Biography

Raffaele Pilla, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Doctor Europaeus, received his Masters degree in Pharmacy at DAnnunzio University in Chieti, Italy in 2005, where he also served internships at the Cell Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratories. He received his Doctor Europaeus in 2010 at Pitie-Salpetriere Institute in Paris, France. In 2010, he achieved his Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pathology of Muscle at D Annunzio University in Chieti, Italy. Later, he was hired as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida on two research grants respectively funded by the Office of Naval Research (US Navy) and Divers Alert Network. Dr. Pilla has also been involved in ongoing research on the use of ketone esters. He has widely written and lectured internationally. Dr. Pilla is currently working as a pharmacist in Benevento, Italy and as a clinical research coordinator between USA and Italy.

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Research Interest

Neurology - Epilepsy - Brain Cancers - Metastatic Cancers - Ketone Esters adopted in the metabolic treatment of epilepsy and cancer - Ketogenic Diet administered in patients affected by epilepsy and cancer - Alzheimers disease - Glut 1 deficiency syndrome - Traumatic brain injury - Hyperbaric/hypobaric physiology - Hyperbaric/hypobaric chamber.