Dr. Massimo Pandolfo is Professor of Neurology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada since January 2021. Between 2001 and 2020 he has been Professor of neurology and Director of the Laboratory of Experimental Neurology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.

Dr. Pandolfo has led the team that identified the Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) gene in 1996 and has since been at the forefront of basic, translational and clinical research on FRDA and other ataxias.

In addition to his work on ataxias, Dr. Pandolfo has contributed to the clinical and genetic study of several rare inherited neurological diseases.

Dr. Pandolfo current research focuses on dissecting the pathogenesis of inherited ataxias and on the development of small molecule and gene therapy-based approaches.

Dr. Pandolfo obtained his medical degree from the University of Milan, Italy.