Emilio Perucca

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Emilio Perucca was born in Varese, Italy, in 1950. He obtained his MD from the University of Pavia in 1975, a PhD from the University of London in 1980 and a specialization in neurology at Pavia in 1982. From 1976 to 1981 he was research registrar in clinical pharmacology in London, then lecturer in medical pharmacology at Pavia, associate professor in 1988 and full professor of clinical pharmacology. He directs the Clinical Trial Centre at the IRCCS Mondino Foundation Institute of Neurology in Pavia and holds honorary and adjunct professorships at the University of Melbourne and Monash University in Australia. His research focuses on the clinical pharmacology of antiseizure medications, therapeutic drug monitoring, trial methodology and outcome assessment, with more than 300 PubMed-listed publications. He served as President of the International League Against Epilepsy from 2013 to 2017, was President of the Italian League Against Epilepsy, and received the ILAE and IBE Ambassador for Epilepsy Award in 1997 and the European Epileptology Award in 2018.