Dr. Giuseppe Plazzi

Dr. Giuseppe Plazzi, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, coordinator of the Narcolepsy and Hypersonnia Clinic of the CNS of the Department of Medical and Neuromotor Sciences at the IRCCS of the Neurological Sciences of Bologna; Head of the Laboratories for the Study and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna. President of the Italian Sleep Society (AIMS); Vice-President of the EU-Narcolepsy Network (EU-NN). Author of more than 350 publications in peer-review journals.

Focus: Pathophysiology and Treatment of Narcolepsy, in adult and children; neurodegenerative diseases and early markers; genetics of sleep disorders; disorders of motor control in sleep.