Specialty Certification:
1987 Italian Board of Pediatrics
1991 Sub-Board in Pediatric Rheumatology, Philadelphia, USA
2002 Italian Board of Rheumatology
Education:
1977-83 M.D.; School of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy
Postgraduate Training:
Nov. 1983- July 85 Resident in Pediatrics, Dept. of Pediatrics University of Padova, Italy
July 1985-July 87 Senior Assistant Resident in Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy
July 1987-March 90 Fellow, Grant recipient in Pediatric Rheumatology, Dept. of Pediatrics,
University of Padova Italy,
May 1990–May 1991 Clinical Fellow, Coordinated program in Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
Nov. 1998-Nov 2002 Clinical Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, University of Padova, Italy
Faculty Appointments:
November 1990- Assistant Professor in “Clinical Immunology” Department of Pediatrics,
University of Padova School of Medicine
November 1993- Assistant Professor in “Clinics and Therapy of Onco-hematologic and autoimmune disorders” Pediatric Allergology and Immunology Course, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova School of Medicine
November 2001- Professor in “Rehabilitation in children with chronic illnesses”, Academic Course for Therapists of the Neuro-psychomotricity of the developmental age, University of Padova, School of Medicine
Hospital current positions:
Staff Physician, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova
June 1991- Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department od Pediatrics, University of Padova
May 1990- Consultant, Orthopedics Clinic, University of Padova
June 2000- Consulting Physician, “La Nostra Famiglia”, Institute of Pediatric Rehabilitation;
Conegliano, (TV) Italy
Jan. 2006- Chairman Regional Referral Center for Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Veneto County
Actually, 1st Level Medical Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Italy
Awards
18 November 1999 Pediatric Rheumatology Research Award, American College of Rheumatology, Boston (USA),
27 September 2003 “Uveitis Award”, German Ophthalmology Society (DOG), Berlin (Germany)
5 October 2003, “International Award for the best Poster Presentation”, Pediatric Reumatology European Society (PRES)
Committee Appointments
Chairman, Juvenile Scleroderma Working Group of PRES (Pediatric Rheumatology European Society) for two mandates 2001-2005, reelected 2005-2009
Chairman, Rheumatology Section of the Italian Society of Pediatrics: 2006- 2009
Main field of interest Scleroderma, Uveitis in JIA, Kawasaki disease, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
I CONDUCTED CLINICAL RESEARCH ACCORDING TO GCP AND I AUTHORIZE THE USE OF MY PERSONAL DATA ACCORDING TO D.LGS. N° 196/2003”.
Since 2000, presenter of 64 Lectures as Invited Speaker in International Meetings and 142 in National Meetings
Editorial Reviewer for the most important Journal of Pediatrics, Rheumatology and Dermatology
Publications 22 book chapters, 155 publications in National and International Journals, over 122 in peer-reviewed Journals (Pub-Med JCR 2012) Impact Factor: 561