CURRICULUM VITAE Mariano Ferraresso, M.D., Ph.D. Birthday and Place : Permanent Address : Nationality : Present Position : August 21 st, 1961. Piove di Sacco (Padova), Italy Via E. Caruso, 2-20133 Milano (Italy) Phone : -39-02715032. E-mail : Mariano.Ferraresso@unimi.it Italian Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief Attending General and Vascular Surgery Unit - University of Milan at the Saint Joseph Hospital, Milan EDUCATION AND TRAINING : 1980-1986 : Medical School at the University of Padua, Ital 1986-1991 : Residency in General Surgery at the University of Padua Medical School, Italy. 1989-1990 Research Fellow Division of Immunology and Organ Transplant, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. 1990-1993 : Visiting Assistant Professor with clinical privileges, Department of General Surgery, Division of Immunology and Organ Transplant, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. 1993-1996 : Ph.D. degree in Experimental and Transplantation Surgery,University of Milan Medical School, Italy. 1996-1999 : Residency in Microsurgery and Experimental Surgery, University of Milan Medical School, Italy. 1999-2000 : European College of Transplantation (Hesperis Course) 2003-2004 : Master in Medical Comunication May 2007 : Visiting Professor Division of Immunology and Organ Transplant, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. 1
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES : 1986 : Medical School Degree (110/110) 1986 : Licence to practice Medicine in Italy 1990 : BLS and ACLS certified 1991 : Italian Board of General Surgery (70/70 cum laudem) 1996 : Ph.D. degree in Experimental and Transplantation Surgery, University of Milan. 1999 : Italian Board of Microsurgery (70/70 cum laudem) 2000 : Fellow of European College of Transplantation 2001 : Associate Professorship in General Surgery, University of Milan Medical School 2013 : National Scientific Qualification Full Professorship General Surgery PREVIOUS POSITIONS : 1989-1991 : E.R. Physician at the 45th Field Hospital U.S. Army, American Hospital, N.A.T.O. base in Vicenza, Italy. 1993-1995 Attending Division of General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, University of Padua, Italy. 1995-1997 Chief Attending Division of General Surgery. Vimercate General Hospital, Milan, Italy 1997-2000 First Attending Division of Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy 2000-2008 Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation. Div. of Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplant. Policlinico- University Hospital, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy 2008- Associate Professor General Surgery Responsible Surgical Clinic of the University of Milan at St. Joseph Hospital, Via San Vittore 12, Milan 2
GRANTS AND AWARDS : 1991 : Grant from the Italian National Council of Research (C.N.R.) for a research project on possible application of biotecnology in organ transplantation. 1992 : "Upjohn Award" from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons for the best paper presented at the XVIII Annual Meeting (Chicago) 1993 : "Transplant Fellow Award" sponsored by the American Society of Transplant Physicians as a co-author of the best paper presented at the Transplant Fellow Workshop (New Orleans). 1995 : Stefanini-Malan Award sponsored by the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation for the best paper presented at the XXV National Congress. 2001 : Grant from Ministry of Scientific Reseach and University for a clinical research project on Calcineurin pharmakokinetic monitoring in pediatric kidney transplant recipients 2002 : Grant from Ministry of Scientific Research and University for a research project on molecular effect of calcineurin inhibitors 2003 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on molecular mechanism of ischemia-reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation 2004 : Grant from the University Hospital Fundation for a research project on a newly developed antibody against C5 for prevenstion of ischemia-reperfusion injury transplantation 2005 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on molecular mechanism of ischemia-reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation 2006 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on the role of CYP3A and MDR1-4 polymorphism in transplantation 2007 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on the role of CYP3A and MDR1-4 polymorphism in Tacrolimus pharmacokinetic 3
2008 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on Everolimus pharmacokinetic in pediatric kidney recipients 2009 : Grant from the Ministry of Health for a research project on Everolimus pharmacokinetic in pediatric kidney recipients 2010-2012 Grant from ADIENNE (Biotech industry) for a project on prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury in a porcine model of kidney transplantation EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY: As a Faculty member Prof. Ferraresso participates at the following teaching activities : Medical School : Clinical surgery and surgical therapy (bi-annual course); The modern pharmacology in transplantation, Ambulatory Surgery. Specialization Schools : General Surgery, Paediatric surgery, Plastic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Surgery of the digestive tract and endoscopy, Anaesthesia and Intensive care, Clinical Immunology, Reumathology. Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine : He is responsible of the Transplantation and Tissue Engineering branch and cohordinates the following teaching activities : Cellular and tissue engineering, Principles of law and bioethics in tissue engineering; Transplant immunology, Experimental models of transplantation. PhD in Surgical Sciences and Transplantation : teaching coordinator PERSONAL AND PROFESIONAL SKILLS As a First Operator he has done more than 2800 surgical procedures and first assisted more than 3500. Its main clinical skill are focusen on : kidney transplan surgery, general surgery and vascular surgery FOREIGN LANGUAGE : English : fluent MEMBERSHIPS : Italian Society for Organ Transplant American Society of Transplant Surgeons European Society for Organ Transplantation International Society of Transplantation International Society of Vascular Access PUBBLICATIONS : 4
143 pubblications on national and international scientific journals (69 with impact factor) mostly on transplantation field 95 oral communications at national and international meetings with published abstracts Referee for : Transplantation Proceedings (Editorial Board), Pediatric nephrology, Pediatric Transplantation, Medical Science Monitoring (Editorial Board), Pharmacogenomics. Molecular Biology Reports, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Journal of Transplantation Technologies & Research (Editorial Board), Case Reports in Transplantation (Editorial Board), Journal of American Society of Nephrology, VASA journal, Dataset Papers in Medicine (Editorial Board), Main fields of interest : kidney transplantation, immunosuppression, pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics 5