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Graduated
at the Medical School of the University of Perugia. Research Fellow
at the University of Pisa, Florence and Rome. After training at the
Departments of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics
at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and Albert Einstein College
of Medicine (AECOM), New York (USA), he became Associate Professor
of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics at AECOM
(1973) and therefater at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome. From
1981 to 1990 he was Professor and Chairman of the 2nd Dept. of Gynaecology
& Obstetrics, University of Perugia, Italy. Since November 1990 he
is Professor and Chairman of the 2nd Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics,
University “La Sapienza” of Rome. In the period 1994-1997 he was Adjunct
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey Medical School and since 1997 is Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
in the same University. Since 1999 he was appointed adjunct Professor
of Obstetrics & Gynecology, NYU Medical School New York. Consultant
and Techical Advisor at Guang-Dong Maternal and Child Health Hospital
in Canton, China. President of the research area of Cosenza-Calabria
of the Italian Research Council (CNR). Director of the Italian PhD
Programme in Perinatology, and Member of the Executive Board of the
International Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology (FIGO). President
of the Italian Section of International Association for Maternal and
Neonatal Health (MCI). In 1984 he founded the Italian Society of Perinatal
Medicine of which he became President (1984-1988). Since 1985 he is
President of the Bioethical Commission of the National Research Council
of Italy. Member of the World Federation of Scientists since 1998
From 1986 to 1988 he was President of the European Association of
Perinatal Medicine and from 1993-1996 of the World Association of
Perinatal Medicine. He founded and is President of the International
Society for New Technology (ISONET) in Gynecology, Reproduction and
Neonatology and of the International Association for the Lung Surfactant
System. Founder of the Mediterranean Society of Human Reproduction
and Neonatology (1998). He coordinates the BIOMED 2 Concerted Action
of the EEC entitled Europe Against Immature Lung (EURAIL) (1998-2001).
His scientific production includes more than 700 papers of which 163
in peer reviewed journals and 44 books in english.
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