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From September 1st, Dr. Massimo Cadelo, Specialist in Geriatrics and Neurology, will begin his professional activity at the Leonardo da Vinci Institute. Graduated in 1971, he obtained the Specialization in Gerontology and Geriatrics in 1977 and that in Neurology in 1987. He worked as a hospital medical director since 1974 at the “I Fraticini” INRCA Hospital (Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care), whose departments were reabsorbed into the Florence Health Authority in 2004 and since then constitute the Operational Unit of Company Geriatrics. He was Head of the Clinical Electromyography Service before the “I Fraticini” hospital and subsequently belonging to the U.O. of Geriatrics. His last role was Head of the Day Hospital and Geriatric Outpatient Clinics and of the Cognitive Disorders Assessment Unit belonging to the same Operative Unit. For many years he also taught as Contract Professor at the School for Special Purposes for Rehabilitation Therapists, then University Diploma in Physiotherapy, then Degree Course in Physiotherapy of the University of Florence. Within INRCA he has carried out research in the field of neurological re-education. He collaborated with the University Neurological Clinic in research activities in the field of cerebrovascular diseases and cognitive impairment from circulatory damage. He has published on topics in geriatric medicine, neurology, neurological re-education, diseases of the cerebral circulation.In addition to his skills in diseases of the elderly in general, he has developed specific clinical skills in neurological disorders of the elderly, in particular in the field of cognitive impairment (with any behavioral disorders), in the field of movement disorders (for example Parkinson’s disease and the like, Outcomes of Stroke, walking disorders in general) and related functional re-education, in the field of cerebral circulatory disorders.