Dott. Riccardo Cremascoli (MBA candidate, MD, PhD, Msc, FEBN, ESRS)

Su di me

PROFILO PERSONALE

Neurologo con sub-specializzazioni in ambito nazionale/internazionale e un PhD in Neuroscienze, attualmente mi dedico ad implementare un’ attività sanitaria specialistica ambulatoriale-territoriale. 

Il mio approccio è guidato da un forte senso di scopo: credo nell’integrazione tra competenze cliniche, visione strategica e innovazione per generare valore sostenibile. Collaboro con realtà scientifiche, tecnologiche e finanziarie che condividono questa prospettiva. 


Neurologist with national/international sub-specializations and a PhD in Neuroscience, I am currently dedicated to implementing a specialist outpatient-territorial healthcare activity.

My professional mindset is purpose-driven: I believe in integrating clinical expertise, strategic vision, and innovation to create sustainable and meaningful impact. I collaborate with scientific, technological, and financial stakeholders who share this long-term view. 

EDUCAZIONE E TRAINING

  • LAUREA IN MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA PRESSO L' UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA/UNIVERSITY J. FURIER GRENOBLE (2012)
  • SPECIALIZZAZIONE IN NEUROLOGIA PRESSO L' IRCCS ISTITUTO C. MONDINO DI PAVIA / UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDIO DI PAVIA (2017)
  • DOTTORATO DI RICERCA PRESSO L' IRCCS ISTITUTO C. MONDINO DI PAVIA / UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDIO DI PAVIA (2020)
  • ASSEGNISTA DI RICERCA PRESSO IL DIPARTIMENTO DI ECCELLENZA DI NEUROSCIENZE DELL'UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (2021)
  • MASTER UNIVERSITARIO DI EPILESSIA PRESSO L'UNIVERSITÀ DI FERRARA (2012)
  • CERTIFICATO DI ESPERTO IN MEDICINA DEL SONNO RICONOSCIUTO DALL' ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DI MEDICINA DEL SONNO AIMS (2017)
  • CERTIFICATO DI ESPERTO IN ELETTROENCEFALOGRAFIA E POTENZIALI EVOCATI RICONOSCIUTO DALLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI NEUROFISIOLOGIA CLINICA E DALLA LEGA ITALIANA CONTRO L'EPILESSIA (2021)
  • CERTIFICATO DI ESPERTO IN ELETTROMIOGRAFIA E POTENZIALI EVOCATI RICONOSCIUTO DALLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI NEUROFISIOLOGIA CLINICA (2019)
  • MASTER UNIVERSITARIO DI II LIVELLO IN NEUROFISIOLOGICA CLINICA, UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA-NAPOLI-ROMA-MESSINA-MILANO (2023-2024)
  • CORSO DI PERFEZIONAMENTO IN CEFALEE ESEGUITO PRESSO L' UNIVERSITÀ  CAMPUS BIOMEDICO DI ROMA (2021)
  • CORSO DI ECOGRAFIA DI NERVO E MUSCOLO ESEGUITO PRESSO L'UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE DI ROMA (2022)
  • SUPERAMENTO ESAME FELLOW OF THE EUROPEAN BOARD OF NEUROLOGY FEBN (2024)
  • SUPERAMENTO ESAME SOMNOLOGIST-SLEEP EXPERT OF THE EUROPEAN SLEEP RESEARCH SOCIETY (2024)
  • ANALISI DI BILANCIO SOCIETARIO ED ANALISI MERCATI FINANZIARI "AFFARI DI BORSA" (2024)
  • EXECUTIVE MBA SDA BOCCONI CANDIDATE (2025-2027)


ESPERIENZA LAVORATIVA

Libero professionista presso le seguenti strutture ospedaliere ed aziende medicali:

  • ASST Santi Carlo e Paolo Institute, Milano (2017)
  • IRCCS C. Mondino National Institute of Neurology (2017-2020)
  • Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS San Giuseppe Hospital, Piancavallo (2017-2024)
  • Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS Villa Caramora (2018-in corso)
  • Istituto Clinico Scientifico Maugeri di Veruno, IRCCS (2024-in corso)
  • Galmed SRL (2025-in corso)
  • MedicAir SRL (2025-in corso)


RICERCA

Official H index: 12 (autocertificated)

Source: Scopus

Scopus Author Id: 55693811800

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4663-946X

RESEARCH ID: AAB-2126-2019
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/riccardo-cremascoli-413578233



 Awards and Honors:

-September 2024: somnologist - sleep expert certification of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)

-June 2024: Fellow of the european board of neurology FEBN certification.
- November 2023: co-authorship in textbook “Insomnia across the life-span, ed. Minerva Medica 2023”. 

-October 2023: ESRS eSLEEP best abstract award “Searching for peripheral biomarkers of disease severity and  neurodegeneration in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a preliminary study”. 
- February 2023: SINDEM For Junior 2023 best poster award "Orexin-A in neurodegenerative dementias: a study on its determination in different biological fluids and possible correlations with other neurodegeneration associated peptides"

 - Genuary 2023: award and grant for the best oral presentation (speaker L. Bianchi) in sleep medicine field at the “Politecnici AITN 2023 meeting” with the study “Sleep microstructure in Parkinson’s disease related dementia: cycling alternating pattern (CAP) disruption reflects neurodegeneration progression”

 - September 2022: Bioprojet 2022 award and grant in Osas and excessive daytime sleepiness field at the “XXXII Italian sleep congress (AIMS)” with the paper “Excessive daytime sleepiness and disease severity in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: preliminary findings on potential peripheral biomarkers.”

 - March 2021: University of Turin research grant in sleep medicine field “Studio multicentrico sul ruolo dei biomarcatori di neurodegenerazione nel caratterizzare la severità di malattia e la risposta al trattamento terapeutico dei pazienti affetti da sindrome delle apnee ostruttive in sonno con ipersonnia diurna residua”

- November 2020: SINDEM 2020 best poster award "increased orexin-A concentration in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with behavioural variant - frontotemporal dementia"

- October 2020: FIDIA 2020 award and grant in sleep and chronobiology field at the “XXX Italian sleep congress (AIMS)” with the paper “Studio multicentrico sul ruolo della luminoterapia nel modulare il fenotipo clinico dei pazienti affetti da insonnia cronica primaria e comorbida attraverso la modifica della fase circadiana”

- August 2020: grant for the purchase of an HD EEG machine and a whole body cryotherapy machine in the context of the research “Study of efficacy of whole body cryotherapy (WBC) on the reduction of pain and fatigue in metabolic and neurological diseases, with the application of high-density eeg signal analysis (HD-EEG)”, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Health

- August 2020: grant for participation in the European guideline education and Cost Conscious Healthcare program (Co Co Care), sponsored by the European Academy of Neurology

- March 2020: participation as Co-tutor in the advanced epilepsy course of the “International league against epilepsy- Virtual epilepsy academy”, with the topic “Epileptic and non-epileptic paroxysmal behaviors during sleep: differences

and similarities”

- February 2020: grant for participation in the “European Examination of Neurology (European Union of Medical Specialists – Section of Neurology; UEMS)”, sponsored by the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN)

- Genuary 2020: grant for participation in the “ XL Italian course in clinical electroencephalography”, sponsored by the Istituto Auxologico Italiano

- September 2019: FIDIA 2019 award in sleep and chronobiology field at the “XXIX Italian sleep congress (AIMS)” with the paper “Role of circadian process in Insomnia”
- May 2018 : acceptance of partecipation to the “Oxford Chronobiology sleep summer school course” (UK; partecipation declined for unexpected family reasons)

- March 2018: travel grant for a oral communication at the “European Neurology Association Congress” (Lisbon)

- June 2013: travel grant for a communication at the the “European Neurological Society Congress” (Barcelona)

- November 2012: 1 year fellowship in sleep medicine-neurodegeneration field (IRCCS C Mondino Foundation, Pavia)

- October 2011: Puca award in sleep field at the “XXI Italian sleep congress (AIMS)” with the paper “The prognostic value of sleep patterns in disorders of consciousness in the sub-acute phase”

Boards and associations:

- Frontiers in Network Physiology associate editor (2021-ongoing)

- International League Against Epilepsy’s Virtual Epilepsy Academy (VIREPA) Course tutor: Epilepsy & Sleep Advanced Course (2021)

 Selected peer-reviewed publications:

1. Analysis of video-polysomnographic sleep findings in dementia with Lewy bodies. Terzaghi M, Arnaldi D,  Rizzetti MC, Minafra B, Cremascoli R, Rustioni V, Zangaglia R, Pasotti C, Sinforiani E, Pacchetti C, Manni R.  Mov Disord. 2013 Sep;28(10):1416-23. doi: 10.1002/mds.25523. Epub 2013 Jun 6.PMID: 23744574 

2. Cognitive dysfunction and REM sleep behavior disorder: key findings in the literature and preliminary  longitudinal findings. Manni R, Sinforiani E, Pacchetti C, Zucchella C, Cremascoli R, Terzaghi M. Int J  Psychophysiol. 2013 Aug;89(2):213-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.04.003. Epub 2013 Apr 11.PMID: 23583627 

3. Twenty-third Meeting of the European Neurological Society, 8–11 June, 2013 Barcelona, Spain. R.  Cremascoli. J Neurol (2013) 260 (Suppl 1):S1–S280. DOI 10.1007/s00415-013-6924-0 

4. Choking in the Night Due to NFLE Seizures in a Patient with Comorbid OSA. Michele Terzaghi, Ivana  Sartori, Riccardo Cremascoli, Valter Rustioni, Raffaele Manni . J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Oct 15;10(10):1149-52.  doi: 10.5664/jcsm.4122.PMID: 25317097 

5. The prognostic value of sleep patterns in disorders of consciousness in the sub-acute phase. Dario Arnaldi,  Michele Terzaghi, Riccardo Cremascoli, Fabrizio De Carli, Giorgio Maggioni, Caterina Pistarini, Flavio Nobili,  Arrigo Moglia, Raffaele Manni. Clin Neurophysiol. 2016 Feb;127(2):1445-1451. doi:  10.1016/j.clinph.2015.10.042. Epub 2015 Nov 6.PMID: 26610323 

6. Circadian phase typing in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: dim light melatonin onset and patterns of  melatonin secretion— semicurve findings in adult patients. Manni Raffaele, De Icco Roberto, Cremascoli  Riccardo, Ferrera Giulia, Furia Francesca, Zambrelli Elena, Canevini Maria Paola, Terzaghi Michele. Epilepsy  Behav. 2016 Aug;61:132-137. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.05.019. Epub 2016 Jun 23.PMID: 27344501 

7. Social jet lag in epilepsy: its entity and features in a clinical series of adult patients. Cremascoli Riccardo, De  Icco Roberto, Toscano Gianpaolo, Terzaghi Michele, Manni Raffaele. Sleep Med. 2017 Apr;32:269. doi:  10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.029. Epub 2016 Nov 16.PMID: 28057492 

8. Chronotype in patients with epilepsy: A controlled study in 60 subjects with late-onset focal epilepsy.  Raffaele Manni, Riccardo Cremascoli, Roberto De Icco, Michele Terzaghi. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Sep;50:1-6.  doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.05.031. Epub 2015 Jun 12.PMID: 26079115 

9. Chronotype in adult epilepsy patients: a questionnaire and DLMO determination based study. R Manni, R  Cremascoli, R De Icco, M Terzaghi. Journal of sleep research. Vol 23; pages 81-81 

10. Lack of antibodies to neuropil antigens in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. Michele Terzaghi,  Elisabetta Zardini, Riccardo Cremascoli, Valter Rustioni, Giovanni Piccolo, Diego Franciotta, Raffaele Manni.  Sleep Med. 2014 Sep;15(9):1171-2. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.06.003. Epub 2014 Jun 27.PMID: 25085621 

11. Subjective sleep quality in epilepsy patients with sleep-related seizures. R Manni, R Cremascoli, C Sguazzin,  M Terzaghi. Sleep Medicine Volume 14, Supplement 1, December 2013, Pages e196 

12. Sleep alterations in dementia with Lewy bodies: sleep patterns and clinical correlates. A descriptive video-  PSG study. M Terzaghi, B Minafra, D Arnaldi, V Rustioni, R Zangaglia, C Pasotti, R Cremascoli, E Sinforiani, C  Pacchetti, R Manni. Journal of sleep research. Sept 2012, Vol 21, pages 180-180 

13. Sleep-wake patterns in vegetative state: 24 hour polysomnographic findings in 15 subjects. R. Cremascoli,  R. Manni, M. Terzaghi, D. Arnaldi, P. De Carli, G. Maggioni, C. Pistarini, A. Moglia. Journal of Sleep Research.  September 2012. Volume 1. Supplement 1. 

14. Il sonno nei disturbi della coscienza; registrazione polisonnografica 24 h in 27 pazienti in stato  vegetativo.R. Cremascoli, R. Manni, M. Terzaghi, D. Arnaldi, P. De Carli, G. Maggioni, C. Pistarini, A. Moglia.  Vincitore del premio F. Puca, miglior comunicazione orale alla sessione "Disturbi del sonno", XXII Congresso  Nazionale AIMS. 

15. Sleep-wake patterns in vegetative state: 24 hour polysomnographic findings in 27 subjects. R. Cremascoli,  R. Manni, M. Terzaghi, D. Arnaldi, P. De Carli, G. Maggioni, C. Pistarini, A. Moglia. Twenty-third meeting of the  European Neurological Society 2013. 

16. Sleepiness in Pain and Fibromyalgia; Sleepiness and cancer patients; Sleepiness in gastro-intestinal  diseases and other medical disorders. R. Manni, M. Terzaghi, R. Cremascoli. Chapters of the book "Sleepiness  and human impact assessment" by S. Gambino, L. Nobili, G. Costa. Springer 2013. 

17. Cefalee nell'anziano. Inquadramento clinico delle forme primitive e secondarie. E. Pucci, R. Cremascoli, A.  Costa. La neurologia italiana. SIN numero 2/2015. 

18. Qualità del sonno, ritmi circadiani e melatonina nella cefalea: fatti e prospettive. R. Manni, R.Cremascoli,  M. Terzaghi. Confinia Cephalalgica et Neurologica. In press 2017 

19. Atypical post-critical transient subcortical T2-hypointensity in a newly diagnosed diabetic  subject. Paoletti Matteo, Bacila Ana, Pichiecchio Anna, Farina Lisa Maria, Rognone Elisa, Cremascoli  Riccardo, Fanucchi Simona, Manni Raffaele, Bastianello Stefano. Epileptic Disord. 2018 Jun 1;20(3):209-  213. doi: 10.1684/epd.2018.0974.PMID: 29905159 

20. Articoli di divulgazione omeopatica presso portale internet-blog della FIAMO 2018. 

21. Symposium abstracts. R. Cremascoli. 2018 European Journal of Neurology, 25 (Suppl. 2), 1–15 

22. ESRS 2018 Abstracts. R. Cremascoli. J Sleep Res. 2018;27(Suppl. S1):e12751. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12751 

23. Evening melatonin timing secretion in real life conditions in patients with Alzheimer disease of mild to  moderate severity. Raffaele Manni, Riccardo Cremascoli,, Carlo Perretti, Roberto De Icco, Marta Picascia,  Cristina Ghezzi, Silvia Cerri, Elena Sinforiani, Michele Terzaghi. Sleep Med. 2019 Nov;63:122-126. doi:  10.1016/j.sleep.2019.04.018. Epub 2019 May 31.PMID: 31622953. 

24. Sleep microstructure in Parkinson’s disease: cycling alternating pattern (CAP) as a sensitive marker of  early NREM sleep instability. Lorenzo Priano, Matteo Bigoni, Giovanni Albani, Luigi Sellitti, Emanuela  Giacomotti, Roberto Picconi, Riccardo Cremascoli, Maurizio Zibetti, Leonardo Lopiano, Alessandro Mauro.  Sleep Med. 2019 Sep;61:57-62. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.025. Epub 2019 Apr 20.PMID: 31307885. 

25. ESRS 2020 Abstracts. R. Cremascoli.J Sleep Res. 2020;29(Suppl. S1):e13181. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13181 

26. NREM sleep arousal-related disorders reflect cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease. Terzaghi M.  Minafra B., Zangaglia R., Picascia M., Pozzi N., Cremascoli R., Arnaldi D., Versino M., Sinforiani E., Rustioni V.,  Pacchetti C., Manni R. Sleep Med. 2020 Nov;75:491-496. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.08.029. Epub 2020 Sep  5.PMID: 33011475. 

27. Capitolo 6; Capitolo 21. Il Bergamini di Neurologia. Mutani R., Lopiano L., Durelli L., Mauro A.,  Chiò A. Edizione 2020. Cortina editore (Torino). 

28. Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation in chronic migraine and medication overuse  headache: A pilot double-blind randomized sham-controlled trial. R. De Icco, A. Putorti, I. De  Paoli, E. Ferrara. R. Cremascoli et all. Clin Neurophysiol. 2021 Jan;132(1):126-136. doi:  10.1016/j.clinph.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Nov 5.PMID: 33271482. 

29. Circadian phase and clinical phenotype in insomniacs: preliminary results of an in-home salivary  melatonin test in 49 adult patients. Gianluca Giusti, Davide Sparasci, Riccardo Cremascoli, Cristina Ghezzi, Silvia Cerri, Michele Terzaghi , Raffaele Manni. Chronobiology International. Feb 2021. 

30. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease pathology: May Continuous  Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Delay Cognitive Deterioration? Claudio Liguori, Riccardo  Cremascoli, Michelangelo Maestri, MD, Mariana Fernandes, Francesca Izzi, Gloria Tognoni, Federica  Scarpina; Gabriele Siciliano, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Lorenzo Priano, Enrica Bonanni, Fabio Placidi.  Sleep and Breathing. 2021. 

31. Dementia-Friendly Intervention for Hospitalized Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments:  Results of the Italian Dementia-Friendly Hospital Trial (IDENTITÀ). Nicola Allegri, Alessia Rosi,  Federica Del Signore, Riccardo Cremascoli, Stefano Cappa, Cristina Tassorelli, Stefano Govoni. Aging  & Mental Health (CAMH). 2021. 

32. Increased Orexin-A Concentrations in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Behavioural Variant  Frontotemporal Dementia. Fausto Roveta, Andrea Marcinnò, Riccardo Cremascoli, Lorenzo Priano,  Stefania Cattaldo, Elisa Rubino, Erica Gallo, Silvia Boschi, Alessandro Mauro, Innocenzo Rainero.  Neurological sciences. 2021. 

33. Neurophysiological evaluation of visual function in iRBD: potential role in stratifying RBD  conversion risk. Terzaghi M, Romani A, Ranzani M, Callieco R, Avantaggiato F, Cremascoli R,  Picascia M, Pilati L, Arnaldi D, Rustioni V, Sartori I, Zangaglia R, Pacchetti C, Colnaghi S, Versino  M.Sleep Med. 2021 Aug;84:26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.05.006. Epub 2021 May  15.PMID: 34090010 

34. Monitoring of Gait Parameters in Post-Stroke Individuals: A Feasibility Study Using RGB-D  Sensors. Ferraris C, Cimolin V, Vismara L, Votta V, Amprimo G, Cremascoli R, Galli M, Nerino R,  Mauro A, Priano L.Sensors (Basel). 2021 Sep 4;21(17):5945. doi:  10.3390/s21175945.PMID: 34502836 

35. Effects of Circadian Phase Tailored Light Therapy on Sleep, Mood, and Cognition in 

Alzheimer's Disease: Preliminary Findings in a Pivotal Study. Cremascoli R, Sparasci D, Giusti G,  Cattaldo S, Prina E, Roveta F, Bruno F, Ghezzi C, Cerri S, Picascia M, Bernini S, Sinforiani E,  Terzaghi M, Priano L, Mauro A, Manni R.Front Physiol. 2022 Jan 6;12:755322. doi:  10.3389/fphys.2021.755322. eCollection 2021.PMID: 35069234 

36. Computation of Gait Parameters in Post Stroke and Parkinson's Disease: A Comparative Study  Using RGB-D Sensors and Optoelectronic Systems. Cimolin V, Vismara L, Ferraris C, Amprimo G,  Pettiti G, Lopez R, Galli M, Cremascoli R, Sinagra S, Mauro A, Priano L.Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jan  21;22(3):824. doi: 10.3390/s22030824.PMID: 35161570 

37. Evaluation of Arm Swing Features and Asymmetry during Gait in Parkinson's Disease Using the  Azure Kinect Sensor. Ferraris C, Amprimo G, Masi G, Vismara L, Cremascoli R, Sinagra S, Pettiti G,  Mauro A, Priano L.Sensors (Basel). 2022 Aug 21;22(16):6282. doi: 

10.3390/s22166282.PMID: 36016043 

38. WHOLE-BODY CRYOSTIMULATION: A REHABILITATION BOOSTER. Capodaglio 

P, Cremascoli R, Piterà P, Fontana JM.J Rehabil Med Clin Commun. 2022 Sep 19;5:2810. doi:  10.2340/jrmcc.v5.2810. eCollection 2022.PMID: 36189129 

39. Abstracts of the 52nd Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Neurology. R. Cremascoli.  Neurological Sciences (2022) 43 (Suppl 1):S1–S530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06531-9 

40. Short-Term Benefits of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment on Cognition in the  Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Retrospective Study. Vaioli G, Tagini S, Scarpina  F, Cremascoli R, Priano L, Cornacchia M, Fanari P, Mauro A.Brain Sci. 2023 Jan 10;13(1):124. doi:  Auxologico Piancavallo (VB), 27/11/2023  10.3390/brainsci13010124.PMID: 36672105 

41. INSOMNIA ACROSS THE LIFE-SPAN: clinical practice and research perspectives. L. Nobili, L.  Palagini, R. Manni, D. Riemann. Chapter 12-20. 2023. Edizioni Minerva medica SPA. In press 

42. Selected Abstracts from the 66thCongress of the Italian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology  (SINC). R. Cremascoli. Neurological Sciences 44, 1–14 (2023). 

43. Abstracts of the 9th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology. R. Cremascoli. 

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. Volume 30, Supplement 1, June 2023 

44. Abstracts of the 53 Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Neurology. R. Cremascoli. Neurological Sciences volume 44, pages 15–601 (2023)