Curriculum Vitae

Name

Antonella Palla, MD

Address

Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland;
Phone: +41 1 255 55 00, Fax: +41 255 45 07, Email: antpalla@access.uzh.ch

Citizenship

Swiss

Birth

January 16, 1974

Schools

1994 Maturity Type C, Kantonsschule Zürich

Medical School

1994-2000 University of Zürich

Diploma and Certificate

2000 Federal Medical Diploma, University of Zürich

2007 Certificate for Neurosonography, Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology

2008 Board Certification in Neurology

2009 Neurologist (FMH-Diploma)

2011 Habilitation. Lecturer of Neurology (Privatdozentin), University of Zürich, “Pathophysiology of vestibular neuropathy”

Professional History

2001 – 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

2002 – 2003 Resident, Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. U. Münch), Spital Bülach, Bülach

2003 – 2005 Resident, Neurology Department (Prof. Dr. med. K. Hess), and Postdoctoral Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Zürich University Hospital

2006 – 2007 Resident, Cerebrovascular Unit (Prof. Dr. med. R. W. Baumgartner), and Research Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

2008 –2008 Oberärztin, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), and Research Fellow, Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

2008 – 2011 SCORE scholar of the Swiss National Science Foundation

March – June 2010 Visiting Scientist Department of Movement and Balance, Division of Neurosciences and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London (Prof. A.M. Bronstein)

2011 – 2013 Oberärztin Neurology Department (Prof. M. Weller), Zürich University Hospital and Oberärztin Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann), Zürich University Hospital

July 2012 – December 2012 Oberärztin Neurology Department and Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory and Head of the Headache and Pain Division of the Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

January 2013 – June 2013 Oberärztin Department of Neurosurgery and Head of the Headache and Pain Division of the Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

since July 2013 Oberärztin Neurology Department (Prof. M. Weller) and Vestibulo-Oculomotor Laboratory (Prof. Dr. med. D. Straumann) and Head of the Headache and Pain Division of the Neurology Department, Zürich University Hospital

Major Grants (Principal investigator)

Vestibular neglect – does it exist. Baasch-Medicus-Stiftung (40'000 Swiss Francs, 2006) and Koetser Foundation (25'000 Swiss Francs, 2006)

2007 Cerebellar contribution to motion perception: A comparative study on eye movements and angular self-motion perception in cerebellar patients and healthy human subjects. Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland (40’000 Swiss Francs, 2007)

2007 SCORE award (Swiss Clinicians Opting for Research) of the Swiss National Science Foundation (503’853 Swiss Francs, 2008-2011)

2009 Wahrnehmung der Eigenbewegung bei Patienten und Patientinnen mit Kleinhirnerkrankungen. Vontobel-Stiftung (24’000 Swiss Francs, 2009)

2009 Acute and chronic deficits of strokes along central vestibular pathways. Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland (20’000 Swiss Francs, 2009)

2010 Tilt-translation discrimination - a causative factor of falls? Koetser Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland (20’000 Swiss Francs, 2010)

2010 Tilt-translation discrimination - a causative factor of falls? Hartmann Müller-Stiftung für medizinische Forschung, Zurich, Switzerland (20’000 Swiss Francs, 2010)