Prof Olimpia Musumeci

From January 2022 associate professor of Neurology MED/26 University of Messina
From October 2009 to December 2021 assistant professor of Neurology MED/26.
Since 2003 she has working as neurologist in thre 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 neuromuscular disorders. Responsible of the diagnostic service for rare neuromuscular disorders. Active member of the Italian Network for mitochondrial diseases, 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 years I was involved in research projects on phenotype-genotype correlation, identification of specific biomarkers and several clinical trial in the above rare neurological disorders