Dr. Michele Roccella

University of Palermo, Italy.

Michele Roccella holds a Degree in Medicine and Surgery and a Specialization in Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Palermo (Italy). He obtained the title of PhD in Neuropsychopathology of Learning Processes in Developmental Age at the Second University of  Naples (Italy). He holds the Diploma Interuniversitaire de Myologie des Universites Aiax-Marseille ` II et Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie  (France). He is currently Associate Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry at the Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Physical Exercise and Training at the University of Palermo. Since November 2019, he has been Director of the School of Specialization in Child Neuropsychiatry at the Department of Promotion of Maternal-Child Health, of Internal and Specialized Medicine of Excellence “G. D’Alessandro” (PROMISE) of the University of Palermo (Italy). He is the author of several monographs and over 500 publications in national and international journals. He has been awarded several prizes and awards, including that of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow (Russia). Research activities and interests:
neurodevelopmental disorders;gender dysphoria; the study of neuropsychological functions in children with epilepsy and in chromosomal–genetic syndromes.