CAFORIO ALIDA LINDA PATRIZIA

Current position: Associate Professor in Cardiology, Dept of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova. Fulfilled National Scientific requirements for Full Professor in Cardiology (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale- I fascia-idonea).

Education:- Medicine and Surgery Degree (honours), Pisa University, 1984; Specialist Diploma (honours) in Cardiology, Pisa University, 1987; Ph.D. in the Faculty of Medicine (field: Cardiovascular Immunology), St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, 1992.

Prizes: - Allievo Sezione di Medicina,Scuola Superiore S. Anna,Pisa 1984; - Perfezionando Sezione di Medicina,Scuola Superiore S. Anna,Pisa 1987; - British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship, 1991; - Research Fellowship, Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Research, 1991; - European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Research Fellowship 1992; - National Research Council target project "FAT.MA" Research Fellow (Rome,Italy),1993; - The Attilio Reale Prize in Basic Cardiology 1996; - “Scholar in Cardiology” Italian Society of Cardiology, 2003; - ESC-Fellow, 1995.

Posts held: - Research Fellow/Honorary Registrar Cardiovascular Research Unit (Prof. A. Maseri), Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, 1986-88; - ResearchRegistrar Dept. of Cardiological Sciences (Prof WJ McKenna), St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, 1988-92; - Honorary Lecturer Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London 1992-98; Consultant cardiologist and Hon Assistant Professor in Cardiology, University of Padova-Azienda ospedaliera di Padova,1999-2018.

Memberships/Committees: Italian Society of Cardiology-Member ,1985; ESC-Fellow, 1995; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation-Member, 1996; ANMCO-Fellow 2000; Italian Society of Cardiology -Nucleus Member of the Working Group on: " Myocardial function,cardiomyopathies and heart failure " 2008-2012; Italian Society of Cardiology –Chairperson of the Working Group on: " Myocardial and pericardial disease" 2010-2011; Italian Society of Cardiology – Coordinator of Working groups cluster on “Anatomy, physiology and cardiovascular pathology”, 2012; ESC-Member of Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases " 1990; ESC-Nucleus Member and Treasurer of Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases " 2010-12; ESC, Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases Task Force on “Myocarditis”, Nucleus Coordinator, 2010-2012; ESC-Vice-Chairperson of Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases " 2013-14; Chairperson of Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases " September 2014-16; Past- Chairperson of Working Group on "Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases " September 2017-18; ESC Congress Programme Committee 2012-2016: “Myocardial and Pericardial disease”; ESC EURobservational Research Programme (EORP)-Long-term cardiomyopathy and myocarditis (LT-CMY) Registry Chair 2018 and current; ESC 2018-2020 Membership Committee (permanent clinical Working Groups’representative); Editorial Board Member. European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacology; Faculty member , PhD Course on specialized Translational Medicine “GB Morgagni”, Padova University.

Publications: ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4901-5655; 497 publications, of which 165 peer-reviewed full papers, indexed in Medline (total IF 1493,052 Journal citation reports-science 2017 edition, H-index 46 (scopus; scopus author ID 7005166754), 243 invited lectures.