Biography

Degree in Medicine and Surgery and Specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Padua. Postgraduate Course in Epidemiology and Research Methodology (University of Verona). Full Professor for the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine discipline at the University of Padua. Director of the School of Specialization in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of the University of Padua Teaching activity at the University of Padua: Holder of the course in "Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine" in the following Degree Courses: a) Specialization in Medicine and Surgery ; b) Physical therapy; Holder of the course in "Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine" in the following Specialization Schools: a) Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; b) Orthopedics and Traumatology; c) Plastic Surgery, d) Community Medicine. Lecturer and member of the Doctoral School in Medical, Clinical and Experimental Sciences (Neurological Sciences). ASSISTANCE ACTIVITY Director of the Complex Operative Unit of Orthopedic Rehabilitation of the University Hospital of Padua. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES Member of numerous Italian and International Scientific Societies; Coordinator or member of numerous national and international research projects in the Rehabilitation sector. Referee for numerous international journals in the rehabilitation sector. Member of the editorial board of numerous journals in the field of Rehabilitation Medicine. National Coordinator of the "THERMAL REHABILITATION" Section of the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Scientific Coordinator of numerous National and International Congresses / Conferences and Refresher Courses The research activity is evidenced by more than 250 publications in full in national international journals or congress acts, national and international in the field of Rehabilitation Medicine, with particular regard to osteo-articular and rheumatic diseases, to new technologies applied to the rehabilitation and rehabilitation of oropharyngeal dysphagia. AWARDS AND AWARDS Awarded at National and International Congresses and by the Veneto Region for research in the field of Rehabilitation Medicine.