CASTELLANO ANTONELLA

Antonella Castellano is Associate Professor of Neuroradiology at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, and neuroradiologist at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan. Prof. Castellano graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2006 from the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, where she obtained her specialization in Radiation Diagnostics in 2011 and later became a PhD in Molecular Medicine and Experimental Neurology in 2015 and then a Faculty Researcher in Neuroradiology (RTD-A and then RTD-B). She also trained abroad, notably in 2014 at the Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. In 2021 she has obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Full Professor of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Neuroradiology.
Prof. Castellano's research activity is focused on the field of advanced MRI techniques applied to neuro-oncology. In particular, she is an expert in the development and validation of Diffusion MRI and Tractography, Perfusion MRI and Functional MRI (fMRI) techniques to improve tumor diagnosis, neurosurgical planning and treatment response assessment. She is Board Member of the Italian Chapter of the ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) since 2018, Member of the Diagnostic Neuroradiology Committee of the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR) and Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) since 2020, Chair of the Functional Neuroradiology Section and Board Member of the Italian Association of Neuroradiology (AINR) since 2022. In 2023 she has been appointed as Member of the ESR European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance Subcommittee, part of the ESR (European Society of Radiology) Research Committee.