Matteo Fecchio, Ph.D.

Neurology Faculty

My work focuses on translating research into clinical practice by developing and validating diagnostic and prognostic brain-based tools to detect consciousness in critically ill patients with severe brain injuries, and on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness and its loss.

Since 2012, my research has been mainly focused on using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to study how the brain responds to controlled perturbations across different states, including wakefulness, sleep, and disorders of consciousness. 

After training in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Pavia and earning my Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Milan, I joined Dr. Brian Edlow's Lab for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC) in 2020, where I continue to develop tools and implement multimodal assessments to evaluate consciousness in the intensive care unit.