Assistant Professor Marco Bacigaluppi

Prof. Bacigaluppi earned his medical degree from the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan in 2004. He then specialized in Neurology in 2009, and subsequently completed a PhD in Molecular Medicine at the same institution, with a strong focus on pathophysiological mechanisms in ischemic stroke. During this time, he also worked as a neurologist at San Raffaele Hospital, in the department led by Prof. Giancarlo Comi, focusing on ischemic stroke. From 2016 to 2024, Marco worked as a physician-scientist, combining clinical practice in the Stroke Unit with translational research on inflammation in both experimental and clinical stroke. He initiated observational studies on thrombosis and immune mechanisms, with a particular focus on thrombus pathology. Since 2025, he strarted a research group focused on the interaction between immune cells and thrombosis at the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich and is active as Neurologist at San Raffaele Hospital in Milano.