Gian Gaetano Ferri was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1965.
He received the Bachelor of Medical Science degree (cum laude) from
the Bologna University, Italy, in 1992.
Graduated (cum laude) specializing in Otorhinolaryngology at
Bologna University in 1996.
Since 1998 he was Assistant Professor at the Department of
Specialist Surgical and Anesthesiological Sciences of the Bologna
University.
Since 1999 he works as otorhinolaryngologist at the
S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital of Bologna.
Since October the 15th, 2014 he is Associate Professor at the
Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine
(DIMEC) of the Bologna University.
He is Professor of the University School of Medicine, Medicine and Surgery, of the
Postgraduate Schools of Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatric Neuropsychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oftalmology, Occupational Medicine
and of the University School of Science in Nursing, all in Bologna.
His scientific activity is documented by many publications (121),
many of them (60) published in peer-reviewed journals cited by
Scopus and most of them are focused on audiological and otological
topics. In fact, he is mainly interested in vestibular schwannomas,
facial nerve paresis, intraoperative monitoring, otoacoustic
emissions, inner ear pathologies and possible links with internal
medicine diseases, vestibular physiopathology. Other actual biblometric data are: 816 citations and
h index= 17 (Scopus).
Member of the Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery.
Reviewer of the following journals: Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Neurosurgery, Medical
Hypotheses, International Journal of Audiology, BioMed Research
International, Journal of Audiology and Otology (JAO), Annals of Otolaryngology and Rhinology, International Journal of Preventive Medicine, Frontiers in Audiology and Otology - Tinnitus, ISRN Otolaryngology and Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat.