Francesco Blasi
Professor of Respiratory Medicine in the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation at the University of Milan, Italy; Head of Internal Medicine Department & Respiratory Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Caβ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan. Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center β Lombardia Regional Referral CF Center and member of the Board of Directors, University of Milan.
Current Roles
- Head, Internal Medicine Department & Respiratory Unit, Policlinico di Milano
- Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center (Lombardia Regional Referral CF Center)
- Board Member, University of Milan
Previous Leadership Positions
- President, European Respiratory Society (ERS), 2012 β 2013
- President, Italian Respiratory Society (SIP/IRS), 2016 β 2017
- President, SIP/IRS Research Center, 2017 β 2018
Publication Metrics
Web of Science
Date: 01 Dec 2018
h-Index: 50
Citations: 8 620
Scopus
Date: 01 Dec 2018
h-Index: 53
Citations: 10 680
Google Scholar
Date: 01 Apr 2019
h-Index: 70
Citations: 17 668
Research Interests
- Pneumonia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Bronchiectasis
- Tuberculosis & non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung transplantation
Alberto Papi
Alberto Papi is Professor and Chair of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Ferrara, Italy, and Director of the Respiratory Unit, Emergency Department, University Hospital S. Anna, Ferrara.
Current Roles
- Professor & Chair, Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara
- Director, Respiratory Unit β Emergency Department, University Hospital S. Anna, Ferrara
- Member, GOLD Science Committee (2017 β present)
Previous Academic & Research Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Ferrara (1990 β 2001)
- Visiting Scientist, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Aug 1990 & May 1991)
- Visiting Scientist, Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Padua (1991 β 1992)
- Research Fellow, University Medicine, University of Southampton (Oct 1994 β Dec 1997)
- Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara (Sep 2001 β 2004)
- Full Professor & Head, Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara (Nov 2004 β present)
- Deputy Head, Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara (Nov 2012 β 2017)
- Vice-President, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara (Mar 2014 β 2017)
