CURRICULUM VITAE Massimo Giunti
POSITION: Associate Professor
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: November 3rd, 1972 Bologna
NATIONALITY: Italian
TELEPHONE: + 39 051 2097305
EMAIL: massimo.giunti@unibo.it
ADDRESS (work):
School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of
Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum -
University of Bologna. via Tolara di Sopra nr 50 - 40064 -
Ozzano dell' Emilia, Bologna (Italy).
LANGUAGES
Italian:
native
language
English:
good
UNIVERSITARY DEGREES & TITLES
1999: Doctor in Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum -University of Bologna.
2003: Doctor of Philosophy of the Alma Mater Studiorum -
University of Bologna, following the public defense of the thesis "Quali-quantitative evaluation of kidney injury in the dog".
2018: Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ECVECC®)
INSTITUTION ATTENDED AND POSITION OBTAINED
2000-2002: PhD Course of Veterinary Clinical Pathology,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Department,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2004-2007: Staff Researcher, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Veterinary Clinical Department, Alma Mater Studiorum -
University of Bologna.
2007- 2015: Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences -
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2015: Associate Professor, School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2004-2015: Staff Clinician in the Emergency Service and
Intensive Care Unit for Small Animals of the Veterinary Teaching
Hospital Giuseppe Gentile- Alma Mater Studiorum - University
of Bologna.
2012 - 2014: Head of the Emergency Service and Intensive
Care Unit for Small Animals of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Giuseppe Gentile- School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences - Alma Mater
Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2015 - at now: Head of the Clinical Service of Small Animals of the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital Giuseppe Gentile- School of
Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Medical Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of
Bologna
TEACHING
2007: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Small Animals.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Alma Mater Studiorum -
University of Bologna.
2008-2016: Clinical Veterinary Practice of Small Animal
Medicine: Clinical Pathway of Small Animal Emergency and Critical
Care Medicine. School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and of
the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater
Studiorum - University of Bologna.
A.A. 2015/2016 - 2018/2019- Practical activity in the Veterinary University Hospital (36 hrs).School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and of the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
A.A. 2016/2017 - 2018/2019- 69955 - Internal medicine pratical rotation (60 hrs). School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and of the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
A.A. 2016/2017 - 2018/2019- 82712 - Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Small Animals (24 hrs). School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and of the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
INTRAMURAL COMMITEES
2004 - 2010: Member of the Council of the Veterinary Clinical
Department – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alma Mater
Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2004 - 2008: Member of the Board of the Doctorate course in Collateral Diagnostics in Veterinary Internal Medicine - Veterinary Clinical Department - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2009-2011: Member of the Board of the Doctorate School in
Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Clinical Department - Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of
Bologna.
2011 - Foundation of the Department of Veterinary Medical
Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2011 - 2015: Member of the Deliberative Committee of the
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater
Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2012 - Foundation of the School of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
2012 - 2015: Member of the Council of the School of
Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum -
University of Bologna.
FELLOWSHIP
2001 - 2002: clinical fellowship of 6 months at the Small
Animal Clinic of the Department of Clinical Veterinary Science of
the University of Bern (Switzerland) in the Section of
Anesthesiology and Resuscitation under the supervision of Prof.
Yves Moens. August 5-9, 2002: Emergency Course of the Small Animal
Clinic of the Department of Clinical Veterinary Science of the
University of Bern (Switzerland).
2006: research fellowship of 6 months, supported by the grant of
the Marco Polo Program of the University of Bologna, at the School
of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (USA) -
Section of Critical Care, under the supervision of Prof. Cynthia M.
Otto.
2007: research fellowship of 3 months, supported by the grant of
the Marco Polo Program of the University of Bologna, at the School
of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (USA) -
Section of Critical Care, under the supervision of Prof. Cynthia M.
Otto.
MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
VECCS (Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society): 2003-at
present.
EVECCS (European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Society): 2003-at present.
Shock Society: 2006
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
2012 - 2017 -University of Pennsylvania - Program of exchange and collaboration on the biomarkers of critical illness in veterinary medicine (Prof. CM Otto - Prof. M. Giunti)
2017 - 2022 - Memorandum of Agreement- The Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY (USA) and the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Italy) agree to establish a program of exchange and collaboration on the biomarkers of critical illness in veterinary medicine.
Main research topics:
- Biomarker of critical illness with a particular focus on multiorgan dysfunction syndrome in small animal sepsis and SIRS
- Assessment of pre-clinical models (swine) for the study of hypecolesterolemia induced vascular injury (in collaboration with the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy) and gene therapy for retinal diseases (in collaboration with Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine – TIGEM, Naples, Italy)
