Medical writer

Bruno Kusznir Vitturi, MD

Personal Details

Birth                     March 7th, 1996
Address               Via della Quiete 4, Pistoia, Italy
Nationality           Italian/Brazilian
Phone                 +5511975767987
Email                   z_azul@hotmail.com
ORCID ID:         0000-0002-2821-9042


Summary of Qualifications

Medical Doctor graduated from Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo with a special interest in the area of Neurology. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (ABN), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the Youth League of the Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmune Diseases (BCTRIMS). Member of the "Core Group" of the Young Epilepsy Section - International League Against Epilepsy. Numbers: 26 research projects presented in national and international congresses; 23 abstracts of congress proceedings published in national and international journals; 24 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed international journals, all always indexed at least in Medline. Assistant or main investigator in a dozen of scientific projects in Neurology. Best medical student of the 52nd class of the medical graduation course of my Faculty (over 120 other students at the same condition). Among my achievements, I highlight that I was responsible (almost alone) for the inclusion of a multicenter cohort study in a country of 200 million inhabitants.

Education

Medical Doctor
Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2014 – 2019, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Street Dr. Cesário Motta Júnior, 61 - Vila Buarque, São Paulo - SP, 01221-020
https://fcmsantacasasp.edu.br/english/

Complementary Experience

o	Clinical Internship – Service de Neurologie 2, Neuro-Oncologie APHP – Hôpital Pitié – Salpêtrière, Paris, France – January/2015
Coordinator: Dr Khê HOANG-XUAN

o	Ageing Brain Summer School – University Medical Center of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands – July/2017

o	Clinical Internship – Institut de la Memoire e de la Maladie d'Alzheimer, IM2A, APHP – Hôpital Pitié – Salpêtrière, Paris, France – November/2017 
Coordinator: Dr Stephane EPELBAUM

o	Young Epilepsy Section Kick-Off Workshop, University College London, UCL, London, England – May/2018

o	Course of Cognitive and Behavioral Disordersof the Elderly – Reference Center on Cognitive Disorders
Coordinator: Ricardo NITRINI, MD, PhD – University of São Paulo, 2015

o	Course of 3D Brain Anatomy – Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2014 

o	Effective Member of the Academic League of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo, FCMSCSP, Brazil

Research Experience

1)	Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuropharmacology Group, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2014
•	Analysis of the therapeutic role of lithium in Alzheimer's Disease. Advisor: Hudson            BUCK, PhD

2)	Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuropharmacology Group, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2014 – 2015
•	Analysis of the mitochondrial dysfunction in Huntington's Disease. Advisor: Tatiana    ROSENSTOCK, PhD

3)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2014 – 2017
•	Cardioembolic Stroke Research Group. Advisor: Pr Rubens GAGLIARDI, MD, PhD

4)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2016 – 2020
•	Neurological Diseases and Art. Advisor: Pr Wilson Luiz SANVITO, MD, PhD

5)	Assistant Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2016 – 2017
•	The influence of the Brazilian diet on the Multiple Sclerosis prognosis. Advisor: Pr Charles Peter TILBERY, MD, PhD

6)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2017 – 2019
•	Myasthenia Gravis - clinical prognosis, epidemiology and treatment - an observational study. Advisor: Dr Berenice Cataldo de Oliveria VALERIO, MD

7)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2017 – 2019
•	Epilepsy and Pregnancy - an observational cohort. Advisor: Dr Cristine Mella CUKIERT, MD

8)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2017 – 2019
•	Neurological Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases. Advisors: Pr Wilson Luiz SANVITO, MD, PhD and Dr Dawton Yukito TORIGOE, MD, PhD

9)	Main Investigator, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2017 – 2020
•	The use of statins in ischemic stroke. Advisor: Pr Rubens GAGLIARDI, MD, PhD

Publications

1)	Vitturi BK, Gagliardi RJ. The influence of statin withdrawal and adherence on stroke outcomes. Neurol Sci. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04790-y

2)	Vitturi BK, Gagliardi RJ. Effectiveness of statins in patients with stroke due to cervical artery dissection: A preliminary study. Medicina Clínica (Barc). 2020;S0025-7753(20)30572-8. Doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2020.06.056

3)	Vitturi B.K. Cocaine-induced multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Acta Neurol Belg. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s13760-020-01449-5

4)	Vitturi BK, Sanvito W. Claude Bernard (1813–1878). J Neurol. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10091-3

5)	Kusznir Vitturi B, Mantovani Bezerra A, Rondelli I. Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor: A case report. Revue Neurol (Paris). 2020;177(1-2):147-150. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2020.04.020

6)	Vitturi BK, Gagliardi RJ. Effects of statin therapy on outcomes of ischemic stroke: a real-world experience in Brazil. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 78(8):461-467. 2020.  doi: 10.1590/0004-282x20200027.

7)	Vitturi BK, Kim AIH, Mitre LP et al. Social, professional and neuropsychiatric outcomes in patients with myasthenia gravis. Neurol Sci. 2020;42(1):167-173. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04528-w

8)	Vitturi BK, Sanvito WL. The neurology behind three wounded French artists during the      great world war. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2020;78(6):380-382. doi: 10.1590/0004-282x20190157.

9)	Vitturi BK, Gagliardi RJ. The influence of statins on the risk of post-stroke epilepsy. Neurol Sci. 2020; 41(7):1851-1857. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04298-5.

10)	Vitturi BK, Suriano ES, Pereira de Sousa AB, Torigoe DY. Cognitive impairment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020:1-20. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.14. 

11)	Kusznir Vitturi B, José Gagliardi R. The role of statins in cardioembolic stroke. J Clin Neurosci. 2019. pii: S0967-5868(19)31774-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.028. 

12)	Kusznir Vitturi B, José Gagliardi R. Use of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores to predict prognosis after stroke. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2019;176(1-2):85–91. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2019.05.001.

13)	Vitturi BK, Rosemberg S, Arita FN, da Rocha AJ, Forte WCN, Tilbery CP. Multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with herpes virus infection in a patients with TLR3 deficiency. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2019;36:101379. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2019.101379. 

14)	Vitturi BK, Pellegrinelli A, Valerio BCO. Medication adherence in patients with myasthenia gravis in Brazil: a cross-sectional study. Acta Neurologica Belgica. 2020;120(1):83-89. doi: 10.1007/s13760-019-01209-0. 

15)	Vitturi BK, Nascimento BAC, Alves BR, Campos FSC, Torigoe DY. Cognitive impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Clinical Neuroscience. 2019;69:81-87; doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2019.08.027.

16)	Kusznir Vitturi B, Barreto Cabral F, Mella Cukiert C. Outcomes of pregnant women with refractory epilepsy. Seizure. 2019;69:251-257. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.05.009.

17)	Vitturi BK, Sanvito WL. Maurice Ravel's dementia: the silence of a genius. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2019;77(2):136-138. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20180134.

18)	Vitturi BK, da Rocha AJ, Rosemberg S. Cerebral venous thrombosis in a 6-year-old boy with sickle cell trait. Acta Neurol Belg. 2020;120(2):403-404. doi: 10.1007/s13760-018-1054-1. 

19)	Frudit P, Vitturi BK, Navarro FC, Rondelli I, Pozzan G. Multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in tuberous sclerosis complex: case report and review of the literature. Autops Case Rep. 2019;9(4):e2019125. doi: 10.4322/acr.2019.125

20)	Vitturi BK, Frias A, Pereira FTB, de Próspero JD, Fernandes CQ, Pozzan G. Osteogenesis imperfecta. Autops Case Rep. 2018;8(3):e2018040. doi: 10.4322/acr.2018.040. eCollection 2018 Jul-Sep.

21)	Vitturi BK, Sanvito WL. Pierre Mollaret (1898-1987). J Neurol. 2019;266(5):1290-1291. doi: 10.1007/s00415-018-8999-0. Epub 2018 Aug 10.

22)	Vitturi BK, da Silva Júnior RG, da Rocha AJ, Narimatsu K. Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2018;174(5):342-343. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2017.09.013. Epub 2018 Apr 23.

23)	Vitturi BK, Sanvito WL. What do Flaubert, Dostoevsky and Machado de Assis have in common with neurology? Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2017;75(12):892-894. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20170145.

24)	Vitturi BK, Frias A, Sementilli R, Racy MCJ, Caffaro RA, Pozzan G. Mycotic aneurysm with aortoduodenal fistula. Autops Case Rep. 2017;7(2):27-34. doi: 10.4322/acr.2017.015. 
Presentations
1) Vitturi, B.K., de Souza, A.B.P., Suriano, E.S., Torigoe, D.Y. Declínio cognitivo em pacientes com espondilite anquilosante: uma doença neurológica? 2019. XII São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.
2) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, C.M. Qualidade de vida em pacientes livres de crises: muito além das drogas antiepilépticas. 2019. XII São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.
3) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. A influência do índice de massa corporal nos desfechos e no benefício da terapia antiplaquetária após acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico. 2019. São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

4) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. O pleiotropismo da eficácia da terapia antiplaquetária na prevenção secundária dos acidentes vasculares cerebrais criptogênicos. 2019. São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

5) Vitturi, B.K.. Can we predict who will develop dementia? 2019. International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, Paris, France.

6) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. A influência do índice de massa corporal nos desfechos e no benefício da terapia antiplaquetária após acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico. 2019. 28th Brazilian Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

7) Vitturi, B.K., Cukiert, C.M. Registro de gestantes com epilepsia de um centro terciário de epilepsia refratária de São Paulo. 2018. 37th Congress of the Brazilian League of Epilepsy, São Paulo, Brazil.

8) Vitturi, B.K., Pellegrinelli, A., Valerio, B.C.O. Pharmacological treatment adherence in patients with Myasthenia Gravis: associated factors and clinical consequences. 2018. 28th Brazilian Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

9) Vitturi, B.K., Cabral, F.B., Cukiert, C.M. Women with epilepsy pregnancy registry in a tertiary center. Preliminary findings. 2018. 13th European Congress on Epileptology, Vienna, Austria. 

10) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. Dissecting the role of statin therapy in the secondary prevention of a stroke. 2018. 28th Brazilian Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

11) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. Is a minor ischemic stroke really mild? A case control study. 2018. 28th Brazilian Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

12) Vitturi, B.K., Cukiert, C.M. Epilepsy pregnancy registry in a tertiary center in São Paulo: an observational cohort study. 2018. 28th Brazilian Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil.

13) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. Dissecting the role of statin therapy in the secondary prevention of a stroke. 2018. 27th Journey of the Department of Medicine of Santa Casa of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

14) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J.  Precising the role of statin therapy in stroke outcomes. 2018. 11th World Stroke Congress, Montreal, Canada.

15) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. Is a minor ischemic stroke really mild? A case-control study. 2018. 11th World Stroke Congress, Montreal, Canada.

16) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. Statin therapy adherence in ischemic stroke: who is the non-adherent patient? 2018. 11th World Stroke Congress, Montreal, Canada.

17) Vitturi, B.K., Pellegrinelli, A., Valerio, B.C.O. Pharmacological treatment adherence in patients with Myashtenia Gravis: associated factors and clinical consequences. 2018. 15th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Vienna, Austria.

18) Vitturi, B.K., Pellegrinelli, A., Valerio, B.C.O. Social consequences and quality of life of patients with Myasthenia Gravis. 2018. 15th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Vienna, Austria.

19) Vitturi, B.K., Tilbery, C.P., Sanvito, W.L. Association of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Multiple Sclerosis: a case report. 2018. 15th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Vienna, Austria.

20) Vitturi, B.K., Altimari, D.C., Sanvito, W.L. The neurological disease as a muse of famous writers. 2017. European Academy of Neurology Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

21) Vitturi, B.K., Modolo, G.P., Gagliardi, R.J. Using CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores to predict middle-term stroke outcomes independently of having AF. 2017. 3rd European Stroke Organisation Congress, Prague, Czech Republic. 

22) Vitturi, B.K., Sanvito, W.L. A Doença Neurológica com Inspiração para a Literatura. 2017. XI São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil. 

23) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc e o prognóstico a médio prazo de pacientes que sofreram um AVC com ou sem FA. 2017. XI São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil. 

24) Vitturi, B.K., Júnior, R.G.S., Narimatsu, K. Encefalopatia associada ao uso de metronidazol: caso incomum e diagnóstico pela ressonância de crânio. 2017. XI São Paulo Congress of Neurology, São Paulo, Brazil. 

25) Vitturi, B.K., Gagliardi, R.J. CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc e o prognóstico a médio prazo de pacientes que sofreram um AVC com ou sem FA. 2017. 26th Journey of the Department of Medicine of School of Medical Sciences of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.                                                                      

26) Vitturi, B.K., Sanvito, W.L. Epilepsy depicted by famous writers of history: another point of view. 2017. 32nd International Epilepsy Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

Associate Editor
•	Journal of Neurological Research and Therapy

Reviewer
•	Neurological Sciences
•	Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
•	Clinical Case Reports
•	Lipids in Health and Disease
•	Neural Regeneration Research
•	BioMed Research International
•	CNS Drugs

Leadership
•	President and founder of the Academic League of Autoimmune Diseases, 2016
•	President of the Academic League of Neurology, 2016
•	Brazil Coordinator (PI) of the European Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy (EURAP), 2018-2019

Honors and Awards
•	Certificate of Excellence - Academic Performance in Mathematics, 2012
•	Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera - Nivel C1, 2013
•	1st Place, Best Scientific Research of the Journey of the Department of Medicine of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2017
•	1st Place, Best Scientific Research of the Journey of the Department of Medicine of Santa Casa of São Paulo, 2018
•	1st Place in the “Interneuro” Competition, XII São Paulo Congress of Neurology, 2019.
•	Best medical student of the 52nd class of the medical graduation course of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo

Professional Memberships
•	Brazilian Academy of Neurology (Since 2015)
•	American Academy of Neurology (Since 2016)
•	Youth League of the Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (Since 2016)
•	Young Epilepsy Section – International League Against Epilepsy (Since 2018)

Languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French

Useful links
https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=Knp7fCIAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruno_Vitturi