CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Address: Corrado Betterle Department of Medicine (DIMED) Via Ospedale 105 35126 Padova - Italy Tel. 0039-049-8214273 Fax 0039-049-657391 e-mail: corrado.betterle@unipd.it Date of birth: September 6, 1946 Place of birth: Venice, Italy Education: College, Liceo Classico Istituto Cavanis, Venice, Italia. 1966-1971 Padova University Medical School, Padova, Italy Graduated in Medicine summa cum laude in July 1971 in Padova Postdoctoral training Internship and Residencies: 1971-1974 Intern in Medicine, University of Padova 1971-1975 Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Padova 1975-1976 Resident in Endocrinology, University of Padova 1976-1979 Resident in Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Florence, Research Fellowships: 1978 and 1984 Visiting fellowship at Middlesex Hospital, Dept; of Immunology, London 1997 Visiting Professor at London Hospital, Dept. of Immunology Licensure and Certifications: 1972 State Licensure Examination (Italy) 1976 Diploma in Internal Medicine, University of Padova, Italy 1976 Diploma in Endocrinology, University of Padova, Italy 1979 Diploma in Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Florence, Italy Appointments:
1971-1984 Instructor in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Institute of Semeiotica Medica, University of Padova, 1984-Present Associate Professor in Clinical Immunology, University of Padova, Medical School, Italy For the period 09-2012-10-2013 Director of the Endocrine Unit at the Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Padova, Italy Awards and Honors: 1. Annual Funds by Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research 2. Annual Funds from CNR, Italy 3. Ministero dell Università della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica 40% on Addison Disease: Pathogenesis and Related disorders 4. Ministero dell Università della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica 40% on Premature Ovarian Failure 5. European Community Project FP6: EURAPS Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I a rare disorder of childhood as a model for autoimmunity LSHM-CT-2005-005223 6. European Community Project FP7-HEALTH-2007-A-201167 EURADRENAL: Pathophysiology and natural course of autoimmune adrenal failure in Europe. Membership in Professional Societies: 1) Immunology and Diabetes Society 2) Italian Society of Immunology and Allergy 3) Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) 4) Associazione Medici Endocrinologi (AME) 5) Associazione Italiana della Tiroide Major research Interests: Immunology of diabetes and pre-diabetes, Immunology of Addison s disease and pre-addison s, Immunology of gonadal insufficiency, Gastric autoimmunity, Parathyroid autoimmunity, Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes, Thyroid autoimmunity.
Referee for the following Journals: 1. American Family Physician 2. Autoimmune Diseases 3. Autoimmunity 4. Autoimmunity Highlights 5. Case Reports in Medicine 6. Clinical Endocrinology 7. Clinical and Experimental Immunology 8. Diabetes 9. Diabetologia 10. Diabetes Care 11. Diabetes Metabolism Reviews 12. Diabetic Medicine 13. Endocrine 14. Endocrine Reviews 15. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes 16. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology (EOMT) 17. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs (EOID). 18. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 19. European Journal of Endocrinology 20. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 21. Journal of Endocrinology 22. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 23. Journal of Hepatology 24. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 25. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 26. Giornale Italiano di Diabetologia 27. Hormones 28. Hormone Research 29. Hormone Research in Pediatrics 30. Human Reproduction 31. International Journal of Endocrinology 32. l Endocrinologo 33. Minerva Endocrinologica 34. Metabolism: Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolism 35. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 36. New England Journal Medicine 37. The Journal of Pediatrics 38. The Lancet
Editorial Advisory Board Member of the: 1. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2. Autoimmune Diseases 3. Autoimmuniy Highlight 4. l Endocrinologo 5. Acta Bio Medica Atenei Parmensis Publications a) 300 papers in many national and international journals with an impact factor of more than 600. b) 2 Books published in Italy: 1 entitled: Gli Autoanticorpi. Editore Piccin Padova, 1997 1 entitled: Le Malattie Autoimmuni. Editore Piccin Padova, 2001 c) 15 Chapters on Books on Autoimmune Diseases, Endocrinology or Internal Medicine. 1) C. BETTERLE, R. ZANCHETTA LA DIAGNOSTICA DI LABORATORIO DELLE ENDOCRINOPATIE AUTOIMMUNI. SU: TRATTATO ITALIANO DI MEDICINA DI LABORATORIO. BURLINA (ED.). PICCIN EDITORE. PADOVA. 2000 2) C. BETTERLE, R. ZANCHETTA ADRENALITIS. SU: THE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. FOURTH EDITION N. ROSE AND MACKAY (EDITORS). ACADEMIC PRESS, NY. PAGG.501-514; 2006. 3) C. BETTERLE: ADDISON S DISEASE AND AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROMES. SU: IMMUNOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. GROUSOS (ED). DEKKER INC. NY. PAGG 491-536;2004. 4) C. BETTERLE ADDISON S DISEASE AND POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROMES. In: IMMUNOENDOCRINOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASES. GEENEN/CHROSUS (EDITORS). MARCEL DEKKER INC. PUBLISHER. NEW YORK, PAGG. 491-536;2004. 5) C. BETTERLE, COCO G, ZANCHETTA R. ADRENAL CORTEX AUTOANTIBODIES IN EUADRENAL PATIENTS. In: AUTOIMMUNE ENDOCRINE DISORDERS BEST PRACTICE AND RESEARCH IN CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. WIERSINGA WM (GUEST EDITOR). ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. PAGG 81-105; 2005. 6) C. BETTERLE, ZANCHETTA R, CHEN S, FURMANIAK J. AUTOANTIBODIES TO ADRENAL, GONADAL TISSUES AND STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES. In: AUTOANTIBODIES. SHOENFELD Y, MERONI PL, GERSHWIN ME (EDS). ELSEVIER AMSTERDAM. PAGG. 389-402; 2007. 7) C. BETTERLE, ZANCHETTA R, PRESOTTO F. ADDISON S DISEASE. In: AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. WEETMAN A. (ED.). HUMANA PRESS INC. TOTOWA N. J. (USA) PAGG. 303-329; 2008. 8) C. BETTERLE, PRESOTTO F. POLYGLANDULAR AUTOIMMUNE ENDOCRINE DISEASES In: ENDOCRINE MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. SA Walker & LJ Jara (Eds.)
THE HANDBOOK OF SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. R.A. Asherson (Series Ed.) ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM. PAGG.135-148;2008. 9) C. BETTERLE AUTOIMMUNE PARATHYROID DISEASE. In: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR THE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Y. SHOENFELD, R. CERVERA, M. E. GERSHWIN (EDITORS) HUMANA PRESS. TOTOWA N. J. (USA). PAGG 259-264;2008. 10. C. BETTERLE, F. PRESOTTO, R. ZANCHETTA CLASSIFICAZIONE E FISIOPATOLOGIA DELLE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI ORGANO- SPECIFICHE. In: IL LABORATORIO NELLE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI ORGANO SPECIFICHE. R. TOZZOLI, N. BIZZARO, D, VILLALTA, E. TONUTTI, A, PINCHERA (Eds.) SOCIETA EDITRICE ESCULAPIO, BOLOGNA, ITALIA. PAGG. 1-13; 2009. 11. C. BETTERLE LE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI DEL SURRENE. In: IL LABORATORIO NELLE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI ORGANO SPECIFICHE. R. TOZZOLI, N. BIZZARO, D, VILLALTA, E. TONUTTI, A, PINCHERA (Eds.) SOCIETA EDITRICE ESCULAPIO, BOLOGNA, ITALIA.PAGG. 173-202; 2009. 12. C. BETTERLE GLI AUTOANTICORPI NELLE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI DEL SURRENE. In: IL LABORATORIO NELLE MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI ORGANO SPECIFICHE. R. TOZZOLI, N. BIZZARO, D, VILLALTA, E. TONUTTI, A, PINCHERA (Eds.) SOCIETA EDITRICE ESCULAPIO, BOLOGNA, ITALIA. PAGG. 203-216; 2009. 13. C. BETTERLE, F. PRESOTTO ORGAN-SPECIFIC AUTOIMMUNITY IN HCV-POSITIVE PATIENTS. In: HCV INFECTION AND CRYOGLOBULINEMIA Dammacco (ed) Springer Verlag Publishing Company 2010 14 C. BETTERLE, R. ZANCHETTA ADRENALITIS. IN: THE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. FIFTH EDITION MACKAY (EDITORS). ACADEMIC PRESS, NY. IN PRESS 2012. N. ROSE AND 15. D. NACAMULLI, D. PETRICCA, C. MIAN, C. BETTERLE. SELENIUM IN AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS On: 'Selenium: Chemistry, Analysis. Function and Effects' Prof Victor R Preedy In press 2015. Prof. Corrado Betterle