Pathologies of the Respiratory System and Clinical Pharmacology
Scientific activity
Professor at the post-graduate specialization school of thoracic surgery, Bologna University
Memeber of the Board of Directors of the no-profit association Associazione Onlus Prevenzione e Salute Dott. Alessandro Zanasi
Member of: ERS (European Society of PulmonologyPneumologia), ACCP (American College of Chest Physicians), SIF (Società Italiana di Farmacologia)
Author of more than 150 papers and 5 monographies about coughing and other related topics
His studies were the subject of several lectures and communications at national and in ternational congresses and of papers in scientific journals in the field of pulmonology.
Professional career
From 1981 to 1995: physician assistant at the Respiratory Physiopathology Unit and at the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna
Since 1996: managing coordinator of external clinical activities of the Respiratory Physiopathology Unit at responsabile Azienda Ospedaliera S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Since 1996: chairman of AIST (Associazione Italiana Studio Tosse)
2001: Coordinator of the interdisciplinary day hospital clinic for the treatment of thoraco-pulmonary diseases at Azienda Ospedaliera S. Orsola-Malpighi
Since 2006: Director of the Smoking Cessation Center at’Azienda Ospedaliera S. Orsola-Malpighi and local representative of the group “Territorio senza fumo”
Since 2009: vice-president of ATP (Thoraco-Pulmonary Alliance)