Piero Perucca obtained an MD degree (2005) and a board certification in neurology (2010) at the University of Pavia in Italy. During his residency training, he completed a one-year research fellowship at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, under the supervision of Dr. Frank Gilliam, where he developed an interest on health outcomes assessment in epilepsy, with special reference to the negative impact of adverse drug effects and comorbid mood disorders on subjective well-being. He also attended the two-month Epilepsy/Neurophysiology Course at the Epilepsy Center, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, under the supervision of Dr. Hans Lüders.
In November 2010 he joined the Montreal Neurological Institute for a postdoctoral fellowship in epilepsy, under the supervision of Dr. Gotman and Dr. Dubeau. His current research focuses on the evaluation of high-frequency oscillations in intracranial EEG recordings of patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. His work is being supported by the “Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy” from the American Academy of Neurology Foundation, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Epilepsy Foundation.