Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Bologna since 2014, his research is focused on gastroenterological themes, mainly bile acids metabolism and clinical liver diseases.
Instruction
1995 Graduation with Honors in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna
1996 Italian Medical License, University of Bologna
1999 Specialty in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy with Honors, University of Bologna
1999 -2000 Post Doctoral Fellowship; Liver Center, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Director Prof. James L. Boyer
Academic career
1/12/1999-7/11/2000 – Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology
2004-2011 - Aggregate Professor of Gastroenterology
15/09/2014-today – Associate Professor of Gastroenterology
Teaching
2000 – 2018: Specialty School of Gastroenterology
2010/2011 e 2014/2017: Specialty School of Work Medicine
2004-2011: Gastroenterology in the Triennial Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques
2007 – today: Lecturer in Seminars on Gastroenterology within the School of Medicine and Surgery
Scientific activity
He has done scientific research on:
- Pathophysiology and treatment of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
- Bile acids metabolism
- Molecular basis of cholestasis and apoptosis
- Clinical aspects of hepatic and gastroenterological diseases
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of the biliary tree
- GUT
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology
- Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
- Nature Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol
- World J Gastroenterol
- Placenta
- Current Medical Research & Opinion
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
- Current Gastroenterology Report
Institutional activities
2016-2018 member of the commission for students transfers
Scientific boards
Editorial board member of:
2014-2016: World Journal of Emergency Surgery
2017 – today: World Journal of Hepatology
Other activities
Since the year 2000 he regularly does clinical duties in the S.Orsola-Malpighi Academic Hospital, Section of Gastroenterology including the following:
- Outpatient wards: hepatology, gastroenterology, biliary tree, gastrointestinal tumoirs prevention
- Digestive endoscopy: diagnostic, therapeutic and emergency
- Consultant, Ward of Gastroenterology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Academic Hospital
- Diagnostic abdominal ultrasound
- Rare Diseases: Hemocromatosis, Caroli’s Disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Wilson’s Disease, Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, Duhring’s Herpetiform Dermatitis, Whipple Disease, Alpha1-Antitripsyn Deficiency, Budd-Chiari Syndrome, Primary and Familial Amiloidosis
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy of the biliary tree
Clinical duties organisational roles:
- 2002-2007 Human resources commission for the organisation of outpatient and inpatient wards shifts
- 2002-2016 Emergency digestive endoscopy shifts
- 2011-2016 Organisation of the on call shifts for Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology inpatient wards
He has participated and participates as co-subinvestigator in several multicentric clinical trials.
