Keynote Speaker

Gaetano Serviddio

Gaetano Serviddio was born in Bari on 22 August 1971. He obtained his university degree in Medicine and Surgery on 21 July 1998 “Magna cum laude” with a thesis entitled “Mitochondrial oxidative alterations after partial hepatectomy in the rats”.

Since 1995 he is working in the Internal Medicine Unit at the University of Bari, directed by Prof. O. Albano. During the internship he worked on liver diseases and diabetes and frequented the “Laboratory for the study of free radical diseases” directed by Prof. G. Vendemiale.

In August of 1995 he attended for the Internal Medicine Unit at the “Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève” directed by Prof. Francis Waldvogel as a fellow, with a project of International Federation of Medicine Students Association (IFMSA).

From 1998 to 2003 he has been enrolled in the Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Bari.

1999-2000 he was Medical Officer in the Italian Air Force were he worked on the flyer diseases.

In the 2001 he was attending as a research fellow the Clinical and Pathology Department of Turin University, Biology and Molecular Unit, directed by Prof. Giuseppe Poli, making research activity in the field of ischaemia-reperfusion model of liver damage.

In June 2001 he has obtained a research fellowship of the Italian Society of Pneumology with a project entitled: “COPD and ROS: effects of the s-carbomethylcystein on the bronchus redox balance”.

2002-2004 he was attending the Department of Physiology of the University of Valencia in the team of Prof. José Viña, working with prof. Juan Sastre on mitochondria change during liver disease.

From February 2006 he is Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Foggia and coordinates the activity of the “University centre for research and treatment of Liver diseases”.

He was awarded for the young investigator bursary from the National Society of Internal Medicine in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006 and from the European Association for the Study of the Liver in 2001 and 2004.

His scientific and clinical activities mainly focuses on:
Hepatology: management of patients chronic liver diseases Experimental model of biliary cirrhosis (Bile Duct Ligation), Ischemia/reperfusion injury (Pre- and post-conditioning of the liver and kidney) and Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (MCD diet). Toxicology: human and experimental conditions associated with oxidative stress and glutathione changes in plasma, erythrocytes, liver, mitochondria.

Number of papers: 40 (December 2011)
Total Citations: 810
Hirsch’s index: 15 (Scopus)

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