Professional experience
Experience as a Cardiologist and Internist and as a researcher in university and hospital settings in Italy and England. Experience as Clinical Director in the pharmaceutical industry (Belgium and USA). Experience as a Medical Officer in National Health Service (SSN) hospitals, Director of an Internal Medicine Complex Operating Unit (UOC) and Head of Department within the SSN.
1981–1985: Resident Physician, Clinica Medica I, University of Padua (Dir. Prof. C. Dal Palù)
1985–1989: National Heart & Lung Institute, London (UK) – Research Fellow and Honorary Registrar (Dir. Prof. P. A. Poole-Wilson)
1989–1991: Bristol Myers Squibb Intl. Corp – Director Cardiovascular Research Europe (based in Brussels)
1991–1999: Assistant Head Physician, Divisione Medica 1 Clinicizzata (university-affiliated medical division), Ospedale Civile, Venice (Head of the Regional Hypertension Centre)
1999–2002: Head Physician and Director of the Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Adria Hospital (RO)
Sept. 2002 – June 2014: Director of Medicine and of the Medical Area Department, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Vicenza
June 2014 – Dec. 2019: Director of the Medicine Unit, Ospedale Sant’Antonio, ULSS 6 Padua
Jan. 2020 – present: Director of Medicine, OSA, Padua University Hospital
From 1 June 2020 – 31/04/2023: Director of the Medical Area Department, OSA (retired from 31/04/2023)
Most recent employer: Padua University Hospital
Education and training
Secondary school diploma (science): Liceo G. B. Benedetti, Venice
Degree in Medicine and Surgery (1981), University of Padua: 110/110
Specialisation in Cardiology (1985), University of Padua: highest marks cum laude
Specialisation in Internal Medicine (1997), University of Padua: highest marks cum laude
PhD in Cardiac Medicine (1993): Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, University of London (UK)
Main professional skills
Clinical experience in cardiology and internal medicine
Experience as Clinical Director in the pharmaceutical industry
International scientific research experience
Experience as Director of a Complex Operating Unit and of a Department of Medicine
Organisation of Emergency Medicine and intensity-of-care Units
Clinical and research interests
Heart failure
Arterial hypertension
Regenerative medicine (stem cells)
Cardiorenal syndromes
Medical emergencies
Non-invasive cardiology techniques
Thromboembolism
Communication / social skills
Coordinator of the Board of Head Physicians, USL 16 – Padua Hospital Trust – IOV (2015–2017)
Technical / organisational skills
Direction and coordination of European cardiovascular research in the pharmaceutical industry
Direction of a Complex Operating Unit and Department of Medicine, including an Emergency section and organisation by intensity of care
Memberships
1992–1995: Adjunct Professor, School of Internal Medicine, University of Padua
1995–2013: Adjunct Professor, School of Cardiology II, University of Padua
Fellow, European Society of Cardiology
Fellow, International Society of Hypertension
Fellow, ANMCO (Associazione Nazionale Cardiologi Ospedalieri – Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists)
Member of SIC (Società Italiana di Cardiologia)
Member of SIIA (Società Italiana Ipertensione Arteriosa)
National President of the FADOI Foundation (Federation of Hospital Internists) – 2014–2016
Past President of FADOI Veneto
Member of the European Board of EFIM (European Federation of Internal Medicine)
Associate Editor, European Journal of Heart Failure
Editor in Chief, Italian Journal of Internal Medicine
Scientific activity
More than 150 scientific publications on PubMed (total Impact Factor approx. 500)
About 150 publications in Italian and international journals
More than 200 abstracts in national and international journals
Invited as chair or speaker at numerous national and international conferences
Recipient of two targeted regional research grants (Heart failure and stem cells; Cardiorenal syndromes)
H-index: 38
Further information
National qualification as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (2013)
Currently a specialist in Cardiology and Internal Medicine at Synlab outpatient clinics, Data Medica Padova and Euganea Medica Padova