Director of Hepatogastroenterology and Immunology Department at Hospital
D. Cotugno in Naples
Senior Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division. Scientific
Director of the AIDS Reference Centre for the Campania Region.
Contracted Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the SUN
University of Naples.
Visiting Scientist , in 1991 and 1993, at the Medical University of
South Carolina, Immunology Diagnostics Division for studies on T cells
with the Professor MF Lavia. Various study periods (1992,1993 and 1994)
with P. Debrè and B. Autran on the role of cytokines and cytofluorimetry
in HIV infection at “The cellular and tissue immunology Laboratories
of the Pitiè-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.
1992- Winner of the “F. Torre” prize, organized by Italian League for
the fight against viral infections for the study of HIV expression in
lymphocyte and macrophage coltures. Coordinator of various researches
on AIDS (Ist. Sup. Sanità 1992,1993 and 1994), multiple sclerosis (AISM,
1995 and 1996), chronic viral hepatitis (The Campania Region, 1996-1999).
Immunology consultant for the liver Transplant Centre, Hospital A Cardarelli,
Naples.
Author of over 100 scientific papers, some on AIDS, multiple sclerosis,
chronic viral hepatitis, published in: AIDS, Eur. Cytokine Netw., J.
Infect Dis., J. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Hepatology, J. Neurology,
Int. J. Immunopathology and Pharmacology, Liver etc.
Author of four books on Medicine on Immunogenetics, HIV infections,
Immunology and Infectious Diseases.