Rosa Perez

A musical score is read like a medical chart: there are very few data points that leave room for interpretation. Everything is based on fixed rules and dynamics.

I was born in Turin on August 24, 1976, to English teachers. I graduated from Liceo Classico Cavour in 1994 and earned my degree with honors from the University of Turin in 2000.

After my graduation, fascinated by the study of Neurosciences and eager to pursue a surgical career, I completed my specialization in Neurosurgery in Turin in 2005 with full marks. During my training, I had the fortune to refine my surgical skills under the firm competence of Prof. Franco Benech, with whom I have had, and still have, the honor of collaborating professionally.

Other fundamental experiences for my development were made possible through a Fellowship at George Washington University in Washington D.C. and two internships: one with Prof. Samii in Hannover and another in Helsinki under the guidance of Prof. Hernesniemi.

In 2006, I was hired by the CTO Hospital in Turin, under the direction of Dr. Faccani, while continuing my collaboration with Prof. Benech at the Fornaca Clinic.

Since 2009, I had the opportunity to work alongside Dr. Carlo Alberto Benech, with whom I collaborated particularly in the treatment of neurovascular and spinal pathologies. During these years, we shared stimulating work experiences that have, over time, consolidated into a balanced and complementary collaboration. After ten years of professional experience in public healthcare, I found my current work environment at the Humanitas-Cellini Clinic in Turin.

I am the author and co-author of scientific publications and conference presentations at national and international levels, and I consider myself fortunate to share my achievements with my partner Davide and my two daughters, Greta and Viola.

Both on the eighty-eight keys of the piano and in the operating room, my hands must be trained to follow a course of action that allows no deviations; I rely on them, and they cannot betray me. All movements must be perfect. I am a very rational person, and this aspect is helpful in my work. I would never have become a Neurosurgeon or a Piano Master without the perseverance and tenacity that characterize me.

Neurosurgery and music may seem like worlds apart, but when I think about my life, I realize they are just two sides of the same coin.