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1 Francesco Cosentino MD Curriculum Vitae (2013) Personal Title Name Speciality Grade Citizenship Work Permit / Visa application needed? Gastroenterology Physician Francesco Cosentino General Surgery Italian EEA UK GMC Reg and Licence to Practise reference number: ALS UK Resuscitation Council New Zealand GMC Elegibility 17/03/2009 reference number : Home Country GMC and Registration Date reference number: Home Country GMC Specialist Reg Date Current addresses : gastro2006@hotmailit Current Address Via Giuseppe Ungaretti n 1/ Gravina di Catania ( ) Other Registration Abdominal Surgery and digestive endoscopy Spec Main areas of interest / Experience Working in the field of gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy for about 30 years Main areas of interest are: inflammatory bowel disease, alteration bowel habit, gastro-oesophageal reflux, celiac disease, gastrointestinal allergy Able to perform: gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polipectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection, dilatation of digestive stenosis, percutaneous endoscopic gastro-stomy, oesophagus stent placement, endoscopic treatment of bleeding ulcers, rubber band ligation and sclerotherapy of varix, rubber band ligation and sclerotherapy of haemorrhoids, sphincterotomy to treat anal fissure Excellent experience in abdominal, renal, breast and neck ULTRASOUND Excellent management of total parenteral nutrition as well as cannulation central veins Education / Qualifications / Training Dates Name & Location of School / College / University Level of course (diploma etc) 03/1985 to 11/1989 Catania s University () General Surgery Specialization 03/1979 to Catania s University () Abdominal surgery and digestive endoscopy Specialization 11/1972 to 07/1978 Catania s University () Medicine and Surgery degree Studio: Via Ungaretti n 3 Gravina di CT ( ) - tel:(0039) cell (0039) Fax (0039)

2 Current Employment From To Department Hospital Country Position / Grade 2010 Curr Gastroenterology & Hepatology Department Milton Keynes General Hospital UK Gastroenterology Physician 2002 Curr General Surgery (Digestive endoscopic service) Villa Rizzo Private Hospital Siracusa Curr Private Practice Studio Medico Gravina Catania Current Employment Description 1 Gastroenterology Department Milton Keynes General Hospital (520 beds) by 9 weekly programmed activities Personal endoscopic list three times a week, Out-department clinic three times a week 2 Nuova Clinica Villa Rizzo is a private Hospital connected to Syracuse Health District Board The surgery Department has fifty beds and two Surgeons He worked there twice a week until he started as Staff Grade at MK Gastroenterology Department, actually he has been working there three days a month 3 Private Practice - Studio Medico Gravina di CT - He worked there daily until 2010 Actually he has been working only some Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning Previous Employment From To Department Hospital Country Position / Grade 8/ /1993 Surgical Pathology Department - Medicine Faculty Catania s University () Ospedale S Luigi - Catania Confirmed University Researcher - Clinical 01/ /2000 MDGP Studio Medico Mascalucia (Ct) Head of General Practice Previous Employment Description Consistent basis in teaching activities within the obligatory Internship Clinic ( ICO) in General Surgery Lectures planning for Surgical Symptomotology and Special Surgical Pathology official course and I carried out the role of doctor for public medical assistance too During this period he before completed his training in abdominal surgery and digestive endoscopy specialization and then he carried out the training about General Surgery specialization, too After he completed his digestive endoscopy training and he took on " Digestive Endoscopy Service " of Surgical Pathology Department Across the period of ten years I performed about 1000 endoscopies a year He succeeded in the endoscopic treatment by NDYAG laser regarding untreatable oesophagus and rectal neoplasia he was performing ERCP too Since the year 1985 he was also responsible of Total Parenteral and Enteric nutrition & endoscopy service for the inpatients and outpatients He was first on call 1:7 The board of the Faculty Of Medicine and Surgery, proposed the awarding of higher qualification for the academic years 1989,1990,1991 Studio: Via Ungaretti n 3 Gravina di CT ( ) - tel:(0039) cell (0039) Fax (0039)

3 Previous Employment History From To Department Hospital Country Position / Grade 03/79 08/79 General Surgery Vittorio Emanuele (Catania) Medical internship in the field of General Surgery 01/79 12/79 12/80 12/81 03/79 04/80 04/81 04/82 First Aid and emergency care on Mt Etna SMarta Hospital (Catania) Nicolosi 3 8/ /1993 Surgical Pathology Department - Medicine Faculty Catania s University () Ospedale S Luigi - Catania Confirmed University Researcher - Clinical 07/82 10/2000 General Medicine Catania Health District Board General Practitioner 01/98 12/2003 General Surgery (Digestive endoscopic service) Centro Catanese di Oncologia (Private Hospital connected to HDB) Procedure Method Technique Skill Experience Milton Keynes GH - NHS Foundation Trust UK 11/5/ /5/2012 O (Operated) A (Assisted) Diagnostic Gastroscopy Therapeutic Gastroscopy 87 0 Diagnostic Colonoscopy Therapeutic Colonoscopy Total for period Total for period 555 Flexi-sigmoidoscopy Therapeutic 28 0 Total for period Procedure Method Technique Skill Experience Casa di Cura Villa Rizzo Siracusa Private Hospital ( DHB) 1/ /2010 1/ /2009 Operated / Assisted O A O A Gastroscopy Colonoscopy Polipectomy Endoscopic gastrostomy Mucosectomy Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) Studio: Via Ungaretti n 3 Gravina di CT ( ) - tel:(0039) cell (0039) Fax (0039)

4 Rubber band ligation varix Rubber band ligation hemorrhoid Oesophagus stent placement Abdominal ultrasound Portal venous system Eco-color-doppler Breast ultrasound Neck ultrasound Teaching Responsibilities 4 Date 11/ / / / / / /2009 Academic Years 2010/2012 Complementary therapies in surgery for endocrine gland diseases Specialization School of Endocrinology Catania s University Surgical physiopathology of nutritional conditions Specialization course for parenteral and enteral artificial feeding during hospitalization and home care Catania s University Training for General Medical Practice- Health Minister Sicily Government Training for General Medical Practice -Health Minister Sicily Government Training for General Medical Practice -Health Minister Sicily Government Training for General Medicine Practice-Health Minister Sicily Government Courses / Conferences Date 17-19/ / / / / /3-1/4/ /12 / 2008 Coeliac Disease 12/07/ /02/ / /08 to 1/09/ /03/2012 O2/05/ /05/ /05/ /05/ /05// /05/ /05/2012 Novel development in digestive disease Cirrhosis and its complications Hot topics in the treatment of GI disorders Management of patients with chronic liver disease Approach to the patient with disorders of intestinal function New developments in digestive endoscopy Medical management of bleeding varices and portal hypertension s complications Contrast enhancement ultrasound (CEUS) and focal hepatic lesions The ultrasounds in the urgency-emergency-advanced Course Digestive endoscopy in surgery patient Basic Life Support Basic Life Support Advance Life Support (UK resuscitation Council ) The preoperative removal of colonic polyps synchronous neoplasia Clinical management of gastric lynphoma The management of gastrointestinal complications in digestive endoscopy Recanalization prosthetic colon: by bridge-to-surgery to palliation The reporting quality of endoscopy The clinical Audit Advanced course in pharmacovigilance : clinical aspects Studio: Via Ungaretti n 3 Gravina di CT ( ) - tel:(0039) cell (0039) Fax (0039)

5 27/05/ /05/2012 Ultrasound with contrast agents : CEUS general principles and study of the liver The safety of patients and practitioners Scientific Publications and Academic Awards Date YY Description 1978 to publications in National and International journals dealing some aspects of digestive diseases including the therapeutic treatment of inoperable digestive patients 5 Professional Memberships Italian digestive endoscopy society(sied) membership Medicine and Biology Italian Ultrasound Society ( SIUMB) membership ISDE (International Society Doctor for the Environment) Declaration I declare that the information contained in this Curriculum Vitae are true and accurate Studio: Via Ungaretti n 3 Gravina di CT ( ) - tel:(0039) cell (0039) Fax (0039)

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