Juan Piantino (juan.piantino@childrens.harvard.edu)

Education
2003 M.D. (with honors), University of Buenos Aires-School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 Candidate for PhD (Neuroscience), University of Buenos Aires- School of Medicine (research and some classwork at Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School)

Research Experience
1997 - 2001: Member of the Locomotor Apparatus Laboratory, Department of human Anatomy, U.B.A.
1999 - 2002: Assistant in the Neurophysiology Laboratory at the "Instituto de investigaciones médicas Alfredo Lanari" - Buenos Aires (Argentina).
2000: Consultant at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Renal Unit - Boston (Massachusetts).
2000 - 2003: Assistant in Dr. Karol's Research Group on Trigeminal Neuralgia.
2003 - Present: Visiting fellow, candidate for PhD in Neuroscience in the laboratory of Larry Benowitz, PhD.

Teaching Experience
1997 - 2001: Assistant Anatomy Instructor, Department of Human Anatomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Publications

• XXXIV CONGRESS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN ANATOMY
  Buenos Aires, Argentina September 16-19, 1997
  (Authority of the Student Forum)
  - The Tarsus tunnel: Anatomy and Structure
  - Innervation of the Gleno - humeral inferior ligament
  - Passive stabilizers of the elbow
• XXXV CONGRESS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN ANATOMY
  Rosario, Argentina October 5-8, 1998
  - Structure of the carpal medial column
  - Meniscus - femoralis ligaments
• 45th BIOPHYSICAL ANNUAL MEETING
  Boston, Massachusetts February 17-21, 2001
  - Membrane currents recorded in oocytes of the toad Bufo Arenarum
• LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY
  Lima, Peru October 27, 2002
  - Treatment of the Trigeminal Neuralgia with the Cuadripolar Electrode
• CONGRESS OF NEUROSURGEONS 52nd ANNUAL MEETING
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 21-26, 2002
  - Somatotopic Arrangement of postgasserian fibers in Trigeminal Neuralgia. A computerized analysis using the Multielectrode Technique.

Volunteer Activities
1999 - 2001: Volunteer member of the Humanitarian Organization "Doctors of the World" with participation in the primary assistance missions in Chaco and Corrientes (Argentina).

Languages
Spanish: native speaker
English: fluent command of both written and spoken English
Italian: fluent command of both written and spoken Italian