CURRENT POSITION: Associate Professor, scientific disciplinary sector MEDS-07/B, Medicine and Surgery, Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna, Unife.
QUALIFICATIONS
25/07/2002 - Degree in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum laude), Unibo
09/07/2003 - Registration in the register of Physicians-Surgeons of the province of Forlì-Cesena
07/11/2006 - Specialization in Cardiology at the University of Bologna (70/70 cum laude)
26/05/2010 - PhD in Pathophysiology of Heart Failure, Unibo
From 01/01/2008 to 01/01/2010 technical-professional training internship in the field of electrophysiology and heart failure at the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center of Leiden (The Netherlands)
From 04/09/2010 to 30/09/2011 Technical-professional training internship in the field of interventional electrophysiology with a particular focus on three-dimensional mapping systems and their use in complex ablations c/o Prof. Carlo Pappone (Casa di Cura Maria Cecilia, Cotignola, RA)
10/05/2011 Winner of the competition for permanent Medical Director in Cardiology at the Policlinico S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara and subsequent hiring as Medical Director in Cardiology I level
03/11/2015 - Second PhD at the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center of Leiden (Netherlands) with the presentation and publication of the book entitled: "Left Ventricular Mechanics in Advanced Heart Failure Patients"
10.08.2016 Successful completion of the Certification Exam in Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Written assessment: EHRA Level 1 Certified Electrophysiology Specialist (ECES 1)
23.3.2017 achievement of the title of Fellow of the AIAC (FAIAC)
November 2017 achievement of national scientific qualification as Professor of Band II, VALID FROM 11/30/2017 TO 11/30/2023 (art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10)
December 2017 successful passing of the Certification Exam in Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Written assessment: EHRA level 2 certified electrophysiology specialist (ECES 2)
06/09/2020 winner of the competition for Associate University Professor at the University of Ferrara pursuant to art. 18, paragraph 4 of Law 240/2010 (06/D1 - MED/11) - D.R. 27 January 2020, n. 108
1.12.2020 Permanent employment as Associate Professor at the University of Ferrara, in service at the University Cardiology Center (Arcispedale S. Anna), Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna.
2.10.2022 achievement of national scientific qualification as a Professor of Band I, VALID FROM 02/10/2022 TO 02/10/2032 (art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10)
Member of the Research Doctorate Board of the University of Ferrara since 2022.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Teacher of Medicine and Surgery and in the following Degree Courses belonging to Unife: Motor Sciences, Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Motor Activity, Biotechnology.
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
1.6.2016 Head of cardiogenetics clinic with focus on hereditary arrhythmic syndromes
1.1.2016 Head of AOUFE electrophysiology laboratory with functions of control, organization and management of the budget (21.9) and of the dedicated staff (3 doctors and 8 professional nurses and 1 cardiology technician)
1.1.2016 Head of Pacemaker, Implantable Defibrillator and Loop Record control and programming clinic
1.1.2016 Head of remote monitoring of patients with implantable defibrillators, loop records or pacemakers
1.1.2018 Head of Thalassemia clinic with particular focus on arrhythmias in Thalassemia patients
Involved from 2010 to date in the theoretical-practical teaching activities aimed at the students listed below:
• practical internship in the Arrhythmia clinic and in the electrostimulation/electrophysiology for all students
• Optional Course Reasoned Reading of the ECG always aimed at students
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Specialization School of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2014 to today
• theoretical and practical organization of the internship aimed at electrostimulation-electrophysiology of the specialization school of cardiovascular diseases of the University of Ferrara from 2014 to today
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the School of Motor Sciences of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2022 to today
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the School of Biotechnology of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2021 to today
• Professor of cardiology with a focus on arrhythmology at the Biomedical Engineering degree course of the University of Bologna based in Cesena
Member of the working group for PDTA stroke, PDTA femoral fracture and PDTA on the management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs in non-cardiac surgery
Author of the protocol of indications on antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing pacemaker or defibrillator or loop recorder implantation
Author of the protocol of indications on the management of anticoagulant, antiplatelet and antiarrhythmic drugs before, during and after pacemaker, implantable defibrillator, loop recorder and transcatheter ablations procedures
Referent for the province of Ferrara of the arrhythmia network (“Arrhythmia team”)
Regional President of AIAC from 2016 to 2020
Member of the AIAC National Board of Directors since 2020 with the role of Treasurer from 2022 to 2024
January 2023 assignment of a highly specialized professional role called “interventional arrhythmology” pertaining to the operational unit of cardiology
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
- Publications: 236 articles in international scientific journals, H index =41, Citations: 5678 (20 January 2025, Scopus) 3 Book chapters, Editor in 4 international Journals. Over 200 presentations have been presented as posters or communications in International and National Congresses.
Main Research Projects:
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation epidemiology, risk factors, pharmacological and ablative treatments
- Ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias
- Prevention of sudden death
- Cardiogenetics with particular focus on channelopathies and juvenile conduction disorders
- Traditional and physiological cardiac pacing
INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Able to perform all types of interventional procedures in the field of electrophysiology and cardiac pacing
In particular:
To date, over 2500 ablation procedures have been performed (including simple ablations up to epicardial ventricular tachycardias), over 3500 pacemaker implants (over 500 conduction system pacing implants, CSP, and over 100 cardiac resynchronizer implants, CRTp), loop recorders or defibrillators (over 350 CRTd resynchronizer implants, and over 100 conduction system pacing implants (CSP-ICD) and over 700 pericardiocenteses
QUALIFICATIONS
25/07/2002 - Degree in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum laude), Unibo
09/07/2003 - Registration in the register of Physicians-Surgeons of the province of Forlì-Cesena
07/11/2006 - Specialization in Cardiology at the University of Bologna (70/70 cum laude)
26/05/2010 - PhD in Pathophysiology of Heart Failure, Unibo
From 01/01/2008 to 01/01/2010 technical-professional training internship in the field of electrophysiology and heart failure at the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center of Leiden (The Netherlands)
From 04/09/2010 to 30/09/2011 Technical-professional training internship in the field of interventional electrophysiology with a particular focus on three-dimensional mapping systems and their use in complex ablations c/o Prof. Carlo Pappone (Casa di Cura Maria Cecilia, Cotignola, RA)
10/05/2011 Winner of the competition for permanent Medical Director in Cardiology at the Policlinico S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara and subsequent hiring as Medical Director in Cardiology I level
03/11/2015 - Second PhD at the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center of Leiden (Netherlands) with the presentation and publication of the book entitled: "Left Ventricular Mechanics in Advanced Heart Failure Patients"
10.08.2016 Successful completion of the Certification Exam in Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Written assessment: EHRA Level 1 Certified Electrophysiology Specialist (ECES 1)
23.3.2017 achievement of the title of Fellow of the AIAC (FAIAC)
November 2017 achievement of national scientific qualification as Professor of Band II, VALID FROM 11/30/2017 TO 11/30/2023 (art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10)
December 2017 successful passing of the Certification Exam in Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Written assessment: EHRA level 2 certified electrophysiology specialist (ECES 2)
06/09/2020 winner of the competition for Associate University Professor at the University of Ferrara pursuant to art. 18, paragraph 4 of Law 240/2010 (06/D1 - MED/11) - D.R. 27 January 2020, n. 108
1.12.2020 Permanent employment as Associate Professor at the University of Ferrara, in service at the University Cardiology Center (Arcispedale S. Anna), Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna.
2.10.2022 achievement of national scientific qualification as a Professor of Band I, VALID FROM 02/10/2022 TO 02/10/2032 (art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10)
Member of the Research Doctorate Board of the University of Ferrara since 2022.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Teacher of Medicine and Surgery and in the following Degree Courses belonging to Unife: Motor Sciences, Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Motor Activity, Biotechnology.
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
1.6.2016 Head of cardiogenetics clinic with focus on hereditary arrhythmic syndromes
1.1.2016 Head of AOUFE electrophysiology laboratory with functions of control, organization and management of the budget (21.9) and of the dedicated staff (3 doctors and 8 professional nurses and 1 cardiology technician)
1.1.2016 Head of Pacemaker, Implantable Defibrillator and Loop Record control and programming clinic
1.1.2016 Head of remote monitoring of patients with implantable defibrillators, loop records or pacemakers
1.1.2018 Head of Thalassemia clinic with particular focus on arrhythmias in Thalassemia patients
Involved from 2010 to date in the theoretical-practical teaching activities aimed at the students listed below:
• practical internship in the Arrhythmia clinic and in the electrostimulation/electrophysiology for all students
• Optional Course Reasoned Reading of the ECG always aimed at students
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Specialization School of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2014 to today
• theoretical and practical organization of the internship aimed at electrostimulation-electrophysiology of the specialization school of cardiovascular diseases of the University of Ferrara from 2014 to today
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the School of Motor Sciences of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2022 to today
• Teaching of Cardiovascular Diseases in the School of Biotechnology of the University of Ferrara: Cardiovascular Diseases from 2021 to today
• Professor of cardiology with a focus on arrhythmology at the Biomedical Engineering degree course of the University of Bologna based in Cesena
Member of the working group for PDTA stroke, PDTA femoral fracture and PDTA on the management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs in non-cardiac surgery
Author of the protocol of indications on antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing pacemaker or defibrillator or loop recorder implantation
Author of the protocol of indications on the management of anticoagulant, antiplatelet and antiarrhythmic drugs before, during and after pacemaker, implantable defibrillator, loop recorder and transcatheter ablations procedures
Referent for the province of Ferrara of the arrhythmia network (“Arrhythmia team”)
Regional President of AIAC from 2016 to 2020
Member of the AIAC National Board of Directors since 2020 with the role of Treasurer from 2022 to 2024
January 2023 assignment of a highly specialized professional role called “interventional arrhythmology” pertaining to the operational unit of cardiology
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
- Publications: 236 articles in international scientific journals, H index =41, Citations: 5678 (20 January 2025, Scopus) 3 Book chapters, Editor in 4 international Journals. Over 200 presentations have been presented as posters or communications in International and National Congresses.
Main Research Projects:
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation epidemiology, risk factors, pharmacological and ablative treatments
- Ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias
- Prevention of sudden death
- Cardiogenetics with particular focus on channelopathies and juvenile conduction disorders
- Traditional and physiological cardiac pacing
INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Able to perform all types of interventional procedures in the field of electrophysiology and cardiac pacing
In particular:
To date, over 2500 ablation procedures have been performed (including simple ablations up to epicardial ventricular tachycardias), over 3500 pacemaker implants (over 500 conduction system pacing implants, CSP, and over 100 cardiac resynchronizer implants, CRTp), loop recorders or defibrillators (over 350 CRTd resynchronizer implants, and over 100 conduction system pacing implants (CSP-ICD) and over 700 pericardiocenteses
