GUASTI LUIGINA

Contact data:
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
Department of Medicine and Surgery,
University of Insubria,
Director UOC GERIATRICS,
ASST settelaghi
Via Guicciardini 5, 21100 Varese, Italy.
e-mail: luigina.guasti@uninsubria.it.

Biography:
Place and date of birth:
Piacenza, November 3, 1958

Present position:
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, European Society of Cardiology
Director of the Department of Medicine and Surgery, European Society of Cardiology
Director of the Research Center on Dyslipidemia, European Society of Cardiology
Member of the Senato Accademico of the Insubria University
Head, Unità Complessa Geriatric, ASST settelaghi, Varese
Chair, Council for cardiology Practice of the European Society of Cardiology
Chair, Taskforce on Geriatric Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Previously:
Head, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese.
Director of the School of Geriatrics, University of Insubria, Varese.
Director of the School of Oncology, University of Insubria, Varese.

Education:
Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico Respighi, Piacenza,
Alumnus of Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia
MD Degree (Magna cum laude –top ten-), University of Pavia, 1983
ECFMG (Educational Commission Foreign Medical Graduates) Certification 1985, after FMGEMS (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in Medical Sciences), and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Speciality Degree, University of Pavia, Post Doctoral School of Cardiology, 1987
PhD in Cardiovascular Physiopathology, University of Pavia, 1994
Research training:
Visiting Fellow:
Varsaw, Poland, August 1980
Dublin, Irland, September1982
Rochester, MN, USA, September-November 1985
Qualifications and awards:
Alumnus of Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia
Winner of “Premio” of Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia, and various "Borse di studio" Universita' degli Studi di Pavia and IRCCS-Pol S Matteo, Pavia
Awarded
“Hypertension Specialist” of the European Society of Hypertension (2005),
and “Fellow of the American Heart Association –FAHA-“ (2011)
and "Fellow of the European society of Cardiology".
Since 2008 Director of the Research Center on Dyslipidemia of the University of Insubria

Research interest:
Geriatric Cardiology
Pathophysiology and clinical aspects of Hypertension
Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis
Pain perception
Autonomic cardiovascular system

Teaching experience and appointments:
"Cultore della Materia" for Patologia Medica and Medicina Interna , 1994
“Ricercatore” in Internal Medicine, 1994
Associate Professor in Internal Medicine since 2002

Teaching Experience: At present:
at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria:
Professor of Clinical Physiopathology (Patologia Medica)
Professor of Medical Therapy (clinica medica) Professor of Geriatrics (Clinica Medica) , professor of internal medicine (clinica medica)
at the "lauree brevi faculty of Laurea di Tecnico in Fisiopatologia Cardiocircolatoria e Perfusione Cardiovascolare:
Professor of internal medicine (nefrology and oncology)
at PhD school and various post doctoral Schools, University of Insubria

Clinical activities:
Direction of the medical staff in Geriatrics ASST settelaghi, Varese

Meetings and publications:
Active participant at various international meetings and more than 210 publications (Scopus, pubmed) with a total Hindex of 41