Teaching staff

Francesco Nicolini M.D., Ph.D.

Date and place of birth:
27/6/1965, Foggia, Italy

Education:
Graduated in Medicine cum laude on the July 16th 1991 at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, ITALY
Residency program in Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy: 1991-1997
Board in Cardiac Surgery, cum laude, University of Bologna, ITALY: 1997
Ph.D. in Cardiac Surgery at the University of Parma, Italy: 2008

Current Italian Appointment:
Associate Professor in Cardiac Surgery, University of Parma, ITALY

Previous Appointments:
1996: Scientific and surgical fellowship at the Cardio-Thoracic Department of St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein, (Utrecht), The Netherlands.
1997-2000: Assistant heart surgeon at Heart Surgery Unit of “Istituto Clinico Humanitas di Rozzano” (MI), ITALY .
1999-2000: Contract professor at the University of Parma Medical School, ITALY.
2000-2002: Contract researcher at the Chair of Heart Surgery of the University of Parma, Italy.
2002-2006: Assistant heart surgeon at the Cardiac Surgery Unit of the “Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma", Italy.
2004-2005: Contract professor at the specialization in Cardiac Surgery of the University of Parma, Italy.
2006-2014: Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Parma Medical School.

Memberships:
European Society of CardioThoracic Surgery
Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery
Society of Medicine and Natural Sciences of Parma
Referee of the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Referee of the Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Referee of the Journal Dataset Papers in Medicine
Referee of the Journal Frontiers in Pediatric Cardiology