Mario-Alberto Battaglia

Professor of Hygiene and Publich Health
University of Siena
President FISM
Siena | Italy

Mario A. Battaglia 

Born in Genoa, Italy, 1954
Full Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Siena (2002-present)
President, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation-MSIF (2024-present)
Member Executive Board Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Alliance PMSA (2015 – present)
Founder and Executive Committee Member Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register (2015 – present)
Chairman, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (1998 – present)
Member International Medical & Scientific Board, MSIF (1998 – 2013)
Member Multiple Sclerosis International Federation Board – MSIF (1989 – present)
Member Consiglio Superiore di Sanità CSS – Ministero della Salute (2019 – 2022)
President, European MS Platform-EMSP (1996 – 1998)
Chairman, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society (1986 – 2007)
Founder and President Rehabilitation for Multiple Sclerosis (R.I.M.S.)
He joined the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society in 1975 and always advocated the Italian Society be strategically involved in the international MS movement.