Dott.ssa Barbara Zarino

Nel 2010 mi sono laureata presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca in Psicologia Clinica e Neuropsicologia, e specializzata nel 2015 in Psicoterapia ad orientamento Cognitivo-Comportamentale, nella scuola Studi Cognitivi di Milano.

Dal 2010 al 2020 ho maturato esperienza clinica e di ricerca lavorando con le Unità Operative di Neurochirurgia, Neurologia e Neuro-Rianimazione dell'Ospedale Maggiore - Policlinico di Milano. Durante questi anni mi sono dedicata sia alla ricerca, che al lavoro psicologico e neuropsicologico con pazienti oncologici ed affetti da lesioni cerebrali focali. Ho pubblicato ricerche internazionali nell'ambito della neuropsicologia e della neuro-oncologia.

Dal 2015 svolgo la mia attività libero-professionale sul territorio di Milano. Ho collaborato come psicologa-psicoterapeuta presso gli ambulatori di Humanitas e del Centro Medico Sant’Agostino, svolgo la professione di psicologa-psicoterapeuta e neuropsicologa presso il mio studio privato sito in Milano. Mi occupo di disturbi d’ansia, disturbi dell’umore e disturbi di personalità. Ho approfondito la formazione con il metodo EMDR (Eye Movement Desensibilization and Reprocessing) per il trattamento dei disturbi conseguenti al trauma.

Sala, E., Zarino, B., Malchiodi, E., Verrua, E., Carosi, G., Locatelli, M., ... & Mantovani, G. (2015, May). Psychological and neurocognitive evaluation in patients with pituitary adenoma. In Endocrine Abstracts (Vol. 37). Bioscientifica.

Caroli, M., Di Cristofori, A., Lucarella, F., Zottarelli, L., Zarino, B., & Zella, S. (2013). Selection of elderly meningioma patients for surgery using a clinical-radiological grading system as a predictor of outcome. In Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 11: Pineal, Pituitary, and Spinal Tumors (pp. 255-269).

Cocuzza, A., Bertani, G., Conte, G., Aiello, E. N., Zarino, B., Difonzo, T., ... & Saetti, M. C. (2024). Correction to: Verbal learning in frontal patients: area 9 is critical for employing semantic strategies. Neurological Sciences, 45(10), 5111-5112.

Cocuzza, A., Bertani, G., Conte, G., Aiello, E. N., Zarino, B., Difonzo, T., ... & Saetti, M. C. (2024). Verbal learning in frontal patients: area 9 is critical for employing semantic strategies. Neurological Sciences, 45(10), 1-9.

Crepaldi, D., Casarotti, A., Zarino, B., & Papagno, C. (2014). How to become twice more precise in detecting neuropsychological impairments. In Front. Psychol. Conference Abstract: Academy of Aphasia–52nd Annual Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf. fpsyg (Vol. 65).

Fornara, G. A., Di Cristofori, A., Bertani, G. A., Carrabba, G., & Zarino, B. (2018). Constructional apraxia in older patients with brain tumors: considerations with an up-to-date review of the literature. World neurosurgery, 114, e1130-e1137.

Carrabba, G., Fiore, G., Di Cristofori, A., Bana, C., Borellini, L., Zarino, B., ... & Bertani, G. (2022). Diffusion tensor imaging, intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring and small craniotomy: results in a consecutive series of 103 gliomas. Frontiers in Oncology, 12, 897147.

Zarino, B., Verrua, E., Ferrante, E., Sala, E., Carosi, G., Giavoli, C., ... & Mantovani, G. (2019). Cushing’s disease: a prospective case-control study of health-related quality of life and cognitive status before and after surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery, 133(6), 1721-1731.

Carrabba, G., Bertani, G., Cogiamanian, F., Ardolino, G., Zarino, B., Di Cristofori, A., ... & Rampini, P. (2016). Role of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in the resection of thalamic astrocytomas. World Neurosurgery, 94, 50-56.

Meessen, J. M., Abete-Fornara, G., Zarino, B., Castori, M., Tassi, L., Carriero, M. R., ... & Latini, R. (2024). Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations: results from the Treat_CCM trial. Frontiers in neurology, 15, 1338941.

Campanella, R., Guarnaccia, L., Caroli, M., Zarino, B., Carrabba, G., La Verde, N., ... & Marfia, G. (2020). Personalized and translational approach for malignant brain tumors in the era of precision medicine: The strategic contribution of an experienced neurosurgery laboratory in a modern neurosurgery and neuro-oncology department. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 417, 117083.

Di Cristofori, A., Zarino, B., Fanizzi, C., Fornara, G. A., Bertani, G., Rampini, P., ... & Caroli, M. (2017). Analysis of factors influencing the access to concomitant chemo-radiotherapy in elderly patients with high grade gliomas: role of MMSE, age and tumor volume. Journal of neuro-oncology, 134(2), 377-385.

Raneri, F., Zella, M. A. S., Di Cristofori, A., Zarino, B., Pluderi, M., & Spagnoli, D. (2017). Supplementary tests in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a single-center experience with a combined lumbar infusion test and tap test. World neurosurgery, 100, 567-574.

Papagno, C., Casarotti, A., Zarino, B., & Crepaldi, D. (2020). A new test of action verb naming: normative data from 290 Italian adults. Neurological sciences, 41(10), 2811-2817.

Di Cristofori, A., Zarino, B., Bertani, G., Locatelli, M., Rampini, P., Carrabba, G., & Caroli, M. (2018). Surgery in elderly patients with intracranial meningioma: neuropsychological functioning during a long term follow-up. Journal of neuro-oncology, 137(3), 611-619.

Zarino, B., Di Cristofori, A., Fornara, G. A., Bertani, G. A., Locatelli, M., Caroli, M., ... & Carrabba, G. (2020). Long-term follow-up of neuropsychological functions in patients with high grade gliomas: can cognitive status predict patient’s outcome after surgery?. Acta Neurochirurgica, 162(4), 803-812.

Zarino, B., Sirtori, M. A., Meschini, T., Bertani, G. A., Caroli, M., Bana, C., ... & Carrabba, G. (2021). Insular lobe surgery and cognitive impairment in gliomas operated with intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. Acta Neurochirurgica, 163(5), 1279-1289.

Casarotti, A., Papagno, C., & Zarino, B. (2014). Modified Taylor Complex Figure: normative data from 290 adults. Journal of neuropsychology, 8(2), 186-198.

Pivonello, R., Auriemma, R. S., Delli Veneri, A., Dassie, F., Lorusso, R., Ragonese, M., ... & Colao, A. (2022). Global psychological assessment with the evaluation of life and sleep quality and sexual and cognitive function in a large number of patients with acromegaly: a cross-sectional study. European Journal of Endocrinology, 187(6), 823-845.

Lanfranconi, S., Scola, E., Bertani, G. A., Zarino, B., Pallini, R., d’Alessandris, G., ... & Latini, R. (2020). Propranolol for familial cerebral cavernous malformation (Treat_CCM): study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial. Trials, 21(1), 401.

Lanfranconi, S., Scola, E., Meessen, J. M. T. A., Pallini, R., Bertani, G. A., Al-Shahi Salman, R., ... & Latini, R. (2022). Safety and efficacy of propranolol for treatment of familial cerebral cavernous malformations (Treat_CCM): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, phase 2 pilot trial. The Lancet. Neurology, 22(1), 35-44.

Zarino, B., Crespi, M., Launi, M., & Casarotti, A. (2014). A new standardization of semantic verbal fluency test. Neurological Sciences, 35(9), 1405-1411.