Franco BAZZOLI
Education/Fellowship
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1970 - 1976 School of Medicine, University of Bologna. MD Degree
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1976 - 1980 Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy
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1979 - 1982 Research Fellow in Gastroenterology at the University of Pittsburgh, under Prof Hans Fromm mentorship
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1982 - 1986 Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy
Academic and Clinical Positions:
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1987 - 1992 Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
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1992 - 2001 Associate Professor in Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
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1999 - 2002 Director of the Postgraduate Specialization Program in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy of the University of Bologna.
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2001 -Full Professor in Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
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2005 - Director of the Program for Prevention and early Diagnosis of Digestive Tumours and coordinator of second level program for colorectal cancer screening, Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy
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2010 - Director of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Research:
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Reviewer and on the editorial board of several peer-review journals
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Principal Investigator of several national and international multicentre studies (Coordinator of the Loiano-Monghidororo Project, a population based study on the epidemiology of upper GI diseases)
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Extensive publications in peer-review journals in the fieds of:
•Gallstone disease
•GI cancers
•Helicobacter pylori
Memberships:
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Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE)
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Italian Society for Digestive Endoscopy (SIED - Member of the board 2004 - 2008)
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UNIGASTRO (Italian coordinating authority for education in Gastroenterology - President 2003-2006)
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American Gastroenterological Association (AGA - Member of International Committee 20011-)
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American Association for the study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
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World Gastroenterology Organization (Member of the board of WGO Foundation 2010 -)
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ASNEMGE (Member of the board 2005, general secretary 2007 and President 2009 - 2010)
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UEGF (Member of public Affaire Committee 2008 - 2010, Member of the board as representative of the medical block societies 2008 - 2011, Founder and past Coordinator of the fEMGA, forum for the European Medical Gastroenterology Associations (UEGF medical block) 2008 - 2011)
