IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Foundation

The IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Foundation, of national importance, is configured by statute as a participation Foundation, in which the subjects represented on the Board of Directors take on particular importance; the Besta Foundation counts among the Founders the Lombardy Region, the Ministry of Health and the Municipality of Milan which have specific representation within the Board of Directors.

In June 2009 an agreement was stipulated which provided for the entry of the Mariani Foundation as the first private participant alongside the public founders. The Bodies of the Foundation are: the President, the Board of Directors, the General Manager, the Scientific Director and the Board of Statutory Auditors. In the regional and national health framework, the IRCCS Carlo Besta Foundation is a center of excellence for the research and treatment of the most significant neurological diseases. The Besta synergistically combines the activities of scientific research, diagnosis and treatment – which give rise to a continuous improvement of therapeutic efficacy – in the field of clinical and basic neurology and deals with neurological disorders in adults and children, of neurosurgical and oncological pathologies, of chronic and rare diseases.