David Della-Morte, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Email: ddellamorte@med.miami.edu  

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 1363
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: 305-243-4790
Fax: 305-243-7081

David Della-Morte received his MD and PhD degrees in Clinical Physiopathology and Experimental Medicine at University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Since 2005, Dr. Della-Morte has been working at the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, and was trained as a Postdoc in Neuroscience at the Cerebrovascular Disease Research Center. He is currently a Research Associate Professor of Neurology there. He is also an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, and the Director of the Geriatric Unit at Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome, Italy, and Co-Director of IC-LOC (Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Studies on Lab-on-Chip and Organ-on-Chip Applications) at the same university. Dr. Della-Morte is involved in both basic and clinical science in the field of aging, metabolic, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. His current research focus is to clarify the pathological pathways linking metabolic diseases with cognitive impairment typical of elderly patients and with genetic disorders, such as Huntington Disease. Moreover, he is currently working on analyzing the role of particular antioxidants enzymes, such as peroxiredoxins, serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK-1), and sirtuins, in delay senescence processes. Dr. Della-Morte is also involved in genetics studies aimed to identify genetic factors influencing the development of vascular aging and cognition.