CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
DATA:
Address:
269 Broadway
Norwich, CT 06360
Telephone:
(860) 887-9313
E-mail:
AGAlessi@neurodxllc.com
Date
and Place of Birth:
October 22, 1954, New York
Personal:
Married, 3 children
EDUCATION:
2001
Master of Medical Management
H. John Heinz School of Public
Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1976-1981
Doctor of Medicine (with honors)
University of Rome
Rome, Italy
1972-1976 Bachelor of Science – Biology
(with honors)
Manhattan College
Bronx, New York
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Internships
and Residencies:
1981-1982
Intern
Department of Medicine
New
Rochelle Hospital Medical Center
New
Rochelle, New York
1982-1985
Resident
Department of Neurology
University
of Michigan Medical Center
Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Fellowships:
Department
of Physical Medicine
and
Rehabilitation
University
of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
LICENSURE
AND CERTIFICATION:
Licensure:
State of Connecticut - #27193
State of Michigan - #45814
State of New York
- #1591521
Board
Certification:
1987
Diplomate, American Board
of Psychiatry and Neurology
1989
Diplomate, American Board of
Electrodiagnostic Medicine
2002
Board Certified in Medical
Management,
Certifying Commission
in Medical Management
ACADEMIC & CONSULTING
APPOINTMENTS:
1999-present
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Connecticut Health
Sciences Center
Farmington, Connecticut
1986-1999
Assistant Clinical
Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Connecticut Health
Services Center
Farmington, Connecticut
1985-1986
Instructor, Department of Neurology
University of Michigan Medical Center,Ann
Arbor, Michigan
1997-present
Neurology Consultant
University of Connecticut Athletic Department
Connecticut State Boxing Commission
1995-2004
Consultant, Norwich Navigators and New
York Yankees
2002-2005
Consultant, World Wrestling
Entertainment (formerly WWF)
2003-present
Medical Director
Division of Sports and Entertainment
of ConnCare
William W. Backus Hospital
2004-present
Medical Director
Neurodiagnostic Services
Windham Community Memorial Hospital
2007
Fellow
American
Academy of Neurology
ACADEMIC AND CONSULTING
APPOINTMENTS (continued):
2007-present
Consultant, Connecticut Defenders and San Francisco Giants
2007-present
Consultant,
Connecticut Sun
2008-present
Medical Director
Stroke Program
William W. Backus Hospital
William W. Backus Hospital
HOSPITAL STAFF
APPOINTMENTS:
1986-present
Senior Staff
William
W. Backus Hospital
Norwich, Connecticut
1986-present
Consulting Staff
Windham
Community Memorial Hospital
Willimantic,
Connecticut
1996-present
Consulting Staff
Harrington
Court Rehabilitation Center
Colchester,
Connecticut
ADMINISTRATIVE
APPOINTMENTS:
1996-1999
Chairman, Department of
2004-2006
Neurology
2008-present
William W. Backus Hospital
1996-1999
Medical Executive Committee
2004-2006
William W. Backus Hospital
2008-present
1991-1992
Chairman, Utilization ReviewCommittee
William W. Backus Hospital
MAJOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
2007-present
State Affairs Committee
American Academy of
Neurology
2006-present
Health Columnist
Norwich
Bulletin
Gannett
Co., Inc.
2004-present
Advisor
American
Academy of Neurology
Palatucci
Advocacy
Leadership Forum
2002-present
Neurologic Consultant
Connecticut
Dept. of Public Health
Division of
Health Systems Regulation
2002-present
Board of Directors
Connecticut
Neurological Society
1989-2006
Board of Directors
Colonial Individual Practice
Association
1987-1997
State Liaison, Practice Committee
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1995-1997
Workshop Committee
American Association of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine
1993-2001
Chairman
Colonial Individual Practice
Association
1983-1985
Resident Education Committee
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1983-1984
Coordinator, Neuroradiology
Conference Committee Coordinator
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
MAJOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (continued):
1984
Michigan Delegate, Resident
Physician Section, American Medical
Association
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
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American
Academy of Neurology
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Connecticut
State Medical Society
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American
Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
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Connecticut
Neurological Society
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American
Association of Professional Ringside Physicians
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New
London County Medical Association
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American
College of Physician Executives
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American
Medical Students Association of Rome
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American
College of Sports Medicine
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Italian
Neurological Society
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BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE:
1986-2000
Partner
Neurology
Associates
Norwich, CT
1997-present
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Colonial Cooperative Care, Inc.
Norwich, CT
2000-present
Solo Practitioner
Neuro Diagnostics, LLC
330
Washington St.
Norwich, CT
RESEARCH:
Associate
Investigator, Phase II Multicenter Controlled Clinical Trial of Fluzinamide in
Patients with Partial Seizures (A. H. Robins Company)-(NIH-NINCDS Contract
#NO1-NS-2363)
Associate
Investigator, A Multicenter Placebo Controlled Double-Blind Trial to Determine
the Efficacy and Safety of CI-912 in the Treatment of Complex Partial Seizures
in Medically Refractory Patients (Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Grant CI-912-13)
Consultant,
Follow-up Study of AHR-8559 in Partial Seizures Protocol #6 (A.H. Robins Grant)
Consultant,
Follow-up Study of CI-912 in the Treatment of Complex Partial Seizures in
Medically Refractory Patients (Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis)
Associate
Investigator, Martin Marietta Energy Systems Contract (Department of Energy
Grant), A Health Evaluation of Y-12 Workers Formerly Exposed to Mercury, Awarded
1985
Principal
Investigator, Biomedical Research Support Grant, Investigation of the Visually
Evoked Blink Reflex Pathways, Awarded July 1985
Consultant,
Exposure Response Relationship in Hand/Arm Vibration, Awarded October 2001
PUBLICATIONS:
Abstracts:
1.
Alessi AG, Balcom W, Spratt G, Littlefield M: Head Injury And Transient
Visual Field Deficit In Baseball: A Case Study. Medicine and Science in Sports
and Exercise 1997; Volume 29:5.
2.
Burke JM, Donofrio PD, Alessi AG, Albers JW: Long-Term Response to Plasma
Exchange in Progressive Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
Polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurology 1985; 35:82.
3.
Alessi AG, Donofrio PD, Burke JM, Krus DL, Albers JW: Absence of Anti-MAG
Activity in Sera of Patients with Polyneuropathy and IgG Kappa Paraproteinemia.
Neurology 1985; 35:82.
4.
Walker FW, Alessi AG: Hysterical Apnea. Neurology 1985; 35:307.
5.
Alessi AG, Aldrich MS, Beck RW, Vanderzant C, Olszewski C, Albers JW:
Flash-Evoked Blink Reflexes in Patients with Long-standing Cortical Blindness. M
& N 1985; 8:615.
6.
Alessi AG, Donofrio PD, Burke JM, Albers JW: Plasma Exchange in
Non-Malignant Plasma Cell Dyscrasia Polyneuropathy. Neurology (Clev) 1984;
34:79-80.
7.
Aldrich MS, Alessi AG, Beck RW, Gilman SG: Cortical Blindness in Adults:
Etiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis. Annals of Neurology 1984;16:1153.
8.
Donofrio PD, Alessi AG, Burke JM, Albers JW: Polyneuropathy in Benign
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance. M & N 1984; 7:564.
Manuscripts:
1.
Felice K, Alessi AG, Grunet M: Clinical Variability in Adult Onset of
Acid Maltase Deficiency. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry,
Volume 1995; 74:3, 131-135.
2.
Aldrich MS, Vanderzant CW, Alessi AG: Ictal Cortical Blindness with
Permanent Visual Loss. Epilepsia 1989; 30(1):116-120.
3.
Donofrio PD, Alessi AG, Albers JW: Evolution of Remote-effect
Polyneuropathy: Serial Electrodiagnostic Studies. M & N 1989; 12:508-513.
4.
Walker FW, Alessi AG, Digre KB, McLean WT: Psychogenic Respiratory
Distress. Archives of Neurology 1989; 46:196-200.
5.
Albin RA, Albers JW, Greenberg H, Townsend JB, Lynn RB, Burke JM, Alessi
AG: Acute Sensory Neuropathy- Neuronopathy and Pyridoxine Overdose. Neurology
1988; 37:1729-1732.
6.
Albers JW, Kellenback LJ, Fine LJ, Langolf GD, Wolfe RA, Donofrio PD,
Alessi AG, Stolpe-Smith KS, Bromberg MB: Mercury Workers Study Group, Neurologic
Abnormalities Associated with Remote Occupational Elemental Mercury Exposure.
Annals of Neurology 1988; 24:651-659.
7.
Aldrich MS, Alessi AG, Beck RW, Gilman SG: Cortical Blindness in Adults:
Etiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis. Annals of Neurology 1987; 21:149-158.
8.
Freddo L, Yu R, Latov N. Donofrio P, Hays A, Greenberg H, Albers J,
Alessi A, Leavitt A, Davar, G, Keren D: Gangliosides GM1 and GD 1b Antigens for
IgM M-protein in a Patient with Motor Neuron Disease. Neurology 1986;
36:454-458.
9.
Donofrio PD, Greenberg HS, Albers JW, Alessi AG, Leavitt A, Davar G,
Latov N, Freddo L: IgM Monoclonal Protein Binding to Spinal Cord and Peripheral
Nerve Glycolipids in a Patient with Motor Neuron Disease. Annals of Neurology
1985; 18:161.
Video:
1. Alessi AG: Regain Control
of Your Medical Practice Today. CD
Rom June 2004.
Books
1. Alessi AG: Healthy Sports: A doctor
1.
Alessi AG: Healthy Sports: A doctor’s lessons for a winning lifestyle.
Day Press September 2008.
PRESENTATIONS:
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May
12, 2001
Symposium
on Athletic Injuries of the Shoulder and Elbow
“Nerve
Injuries of the Shoulder and Elbow”
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January
4, 2001
Trauma
Grand Rounds
Wm. W.
Backus Hospital
“Electrodiagnostic
Evaluation of Traumatic Nerve Injuries”
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June
22, 1999
The
New Healthcare Marketplace
Conference
’99, Syracuse, NY
“Rise
of the Physician IPA – A National Panel Discussion”
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May
12, 1999
Symposium
on Medicare & Senior Health Issues
Eastern
Connecticut Office on Aging
“Senior
Solutions”
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May
29, 1997
American
College of Sports Medicine
“Head
Injury and Transient Visual Field Deficit in Baseball: A Case Study”
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April
26, 1997
Symposium
on Athletic Injuries of the Upper Extremity
“Nerve
Injuries of the Upper Extremity”
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April
27, 1996
Symposium
on Athletic Injuries of the Head and Neck
“Brachial
Plexus and Nerve Root Injuries”
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October
25, 1985
American
Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis "Flash-Evoked
Blink Reflexes in Patients with Long-standing Cortical Blindness"
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May 2,
1985
American
Academy of Neurology
"Hysterical
Apnea"
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April
30, 1985
American
Academy of Neurology "Absence of Anti-MAG Activity in Sera of
Patients with Polyneuropathy and IgG Paraproteinemia"
|
April
30, 1985
American
Academy of
Neurology
"Long-Term
Response to Plasma Exchange in Progressive Chronic Inflammatory
Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy"
|
|
October
8, 1984
American
Neurological Association "Cortical Blindness in Adults: Etiology,
Diagnosis and Prognosis"
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September
21, 1984
American
Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis
"Polyneuropathy
in Benign
Monoclonal
Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance"
|
September
10, 1984
American
EEG Society
"Cortical
Blindness as an Ictal Manifestation"
|
|
April
10, 1984
American
Academy of Neurology
"Plasma
Exchange in Non-Malignant Plasma Cell Dyscrasia Polyneuropathy"
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November
12, 1983
Michigan
Neurological Association
"Plasma
Exchange in Non-Malignant Plasma Cell Dyscrasia Polyneuropathy”
Polyneuropathy",
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COMMUNITY
SERVICE:
1990-1993
Otis Library
Board Member
Norwich, CT
2003-2005
Norwich Community Development Corp
Board
Member
Norwich,
CT
1992-present
St. Jude Common Elderly Housing
Board Member
Norwich, CT
2000-2007
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
Board Member
Bloomfield, CT
2005-present
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
Chairman, Selection Committee
Bloomfield, CT
HONORS
AND AWARDS:
John F. Kennedy Citizenship Award
John E. Peck
Community Service Award, Outstanding Advocate for the Elderly