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Febbraio 2021 – ad oggi Neurologo libero professionista (particolare interesse per gestione ictus e malattie cerebrovascolari, disturbi del movimento e cefalee) Ricercatore (RTDB) presso Universita’ di Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (lavoro da remoto)
Settembre 2017 – Febbraio 2021 Neurologo presso Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia. Attività ambulatoriale, turni di guardia reparto in “Stroke Unit” e Neurologia. Particolare interesse per gestione ictus e malattie cerebrovascolari, disturbi del movimento e cefalee.
2012-2017 Specializzando presso Policlinico Università degli Studi Tor Vergata, Roma Attivià ambulatoriale, turni di guardia reparto in Neurologia e Stroke Unit.
2011 – 2012 Sostituzioni presso diversi studi di Medicina Generale
2017 – 2021 Dottorato di Ricerca, Titolo Tesi “Treatment and prognosis of posterior circulation ischemic stroke”, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Febbraio 2021.
2012-2017 Scuola di Specializzazione in Neurologia, Universita’ degli Studi Tor Vergata, Roma, Specialista in Neurologia Luglio 2017, voto 50/50 “cum laude”
2010 – 2011 Abilitazione all’esercizio della professione medica presso l’Università di Roma, La Sapienza, Novembre 2010 con iscrizione all’Albo Professionale dei Medici e Chirurghi di Roma in data 22/03/2011
2004 – 2010 Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia, voto 110/110 “cum laude” Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Seconda Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Roma, Ottobre 2010
Come Principal Investigator (CIA) 2021 Heart Foundation Fellowship- Improving outcomes in patients with basilar artery occlusion (AUD 151,00)
2021 Sylvia&Charles Charitable Viertel Award- Improving outcomes in patients with basilar artery occlusion (AUD 90,000)
2020 MRFF RCRDUN- General “POST-ETERNAL” (AUD$ 2,860,248.5)
2019 The Yulgilbar Alzheimer’s Research Program (YARP) grant (AUD$180,400)
2018 RMH Neuroscience Foundation “Friends” grant (AUD $10,000)
1.Alemseged F, Rocco A, Arba F, Schwabova JP, Wu T, Cavicchia L, Ng F, Ng JL, Zhao H, Williams C, Sallustio F, Balabanski AH, Tomek A, Parson MW, Mitchell PJ, Diomedi M, Yassi N, Churilov L, Davis SM, Campbell BCV; Basilar Artery Treatment and Management (BATMAN) Collaboration Investigators. Posterior National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Improves Prognostic Accuracy in Posterior Circulation Stroke. Stroke. 2021 Dec.
2. Cereda CW, Bianco G, Mlynash M, Yuen N, Qureshi AY, Hinduja A, Dehkharghani S, Goldman-Yassen AE, Hsieh KL, Giurgiutiu DV, Gibson D, Carrera E, Alemseged F, Faizy TD, Fiehler J, Pileggi M, Campbell B, Albers GW, Heit JJ. Perfusion Imaging Predicts Favorable Outcomes after Basilar Artery Thrombectomy. Ann Neurol. 2022 Jan;91(1):23-32.
3. Alemseged F, Ng FC, Williams C, Puetz V, Boulouis G, Kleinig TJ, Rocco A, Wu TY, Shah D, Arba F, Kaiser D, Di Giuliano F, Morotti A, Sallustio F, Dewey HM, Bailey P, O’Brien B, Sharma G, Bush S, Dowling R, Diomedi M, Churilov L, Yan B, Parsons MW, Davis SM, Mitchell PJ, Yassi N, Campbell BCV; BATMAN study group and EXTEND IA TNK study group. Tenecteplase vs Alteplase Before Endovascular Therapy in Basilar Artery Occlusion. Neurology. 2021 Mar 2;96(9):e1272-e1277.
4. Zhao H, Smith K, Bernard S, Stephenson M, Ma H, Chandra RV, Phan T, Bladin CF, Churilov L, Crompton D, Dewey HM, Wijeratne T, Cloud G, Thijs V, Kleinig TJ, Ng JL, Williams C, Alemseged F, Ng F, Mitchell PJ, Parsons MW, Yassi N, Davis SM, Campbell BCV. Utility of Severity-Based Prehospital Triage for Endovascular Thrombectomy: ACT-FAST Validation Study. Stroke. 2021 Jan;52(1):70-79.
5. Hill MD, et al; ESCAPE-NA1 Investigators. Efficacy and safety of nerinetide for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (ESCAPE-NA1): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2020 Feb 20 (Collaborators Alemseged F.)
6. Campbell BCV, Mitchell PJ, Churilov L, Yassi N, Kleinig TJ, Dowling RJ, Yan B, Bush SJ, Thijs V, Scroop R, Simpson M, Brooks M, Asadi H, Wu TY, Shah DG, Wijeratne T, Zhao H, Alemseged F, Ng F, Bailey P, Rice H, de Villiers L, Dewey HM, Choi PMC, Brown H, Redmond K, Leggett D, Fink JN, Collecutt W, Kraemer T, Krause M, Cordato D, Field D, Ma H, O’Brien B, Clissold B, Miteff F, Clissold A, Cloud GC, Bolitho LE, Bonavia L, Bhattacharya A, Wright A, Mamun A, O’Rourke F, Worthington J, Wong AA, Levi CR, Bladin CF, Sharma G, Desmond PM, Parsons MW, Donnan GA, Davis SM; Effect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion Before Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke: The EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2020 Feb 20.
7. Alemseged F, Yassi N, Campbell BCV. Response by Alemseged et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Response to Late-Window Endovascular Revascularization Is Associated With Collateral Status in Basilar Artery Occlusion”. Stroke. 2019 Jul 25.
8. Sallustio F, Toschi N, Mascolo AP, Marrama F, Morosetti D, Da Ros V, Gandini R, Alemseged F, Koch G, Diomedi M. Selection of anterior circulation acute stroke patients for mechanical thrombectomy. J Neurol. 2019 Jul 3.
9. Sallustio F, Mascolo AP, Marrama F, Koch G, Alemseged F, Davoli A, Da Ros V, Morosetti D, Konda D, Diomedi M. Safety and Efficacy of Reperfusion Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Active Malignancy. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Jun 14. pii: S1052-3057(19)30251-4.
10. Alemseged F, Van der Hoeven E, Di Giuliano F, Shah D, Sallustio F, Arba F, Kleinig TJ, Bush S, Dowling RJ, Yan B, Sharma G, Limbucci N, Floris R, Donnan GA, Puetz V, Diomedi M, Parsons MW, Mitchell PJ, Davis SM, Yassi N, Schonewille WJ, Campbell BCV; Basilar Artery Treatment and Management (BATMAN) collaborators. Response to Late- Window Endovascular Revascularization Is Associated With Collateral Status in Basilar Artery Occlusion. Stroke. 2019 May 16
11. Campbell BCV, et al; EXTEND, ECASS-4, and EPITHET Investigators. Extending thrombolysis to 4·5-9 h and wake-up stroke using perfusion imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet. 2019 Jul 13;394(10193):139-147 (Collaborators…Alemseged F.).
12. Ma H, et al; EXTEND Investigators. Thrombolysis Guided by Perfusion Imaging up to 9 Hours after Onset of Stroke. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 9;380(19):1795-1803 (Collaborators…Alemseged F.).
13. Sallustio F, Motta C, Merolla S, Koch G, Mori F, Alemseged F, Morosetti D, Da Ros V, Gandini R, Diomedi M. Heparin during endovascular stroke treatment seems safe. J Neuroradiol. 2019 Feb 14.
14. Di Giuliano F, Picchi E, Sallustio F, Ferrazzoli V, Alemseged F, Greco L, Minosse S, Da Ros V, Diomedi M, Garaci F, Marziali S, Floris R. Accuracy of advanced CT imaging in prediction of functional outcome after endovascular treatment in patients with large-vessel occlusion. Neuroradiol J. 2018 Oct.
15. Sallustio F, Koch G, Alemseged F, Konda D, Fabiano S, Pampana E, Morosetti D, Gandini R, Diomedi M. Effect of mechanical thrombectomy alone or in combination with intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. J Neurol. 2018 Dec;265(12):2875-2880.
16. Hart RG, et al; NAVIGATE ESUS Investigators. Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun. (Collaborators…Alemseged F.)
17. Kasner SE, et al; NAVIGATE ESUS Investigators. Rivaroxaban or aspirin for patent foramen ovale and embolic stroke of undetermined source: a prespecified subgroup analysis from the NAVIGATE ESUS trial. Lancet Neurol. 2018 Dec;17(12):1053-1060. (Collaborators…Alemseged F.)
18. Sallustio F., Pampana E., Davoli A., Meolla S., Koch G., Alemseged F., Panella M., D’Agostino V., Mori F., Morosetti D., Konda D., Fabiano S., Diomedi M., Gandini R. Mechanical thrombectomy of acute ischemic stroke with a new intermediate aspiration catheter: preliminary results. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2018 Feb 8.
19. Alemseged F, Shah DG, Bivard A, Kleinig TJ, Yassi N, Diomedi M, Di Giuliano F, Sharma G, Drew R, Yan B, Dowling RJ, Bush S, Sallustio F, Caltagirone C, Mercuri NB, Floris R, Parsons MW, Levi CR, Mitchell PJ, Davis SM, Campbell BC. Cerebral blood volume lesion extent predicts functional outcome in patients with vertebral and basilar artery occlusion. Int J Stroke. 2017.
20. Sallustio F, Koch G, Motta C, Diomedi M, Alemseged F, D’Agostino VC, Napolitano S, Samà D, Davoli A, Konda D, Morosetti D, Pampana E, Floris R, Gandini R. Efficacy and Safety of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Older Adults with Acute Ischemic Stoke. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Aug;65(8):1816-1820.
21. Sallustio F, Motta C, Pizzuto S, Diomedi M, Rizzato B, Panella M, Alemseged F, Stefanini M, Fabiano S, Gandini R, Floris R, Stanzione P, Koch G. CT Angiography ASPECTS Predicts Outcome Much Better Than Noncontrast CT in Patients with Stroke Treated Endovascularly. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Aug;38(8):1569-1573.
22. Alemseged F, Darshan G. Shah, Marina Diomedi, Fabrizio Sallustio, Andrew Bivard, Gagan Sharma, Peter J. Mitchell, Richard J. Dowling, Steven Bush, Bernard Yan, Carlo Caltagirone, Roberto Floris6 MD, Mark W. Parsons4 MBBS PhD, Christopher R. Levi4 MBBS, Stephen M. Davis1 MD, Bruce C.V. Campbell1 MBBS PhD The Basilar Artery on computed ToMography ANgiography (BATMAN) prognostic score for basilar artery occlusion, Stroke 2017 Mar;48(3):631-637.
23. Madeo G, Alemseged F, Di Pietro B, Schillaci O, Pisani A. Early abnormalities in 123I-ioflupane (DaTSCAN) imaging in the fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): a case report. Neurol Sci. 2013 Aug;34(8):1475-7.
24. Ponterio G., Schirinzi T., Alemseged F., Maltese M., Pisani A. How relevant is the cholinergic system in DYT1 dystonia? Basal ganglia. 2012 May; 227-230
25. Boydell J, Morgan C, Dutta R, Jones B, Alemseged F, Dazzan P, Morgan K, Doody G, Harrison G, Leff J, Jones P, Murray R, Fearon P. Satisfaction with inpatient treatment for first-episode psychosis among different ethnic groups: a report from the UK AeSOP study. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2012 Jan;58(1):98-105.