Name:
Davide Festi
Date and place of
birth:
July 17, 1949; Bologna, Italy
Citizenship:
Italian
Business Address
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche
Via Massarenti 9, Bologna, 40138, Italy
e-mail: davide.festi@unibo.it
Personal Informations
- MD degree (1973)
- Specialized in Gastroenterology
(1976), University of Bologna
- Specialized in Internal Medicine
(1979), University of Bologna
- Specialized in Biotechnology (1975),
University of Bologna
Academic Positions:
1975 - 1981 Fellow in Gastroenterology,
University of Bologna
1981 - 1992 Assistant Professor of
Gastroenterology, University of Bologna
1992 - 2000 Associated Professor of
Gastroenterology, University of Chieti, Italy
2000 - 2002 Professor of
Gastroenterology, University of Chieti, Italy
2002-
Full Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Bologna
Teaching:
1974-
Continuative assignments in Gastroenterolgy
2000-2002 Director, Postgraduated
School of Gastroenterology, University of Chieti
2001-2002 President, 1st Cycle
Degree in Dietetics, University of Chieti
2008-
Director, Postgraduated School of Gastroenterology, University of
Bologna
2008-
President, 1st Cycle Degree in Dietetics, University of Bologna
2011-
Vice-President, Degree in Medicine, University of Bologna
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Clinical Positions:
1980 - 1992 Staff Gastroenterologist,
Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna
1995- 2002 Staff
Gastroenterologist, SS.Annunziata Hospital, University of
Chieti
2006- 2011 Cohordinator Programm:
Clinical pharmacology in Gastroenterology, Sant'Orsola
Hospital, University of Bologna
2011-
Director, Gastroenterology- Diagnosis
and treatment of biliary tract diseases, S'Orsola Hospital,
University of Bologna
Post-graduate training:
1973
Department of Medicine, University of Dundee, Scotland
1979
Ultrasonic Laboratory, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
1983
Ultrasonic Laboratory, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark
1989
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
USA
Memberships :
1994- 1998 Member councillor Italian Society
of Gastroenterology (SIGE)
1996- 2000 Member councillor
Italian Group for the Study of Gastrointestinal Motility
(GISMAD)
2002-2006 General
Secretariat of the Italia Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE)
American
Society of Gastroenterology (AGA)
Italian Society for the Study of Liver Disease
(AISF)
Appointments at the Italian Ministry of Health
1995-
Expert of the European Agency for the
Evaluation of Medicinal Products
(EMEA)
1997-
Expert of the Italian Agency for Drugs (AIFA)
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Research interests
Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of
hepatobiliary diseases.
Nutrition in gastroenterology
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Reviewer for the following journals :
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Family Physicians
Digestive and Liver Diseases
European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
GUT
Journal of Hepatology
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour
