Clara Grazia Chisari

Clara Chisari is currently researcher at the Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania since 2021. She graduated with laude from medical school in 2010 at the University of Catania and then completed a Neurology Residency in 2016 at the Neurology Clinic of the Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" of Catania (Italy). During her residency progam, she developed an interest in neurophthalmological aspects of neurological diseases; in particular she studied retinal profile measured by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) evaluating the possible correlation with cognitive impairment in clinically isolated syndrome patients. Moreover, she spent six months at the Daroff-Dell'Osso" Ocular Motility Lab, directed by Prof. Mark F. Walker at the Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland (OH), where she received an intensive training in Neurophthalmology. Moreover, she had the opportunity to gain experience in eye motility recording.    

Her current research interests lie in Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological diseases, such as Neuromyelitis Optica and Myasthenia Gravis.  She also actively participates in several research projects aimed to evaluate the role of retinal thickness in MS and also in other neurological disorders, such as Parkinson diseases, migraine, and idiopatic intracranial hypertension.