Massimo Pierluigi Di Simone

EDUCATION

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, 1984
• Specialized degree in General Surgery at the University of Bologna, 1989
• Postgraduate training: Surgical Endoscopy University of Hamburg (Germany) Prof. Nib Soehendra April - May 1988; February 1992. Endoscopic Unit Dr. Bedogni, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia (Italy) November, December 1996, January 1997.

• Basic Life Support ANMCO-AHA (Pisa 2008); “BLSD basic” IRC (Bologna 2010);“BLSD provider ” (Bologna 2014)

PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM

• Associate Professor of Surgery at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (21.12. 2020 – to date)
• Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (1.10.2002 - 20.12.2020)
• Assistant of Surgery Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (1.2.1991 al 30.9.2002)
• Chief Surgical Endoscopy Unit - Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Sant’Orsola Research Hospital – Bologna (2005 to date)
• High grade specialization - Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Sant’Orsola Research Hospital – Bologna (2005 – to date)
• Medical assistant Sant’Orsola Hospital – Bologna (since 03/05/1993)

SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM

• Research Centers of Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna: Esophageal Disease; Obesity; Bologna Transcultural Psychosomatic Team.
• Principal investigator in 3 experimental studies on GERD

  Author of 70 published papers (PubMED, SCOPUS, Web of Science)

  Citations

  2181 all 876 5-years

  H- index 24 11

  iH index 43 15

  Author or co-author of 7 book chapters

• Congress organizing commitee: 19.
• Invited Speaker: 73 National and international congresses
• Medical Societies Membership: Italian Society of Surgical Endoscopy (ISSE). Italian Society of Obesity Surgery; Italian Society of Digestive Tract Diseases

  INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Medical activities as a volunteer: Andavadoka Hospital Madagascar (2009) Voipeno Hospital Madagascar (2010); St Francis Referral Hospital Ifakara, Tanzania (2013) Hospital Bethesda Youndè, Camerum (2014); St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda (2015)
• Referent of the agreement for the study and research exchange program between the School of Medicine of the University of Bologna and the St Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS) Ifakara, Tanzania (2015)

• St Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS) Ifakara (Tanzania)
• University of Health Science – Ventiane (LAOS)