Insel Gruppe AG
Department of Neurology
Claudio Bassetti was born and raised in Ticino, is married and father of three boys.
He received his MD degree from the University of Basel in 1984. He trained in neurology in
Bern and Lausanne and performed research fellowships in basic neurophysiology (Basel)
and sleep medicine (Ann Arbor, USA). In 2000 he was appointed professor of neurology at
the University of Zurich. In 2009 he founded the Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland
which he directed for 3 years. Since 2012 he is full professor of neurology at the University
of Bern and director of the neurology department at Inselspital.
Bassetti authored over 400 scientific publications and eight books. He pioneered the
research on the bidirectional relationship between, sleep, sleep disorders and stroke using
both a human and animal/experimental approaches. He made also fundamental
contributions to our understanding of narcolepsy, including the recent discovery of specific
autoreactive-T lymphocytes supporting the hypothesis of an autoimmune etiology.
He served as president of the European Neurological Society, European Sleep Research
Society and Swiss Neurological Society and was the founder of the Swiss Federation of
Clinical Neurosocieties. In 2018 he became an elected member of the Swiss Academy of
Medical Sciences. He currently serves as president of the European Academy of
Neurology and as the Dean of the Medical Faculty in Bern.
Moderator of 1 Session
Session Type
Clinical/Therapeutic
Date
Sun, 05.06.2022
Session Time
15:00 - 16:30
Room
Hall A
Presenter of 2 Presentations
Covid-19: Lessons for Mental and Brain Health
Session Name
Session Type
Clinical/Therapeutic
Date
Sun, 05.06.2022
Session Time
15:00 - 16:30
Room
Hall A
Presenter
Lecture Time
15:59 - 16:07
Neurologists should treat dementia and related disorders
Session Type
Clinical/Therapeutic
Date
Tue, 07.06.2022
Session Time
10:00 - 11:30
Room
Hall B
Presenter
Lecture Time
10:00 - 10:35