Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES
PUBLICATIONS
Interests
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTATION
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Timeline
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Elisabetta de Rinaldis

Elisabetta de Rinaldis

Undergraduate Medical Student (5° Year)

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages

Work History

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Università Campus Bio-Medico Di Roma
09.2023 - 06.2026

Mentor: Gianluca Vadalá, Associate Professor of Orthoapedic Surgery Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome.

Undergraduate Visiting Scholar & Research Assistant

National University of Singapore
03.2025 - 06.2025

Mentor: Dennis Hey, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University of Singapore, Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System. , Deputy Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, Director, Motion-preserving and Minimally-invasive Spine Unit, Alexandra Hospital.

Undergraduate Visiting Observer

Stanford University
09.2023 - 09.2023

Mentor: Serena Wu, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at Stanford University.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of California, San Francisco
08.2023 - 09.2023

Mentor: Jeffrey Lotz, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research David S. Bradford, MD Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and Director Laboratory for Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering and Regeneration.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine And Surgery -

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome
Rome, Italy
04.2001 -

Primary School -

Istituto Paritario Divina Provvidenza
Rome
04.2001 -

Primary School -

Istituto Paritario Suore Orsoline
Milan
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Data analysis and programming (Python)

  • Data collection (EPIC, Excel)

  • Presentation development (PowerPoint, Adobe)

  • Active listening and empathetic communication

  • Leadership and interpersonal collaboration

  • Adaptability and cross-cultural awareness

MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES

  • Social Media Committee Member, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS);
  • Member, Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide (WOW);
  • Member, North American Spine Society (NASS).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ambrosio L, Schol J, Ruiz-Fernández C, Tamagawa S, Joyce K, Nomura A, de Rinaldis E, Sakai D, Papalia R, Vadalà G, Denaro V. Getting to the Core: Exploring the Embryonic Development from Notochord to Nucleus Pulposus. J Dev Biol. 2024 Jul 3;12(3):18. doi: 10.3390/jdb12030018. PMID: 39051200; PMCID: PMC11270426.
  • Ambrosio L, Vadalà G, de Rinaldis E, Muthu S, Ćorluka S, Buser Z, Meisel HJ, Yoon ST, Denaro V; AO Spine Knowledge Forum Degenerative. Discectomy versus sequestrectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Spine J. 2025 Feb;25(2):211-226. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2024.09.007. Epub 2024 Sep 26. PMID: 39341573.
  • Ambrosio, Luca & Schol, Jordy & Otani, Yuto & Giorgia, Petrucci & Rinaldis, Elisabetta & Tamagawa, Shota & Russo, Fabrizio & Papalia, Rocco & Vadalà, Gianluca & Sakai, Daisuke & Denaro, Vincenzo. (2025). The Forgotten Spine Score: Study Protocol for a Novel Patient-Centered Outcome Measure in Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery. Frontiers in Surgery. 12. 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1547829.


Pending Publications

  • Giaccone P, de Rinaldis E, D’Antoni F, Russo F, Ambrosio L, Petrucci G, Merone M, Pecchia L, Iavicoli S, Vadalà G, Papalia R, Denaro V.
    Exploring the biopsychosocial impact of chronic low back pain in workers through artificial intelligence-driven phenotyping.
    Under revision at JOR Spine (Orthopaedic Research Society journal).
    Submitted: January 21, 2025.

Interests

I have a strong interest in sports, particularly skiing and running I enjoy traveling, reading, and exploring art and architecture through exhibitions and auctions I have played the piano since childhood as a personal and creative outlet

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTATION

2025

  • Oral Presentation (Co-First Author)

ISSLS Annual Meeting — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Exploring the biopsychosocial impact of chronic low back pain in workers through artificial intelligence-driven phenotyping. Elisabetta de Rinaldis et al.

Mentor: Gianluca Vadalá, Associate Professor of Orthoapedic Surgery Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Institution: Orthopaedic reaserch Unit of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Universitá Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy

  • Poster Presentation (First Author)

ISSLS Annual Meeting — Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Automated Segmentation of Patient Pen-on-Paper Pain Bodily Maps for Rapid Screening of Chronic Widespread Pain. de Rinaldis et al.

Mentor: Jeffrey Lotz, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research David S. Bradford, MD Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and Director Laboratory for Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

Institution:  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

  • Poster Presentation (Second Author)

ISSLS Annual Meeting — Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Discectomy vs. sequestrectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mentor:Gianluca Vadalá, Associate Professor of Orthoapedic Surgery Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Institution: Orthopaedic reaserch Unit of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Universitá Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy


2024

  • Poster Presentation (First Author)

ISSLS Annual Meeting — Milan, Italy
Differences in demographic and pain-related features between non-specific chronic low back pain patients with or without potential discogenic pain.
Mentor: Jeffrey Lotz, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research David S. Bradford, MD Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and Director Laboratory for Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering and Regeneration;

Institution:  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Poster Presentation (First Author)

ISSLS Annual Meeting — Milan, Italy

The relationship between HRQOL-based recovery trajectories and sagittal balance following surgery for adult spinal deformity. de Rinaldis et al.

Mentor: Jeannie Bailey, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director Laboratory for Digital Orthopaedic Biomechanics;

Institution:  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Oral Presentation (Second Author)

ORS Annual Meeting — Long Beach, California, USA
Local Temporal Variability In Physical Activity May Be More Important For Episodic Pain Trajectory Classification Than Patient-reported Outcomes And Summary Measures Of Activity: Implications For Objective Patient Tracking. Khattab et al.

Mentor: Jeannie Bailey, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director Laboratory for Digital Orthopaedic Biomechanics;

Institution:  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • 8th Annual Meeting of the Singapore Spine Society – Singapore, 2025
  • Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) – Milan, Italy, 2025
  • 24th National Congress of the Italian Orthopaedic Research Society (IORS) – Rome, Italy
  • 3rd National Congress of Women in Orthopaedics (W.O.W.) Italy: “Innovation, Inclusion, and Economic Impact in Orthopaedics and Traumatology” – Rome, Italy,2024
  • 60th Congress of the Lazio Association of Hospital Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons (A.L.O.T.O.) – Rome, Italy,2024
  • 45th National Congress of the Italian Spine Surgery Society and Italian Scoliosis Group (SICV&GIS) – Rome, Italy, 2024

Timeline

Undergraduate Visiting Scholar & Research Assistant

National University of Singapore
03.2025 - 06.2025

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Università Campus Bio-Medico Di Roma
09.2023 - 06.2026

Undergraduate Visiting Observer

Stanford University
09.2023 - 09.2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of California, San Francisco
08.2023 - 09.2023

Bachelor of Medicine And Surgery -

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome
04.2001 -

Primary School -

Istituto Paritario Divina Provvidenza
04.2001 -

Primary School -

Istituto Paritario Suore Orsoline
04.2001 -
Elisabetta de RinaldisUndergraduate Medical Student (5° Year)