Qualification 27th March 1957, First Class Honour Degree in Medicine Postgraduate
degrees
1963 Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry
1968 Ph. D. in Medical Pathology and Clinical Methodology
1968 Specialist Certificate in Internal Medicine Previous Hospital Appointments
Since
1957 first as Junior and afterwards as Senior Physician involved in the care
of acute and chronic cardiological patients admitted to the S. Orsola-Malpighi
Hospital in Bologna
1986-1997 Consultant Physician of the Institute of Medical Pathology and the
Coronary Care Unit of Bologna University Previous Academic Appointments 1957
-1969 Research Fellow at the Institute of General Clinical Medicine and at
the Department of Biological Chemistry of Bologna University
1969-1972 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Medicai Pathology of Bologna
University
1972-1981 Associate Professor of Medical Therapy at Bologna University
1981-1985 Professor of Medical Therapy at Bologna University
1986-1992 Professor of Clinical Medicine at Bologna University
1992-1997 Director of the Post-Graduate School of Cardiology of Bologna University
Present Hospital Appointment
From 1997 Consultant Physician at the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardioangiology,
Hepatology of Bologna University, S. Orsola- Malpighi Hospital, Bologna Present
Academic Appointments
From 1992 Professor of Internal Medicine at Bologna University
From 1995 Member of the National Council of Cardiology of the Italian Health
Ministry
From 1982 Teaching assignments at the Postgraduate Medical Schools of Bologna
University, working as Professor for the courses in Cardiology, Cardiovascular
Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Scientific Interests
Pathophysiological studies on coronary artery disease and syndrome x. Morphological
and metabolic changes in the ischemic myocardium. Pathophysiology of heart
failure. Involvement of the immune system in atherosclerosis with particular
interest on the role played by complement components. Systemic hypertension.
Membership of Scientific Societies Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) Italian
Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) . Italian Society of Therapy (SIT) Italian
Society of Interdisciplinar Medicine (ISIM) Italian Society of Cardiovascular
Research (SIRC)