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Michelangelo La Placa

Associate Professor

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Academic discipline: MED/35 Dermatology and Venereal Diseases

Curriculum vitae

Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of Bologna

IRCCS Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine 

Via Massarenti 1

40138 Bologna

ITALY

Ph: +39-051-214.4838

Fax: +39-051-347847

E-mail: michelangelo.laplaca@unibo.it

Brief curriculum

1981-1986: Secondary School (Liceo Classico)

1986-1992: University of Bologna, Medical School

1992-1996: Postgraduate School of Dermatology and Venereology at the University of Bologna

1997-1999: PhD in Dermatological Sciences (three-year course) at the University of Bologna

1996-1998: Visiting Fellow at the Immunology Lab of the IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

2007-2008: Visiting Professor at the Institute of Dermatology (Miller School of Medicine) in Miami, Florida, USA

1998-2020 Assistant Professor of Dermatology

2020 Associate Professor of Dermatology

Research activities

  • Sarcoidosis and noninfectious granulomatous diseases
  • Acne and related disorders
  • Connective tissue disorders and autoimmune blistering disorders
  • Alopecia areata and hair diseases
  • Skin cancer and minor surgery

Author/co-author in more than 100 manuscripts published on Italian and International Medical Journals (PubMed) with impact factor > 350.0

Speaker at > 100 Italian and International Meetings

Board Member in various Conferences, including Italian Dermatology Congress and Italian Immunopathology Meeting

Scientific journal board:

Dermatopathology (Basel)

Member of the following scientific societies:

SIDeMaST (Società Italiana di Dermatologia medica, chirurgica, estetica e delle Malattie Sessualmente Trasmissibili)

AAD (American Academy of Dermatology)