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Pasquale Gallo M.D.

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Sciennes Road
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH9 1LF
Aqueductal Stenosis, Arachnoid Cysts, Brain stem gliomas, Chiari Malformation, Choroid plexus tumours, Colloid cyst, Craniosynostosis, Dandy Walker Syndrome, Dermal Sinus Tract, Ependymoma, Medulloblastoma, Meningiomas, Pilocytic astrocytoma, Pineal Region Tumours, Shunt obstruction / infection, Spina Bifida, Spinal Disease, Syringomyelia, Traumatic brain injury
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Sciennes Road
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH9 1LF

Background Information

About Me:

Mr Pasquale Gallo – about me:

I am a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Royal Hospital for Sick Children of Edinburgh. After qualifying as a doctor at The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, I continued on to study neurosurgery in Italy and France, before undertaking two fellowships in Birmingham, UK. I have since been working as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Western General Hospital and since September 2013.

I am also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the Edinburgh University.

Qualifications and Training:

Catholic University of Sacred Hearth, Rome - Degree in Medicine and Surgery,  (1999 – 2005)
Residency in Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Verona, Italy (Nov 2005 – November 2010)
Interne in Neurosurgery, Hôpital Neurologique Neurochirugicale Lyon, France (October 2009 – June 2010)
Locum Consultant in Neurosurgery, Department of Surgical Neurology, University Hospital of Verona, Italy (Dec 2010 - June 2012)
Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK (July 2012 - July 2013)
Honorary Research Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK ( June 2013- September 2013)
Pediatric and Adult Neurosurgery Consultant, Royal Hospital for Sick Children & Western General Hospital, Edinburgh (September 2013 – Present)

Fact File

Year of first medical qualification: 2005
Consultation Languages: Spanish (Full professional proficiency) French (Professional working proficiency) Italian (Native or bilingual proficiency) English (Full professional proficiency)

Fellowships:

Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust July 2012 – August 2013 (1 year 2 months)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, July 2013 – August 2013 (2 months)
European Society Pediatric Neurosurgery (2012-2014)

Medical Facilities:

  • Functional MRI
  • Intra-operative neurophysiology
  • Rigid Neuroendoscopy
  • Selected Publications:

    Emelifeonwu JA, Sokol D, Gallo P, Kandasamy J, Kaliaperumal C. Long-tunnelled external ventricular drain as a long-term treatment option for hydrocephalus in a child with an unresectable low-grade supratentorial tumor: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Jun 3:1-4
     
    Hall A, White MA, Gallo P. An intra-cerebral abscess in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome: An unusual case. Int J Surg Case Rep.doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1054346. Epub 2015 Jun 3
     
    Gallo P, Sala F.  Transitory spinal accessory nerve injury following post-fossa surgery for Chiari malformation. Br J Neurosurg. 2015;29(6):894-6
     
    Sala F, Barone G, Tramontano V, Gallo P, Ghimenton C. Retained medullary cord confirmed by intraoperative neurophysiological mapping. Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Jul;30(7):1287-91.
     
    Mottolese C, Szathmari A, Ricci-Franchi AC, Gallo P, Beuriat PA, Capone G. Supracerebellar infratentorial approach for pineal region tumors: Our surgical and technical considerations. Neurochirurgie. 2014 May 23. pii: S0028-3770(14)00039-3
     
    P. Gallo, PC Cecchi, P. Rizzo, F. Locatelli ,C. Ghimenton, M. Gerosa, G. Pinna. Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma: Long term results of surgical treatment and analysis of prognostic factors. Br J Neurosurg. 2013 Dec; 27(6):759-764
     
    M. Volpon, P Gallo, F. Roked, Ina Nicklaus-Wollenteit, D Rodrigues. Unusual presentation of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report and review of the literature, Journal Neurosurg Pediatrics 2013 Sep;12(3):266-9
     
    P. Gallo , A. Szthmari, E. Simon, A.C. Ricci-Franchi, C. Rousselle, M. Hermier, C. Mottolese. The endoscopic trans-fourth ventricle aqueductoplasty and stent placement for the treatment of trapped fourth ventricle: Long-term results in a series of 18 consecutive patients. Neurol India 2012;60: 271-277
     
    P. Gallo, F. Sala. Th role of repeat endoscopic third ventriculostomy after failure of the initial procedure. Neurol India 2011; 59:844-5
     
    P. Gallo, A. Szathmari, S. De biasi, C. Mottolese. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in obstructive infantile hydrocephalus: remarks about the so-called “unsuccessful cases” Pediatric Neurosurg 2011, May 3;46(6):435-441
     
    P. Gallo. Comment on Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok P. “Symptomatic Retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale”. Neurosurgery 2011;68(6):1594-1602
     
    P. Gallo, C. Mazza, F. Sala. Intrauterine head stab wound injury resulting in a growing skull fracture: a case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Mar;26(3):377-84.
     
    P. Gallo, S. Caffi, C. Mazza. The dramatic history of the plot against the Dominican friar, Peter from Verona: “a holy craniotomy”. Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Mar;26(3):275-6
     
    F. Chioffi, P. Gallo, S. Turazzi. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Which substrate can we use?, Rivista Medica, vol 12, N. 3-4, September- December 2006
     
    P. Gallo, C. Gragnaniello, C. Mottolese. Supracerebellar infratentorial approach to the pineal region. In Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade: cranial, (Remi Nader, Scott Berta and Michael Levy Eds) pp 223-227, New York Thieme Medical Publishers, 2014
     
    F. Sala, P. Gallo, V. Tramontano, M. Gerosa. Intraoperative Neurophisyological monitoring in posterior fossa surgery. Chapter 13, pp. 239-262 In Posterior Fossa Tumours in Children: Ozek, Cinalli, Maixner, Sainte-Rose  2015(Eds), Springer New York, 2015
     

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