PICOZZI MARIO

Mario Picozzi

EDUCATION
Degree in Medicine and surgery at University of Milan
Masters in Bioethics, Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II, Rome.
PhD in Medical Ethic at University of Siena;
Specialization in Forensic medicine at Insubria University, Varese

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION
Associate Professor of Forensic medicine (Scientific Disciplinary Sector: Med/43 – Discipline: Clinical Ethics) at the School of Medicine of the Insubria University, Varese.
Research affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Science of Life; Center for Clinical Ethics

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Director of the Center for Clinical Ethics of Insubria University, since 2016
Coordinator of the PhD school in Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Medical Humanities, Insubria University, from 2016 to 2018
Director of Graduate School in Forensic Medicine, Insubria University, from 2021.
Member of the Scientific Board of second level Master in Clinical Ethics Consultation, established by UCSC in collaboration with Insubria University of Varese, University Federico II of Naple, and Fondazione Lanza of Padua.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Professor of Forensic Medicine and Bioethics for the following degree courses established by the School of Medicine of Insubria University:
Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery,
Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis,
Master Degree Course in Nursing and Physiotherapy

Professor of Forensic medicine and Bioethics for the following graduate schools established by the School of Medicine of the Insubria University:
Forensic Medicine Anesthesia and Reanimation, Thoracic Surgery, Neurology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Pathological Anatomy, Pediatric.

Professor of Clinical Ethics for the Master in Clinical Ethics Consultation at the “A. Gemelli” School of Medicine of the UCSC, Rome

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Clinical Ethics
Ethics Consultation
Informed consent
Bioethics Education
Ethics Committee
Transplantation
Goals of medicine
Advanced directives

EXCELLENCE
Ethics Consultation
- core competencies of the clinical ethics consultant
- certification and evaluation of the clinical ethics consultant
- neutrality in clinical ethics consultation
- training program for clinical ethics consultation

Informed consent
- for fetal research
- for medical research
- for medical research on minors- in emergency
- by the mentally ill

Transplantation
- allocation of scarce organs
- buying and selling organs
- determination of death
- ethical and legal issues concerning organ donation after circulatory death

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS

Member of Committed Staff of Insubria University for the Project Horizon H2020:
"Virtue based ethics and Integrity of Research: Train-the-Trainer program for Upholding the principles
and practices of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (VIRT2UE)" Call Identifier:
H2020-SwafS-2016-17 (Science with and for Society), Topic: SwafS-27-2017. Coordinator: Guy
Widdershoven, Stichting VUmc, The Netherlands (NL)

Coordinator of PhDprogram in Experimental and Clinical Medicine and Medical Humanities,
Project: Recruiting and Training Physicians-Scientists to Empower Translational
Research: A Multilevel Transdisciplinary Approach Focussed on Methodology, Ethics and Integrity in
Biomedical Research (2017–2023), Fondazione Cariplo - Medical Scientist Training Program 2017


Head of Committed Staff of Insubria University for the Project EU 101006012 “Embedding a
comprehensive ethical dimension to organoïd-based research and resulting technologies (YBRIDA)" Call Identifier: H2020-SwafS-2020-1 (Science with and for Society), Topic: SwafS-28-2020. Coordinator Jan Helge Solbakk, University of Oslo (Norway)



EDITORIAL BOARD
- Member of the Editorial Board of “Rivista per le Medical Humanities”, Bellinzona (Switzerland) since January 2007.
- Member of the Editorial Board of “Studia Bioethica”, Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj, (Rumania) since march 2018
- Member of the Editorial Board of “Medicina Historica”, official Journal of the Italian Society of History of Medicine, Italy, since April 2019.


ETHICS COMMITTEE SERVICES
Ethicist in the Institutional Review Board of Como S. Anna Hospital, 2001-2007
Ethicist in the Institutional Review Board of Legnano Hospital, 2001-2003
Ethicist in the Institutional Review Board of Varese Fondazione Macchi Hospital, 2002-2010;
Chair of Institutional Review Board of Gallarate S. Antonio Hospital 2010-2013
Ethicist in the Clinical Ethics Committee "San Giuseppe Moscati" Fondazione "Istituto Carlo Vismara- Giovanni De
Petri", Cremona, 2009-today


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical Bioethicist, Varese ASST Sette Laghi, 1999-today
Clinical Bioethicist, Brescia ASST Spedali Civili, (areas of involvement: Neonatology) 2018-today
Bioethics consultant, Como ASST Lariana, 2018-today
Bioethics consultant, North Italia Transplant, Milan, 2000-today
Bioethics consultant, Transplant Coordinator, Regione Lombardia, 2016-today



EXTRA-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Academic (Corresponding Member) Pontifical Academy for life
Vice President of GIBCE (Gruppo Interdisciplinare di Bioetica clinica e Consulenza Etica in ambito sanitario)
Member of European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
Member of European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics
Member of the Steering Committee of European Clinical Ethics Network
Chairman of the workgroup “Ethics and organ transplant” of the North Italian Transplant, Milan.