Gianvito Martino

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Gianvito Martino is Director of the Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Hospital. He is a member of several scientific advisory boards, and has been the President of the Italian Neuroimmunology Society since 2009.  He was recently appointed honorary professor at the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the Queen Mary University of London. His medical and scientific interests range from the elucidation of the pathogenic mechanisms of central nervous system (CNS) autoimmunity to the development of gene and stem-cell based therapies for the treatment of CNS autoimmunity.