Curriculum
ACTIVE INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Temporary Full Professor
(December 2019 – Present)
Department of Medical Sciences, Scientific-disciplinary sector MED/11 "Cardiovascular Diseases" at the University of Ferrara, under an agreement between the Ferrara Local Health Authority (AUSL Ferrara) and the University of Ferrara for the implementation of specific research programs titled "Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Innovative Model of Adapted Physical Exercise After Acute Coronary Syndrome: the PEPER study", and “Barriers to Telemedicine Intervention in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Demographics and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing the Adherence to a Web-based Health Educational Program after Acute Coronary Syndrome. TELE-PRIDE project (TELEhealth Intervention for PReventive Counseling in Ischemic Heart DiseasE)”.
Adjunct Professor – Specialization School in Cardiovascular Diseases
(2016/17 academic year – Present)
Teaching "Electrostimulation and Electrophysiology", at the University of Ferrara
Director of the Cardio-Thoracovascular Department of the Healthcare Institutions of Ferrara
(June 2023 – Present)
Resolution No. 148, May 31, 2023, AUSL Ferrara
Director of the Hospital Cardiology Units of the Ferrara Local Health Authority
- Cardiology-CCU Unit, SS.ma Annunziata Hospital
(January 2013 – Present)
Resolutions No. 351, December 14, 2012, and No. 210, December 19, 2017, AUSL Ferrara
- Cardiology-CCU Unit, Delta Hospital
(December 2015 – Present)
Resolution No. 297, December 14, 2015, AUSL Ferrara
Chairman of the AIAC national task force on “Imaging in Arrhythmology”
(April 2023 – Present)
National coordinator of the Imaging in Arrhythmology Area of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing (AIAC)
Member of the Regional Coordination Group for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Network
(June 2024 – Present)
Emilia-Romagna Region Health and Social Agency, resolution No. 1060, June 11, 2024
Member of the "Review Commission for Medical Assessments in Competitive Sports"
(January 2016 – Present)
Emilia-Romagna Region Health and Social Agency, determination No. GPG/2016/439)
Member of the Working Group "Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology"
(November 2018 – Present)
Emilia-Romagna Region Health and Social Agency, determination No. 18381, November 12, 2018 – Directorate-General for Health and Welfare)
SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Fellow of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing (AIAC).
Author of 76 indexed publications (citations: 1,605; H-index: 20).
Reviewer for scientific journals, including The Lancet, European Heart Journal, Europace, The American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.
Principal investigator in 20 applied research projects, clinical innovation initiatives, and multicenter registries (national and international).
Speaker/lecturer and moderator at 251 national and international congresses.
Scientific director/committee member of 25 congresses.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT POSITIONS
Deputy Director of the Emergency Department of the Healthcare Institutions of Ferrara
(Jan 2018 – Mar 2020)
Ferrara University Hospital, resolution n. 278 of 27/12/2017, DG AUSL Ferrara
Member of the National Executive Board of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
(2011 – 2014)
Regional President for Emilia-Romagna of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
(2007 – 2010)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Congress of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
(2011 – 2024)
Member of the Regional Executive Board of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO), Emilia-Romagna
(2015 – 2018)
