Francesca Graziano is a 38-year-old Neurosurgeon at ARNAS Garibaldi in Catania. She is Honorary Professor at the University Hospital in Palermo. She has published over 77 papers in international scientific journals. She is involved in several international research lines regarding the role of heat shock proteins and micro RNAs in human brain tumors and on the proinflammatory response of the human spine dura mater in degenerative vertebral diseases. She practices general neurosurgery with particular expertise on neurooncology and on neuromodulation. She was the Italian youngest female in neurosurgery to obtain eligibility for Associate Professor at 36 years of age.