…TIMESLOT: Thursday 25 September 2025 16:00 CEST
…MAIN TITLE: Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (PEO) and Differential Diagnosis
…PRESENTERS: Dr. Olimpia Musumeci (University of Messina, Italy)
From October 2009 assistant professor MED/26 University of Messina working in Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, AOU Policlinico di Messina as Medical doctor, specialist in Neurology. Expert in myopathology, clinical and diagnostic procedures in neuromuscular disorders. Responsible of the in- and out-patients and DH activity for adult patients affected by rare neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Member of the Italian Network for mitochondrial disease, being part Italian Register of Mitochondrial Diseases. My research is focused in clinical description and characterization of patients and families with rare genetic disorders in particular mitochondrial diseases, hereditary ataxias and familial spastic paraparesis and metabolic myopathies. In the past year I was involved in research projects on phenotype-genotype correlation, identification of specific biomarkers in the above rare neurological disorders.