Marialuisa Zedde is a vascular neurologist who works at the Stroke Unit of Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia. Her primary area of expertise is acute stroke management, small vessel diseases, and hemorrhagic stroke, as well as rare neurovascular disorders and neurosonology. She is an active member of local and regional working groups focused on stroke management pathways, including telestroke. She is also a fellow of the European Stroke Organization (ESO), serving as chair of the ESO Public Relations Committee and co-chair of the Guidelines Publication subcommittee on the Guidelines Board. Additionally, she is the chair of the WISE (Women Initiative against Stroke in Europe) group and a member of the ESO Board of Directors and the Paper of the Month working group. Marialuisa is also a member of the EANcore group, a working group of the European Academy of Neurology focused on COVID-19. Furthermore, she is a member of the guidelines working group (secondary prevention, uncommon causes of stroke, and gender medicine group) of the Italian Stroke Organization (ISO) and a member of the ISO working group focused on uncommon causes of stroke. In the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), she is a member of the working group focused on rare and genetic diseases. Finally, she is an active member of the Italian Society of Neurologists, Neuroradiologists, and Neurosurgeons (SNO) as well as Emergency Neurology (ANEU).