
Professor Maurizio Averna
Disclosure details
None declaredFull Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy
Positions and Honors
Academic and Clinical Appointments
2014 -present Director Residency Program in Internal Medicine- University of Palermo- School of Medicine
2016 -present Clinical and Scientific consultant acting as PI for phase I Studies for the Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia – V. Cervello, Palermo, Italy
2015 -present Head, Unit of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital, Palermo, Italy
2012 -present Head, Molecular Biology Diagnostic Laboratory, Central Laboratory of Advanced Diagnosis and Biomedical Research (CLADIBIOR), University Hospital, Palermo, Italy
2009 – 2017 Director of the Residency Program in Internal Medicine, University of Palermo
2008 – 2015 Head, Unit of Internal Medicine and Genetic Dyslipidemias; University Hospital, Palermo, Italy
2008-present Head of the Regional Center for diagnosis and therapy of Rare Inherited Metabolic Diseases
2008 -2013 Coordinator of The PhD Program in Pathophysiology of Metabolism: lipids and lipoproteins, University of Palermo
2005 – 2011 Coordinator of the Degree Program in Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Palermo
2005 -present Full Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy
1996 – 2005 Associate Professor of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Palermo, Italy;
1992 – 1996 Associate Professor of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Catania, Italy;
1983 – 1992 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Palermo Italy;
1976 – 1983 Medical Staff, University of Palermo, Italy
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2013 – Editorial Board of Journal of Lipid Research
2011 – Editorial Board of Cholesterol
2011 – Editorial Board of Journal of Lipids
2010 – Co-Editor NMCD
2004 – Member, American Heart Association
2004 – Member, European atherosclerosis Society
1989 – Member International Atherosclerosis Society
1989 – Member, Italian Atherosclerosis Society
1987 – Member, Italian Internal Medicine Society
1993 – Ad hoc reviewer – Arterioscl Thromb Vasc Biol, Circulation, Stroke, Atherosclerosis, NMCD, Clinical Genetics, Diabetes, PLos One, Journal of Lipid Research, Journal of Clinical Lipidology.
Bibliometry
Author of more than 300 papers.
h-index: Scopus: 43; Google Scholar (my citations): 52
To view the complete scientific production: http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=XeZKSfYAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao