Having completed his 4-year University Specialization Course in Neurology, at the University of Perugia in Italy, Maurizio Paciaroni became a research fellow in the field of vascular neurology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Following this, he was invited to participate in NASCET (North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial) at the Robarts Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada. Currently, he is the team leader of the Stroke Unit at the University of Perugia Hospital, Italy. He has had more than 200 research papers published in both English and Italian languages and has co-authored several chapters and texts on stroke.