisory Board,
ex Vice Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the European Society of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) ,
Honorary Secretary of the Craniovertebral Junction and SpineSociety (CVJ Spine), EANS Skull Base
Committee Board Member, EANS IM Committee Member, EANS Ethico Legal Committee Member, Executive Board India 2014
of the World Federation of Cranial Nerve Disorders (WFCND).
Editor in chief of Pathogenesis and Treatment of Stroke, Guest Editor of Acta Neurochirurgica, Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Brain Sciences, Frontiers in Neurology Editorial Board member of 20 International Scientific Journals and Referee of
30 international scientific Journals. Author of more than 400 scientific papers (of which more of 260 peer reviewed)
Winner
- ICESS AWARD 1966, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Asian Australasian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neuropsurgery June 2011
- Honors FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD NEUROSURGERY (Mumbai India 2014)
- Golden Medal of Honour CVJ and Spine Society (August 2024).
- International Excellent Prize in Medicine Bobby Jones Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation 2025
topics of interest include General Neurosurgery, Craniovertebral Junction, Skull
Base, complex spine neurosurgery, Neurotraumatology and Functional
Neurosurgery.