Maria Trojano describes herself as “a strong-willed person” who has always enjoyed solving problems. For her, neurology seems a perfect fit. “Neurology is still one of those fields where you have to use history, information, and examination to arrive at the clinical diagnosis. So you have to solve problems every day”, she says. Trojano is honorary professor emeritus of neurology at the department of translational biomedicine and neurosciences, University of Bari (Bari, Italy), and president of the scientific committee and co-manager of the Italian multiple sclerosis and related disorders register.