Nato a Firenze il 1 agosto 1949. 1978: Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Firenze. 1980: borsa di studio Glaxo. 1982: Specializzazione in Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio e Tisiologia, Università di Firenze. 1985-2001: Tecnico laureato presso la Fisiopatologia Respiratoria dell'Università di Firenze. 1987: Visiting research fellow, Brompton Hospital, University of London, UK. 2001-2004: Ricercatore Confermato di Medicina Respiratoria, Università di Firenze. 2004: Professore Associato di Medicina Respiratoria, Università di Firenze. Linee di ricerca: 1) Fisiopatologia del tono bronchiale; 2) Fisiopatologia del controllo della respirazione; 3)Diagnosi e trattamento della tosse cronica; 4) valutazione clinico-funzionale dei farmaci broncodilatatori.
Autore di oltre 200 pubblicazioni scientifiche delle quali oltre 30 su riviste internazionali con comitato di revisione editoriale, 1 monografie e 3 capitoli di libri editi all'estero. Membro della European Task Forces for the Diagnosis of Cough; Co-presidente della European Task Forces for the Assessment of Cough. Società scientifiche: Fellow del Royal College of Physicians (Londra); American Physiological Society, International Society for the Study of Cough; Associazione Italiana per lo Studio della Tosse.
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1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: August 1, 1949
Place of birth: Firenze, Italy
Marital status: married with Lucia Miniati, 2 children (Tommaso and Matteo)
Home address: "La Cappellina", Via del Canto e Rosaio 10/B, 50030 Vaglia, Firenze.
Work address: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla, 3 - 50134 Firenze (Italia)
Fax : +39-0554223202
Mobile+39-347 38 01 675
2. EDUCATION, DEGREES AND ACADEMIC CAREER
Present academic status: Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence
Past appointments: Medical assistant, Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence (1985-2000)
Research fellow, Service of Respiratory Pathophysiology, (1979-1985)
1963-67 Classic High School “Scuole Pie Fiorentine”, Firenze; Honours in Latin and Literature
1970-79 School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence
Student internships:
- -Orthopedics (1971-73)
- -Respiratory Medicine (1974-79)
1979 M.D. graduation
1980-82 Glaxo fellowship for the study of antihistamines in asthma
1982-85 Postgraduate medical school in Respiratory Medicine
2005-onward Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Lond.)
3. TEACHING ACTIVITY
1992 to present Course in Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Università di Firenze
1996 to present Course in Respiratory Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, Università di Firenze
2000 to present Course in Applied Respiratory Technology, School of Biotechnology
2000 to present Course in Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology during Pregnancy, School of Obstetrics
4. CLINICAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY
1971-73 Internship in Orthopaedic Clinic, Università di Firenze
1974-1979 Internship in Respiratory Medicine, Università di Firenze
1985-2000 Assistant to the diagnostic laboratory of the Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, Università di Firenze
Jan 1987-Jan 1988 Research Fellow at the Clinical Physiology Unit, Brompton Hospital, London
1988-1997 Research Fellow at the Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Firenze
1997 to present Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at the Hospital “I Fraticini”, INRCA, Firenze
2001 to present Associate director of the diagnostic laboratory of the Respiratory
Pathophysiology Unit, Università di Firenze
2001-2003 Member of the European Task Force on Chronic Cough
2004-to present Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine.
Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians (Lon)
5. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
6. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES