CURRENT POSITION:

19/02/2018 →                        Medical Manager, Health and Science Department, World Athletics

World Athletics, 6-8, Quai Antoine 1er, MC 98000, Monaco

Formerly known as IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations. Organization in cooperation with local organizing committees of healthcare services for World Athletics Series events worldwide. Support to the competition department for health and sport science related matters. Medical research and project development in the field of health and sport sciences in track and field events and endurance races. Designing and delivering strategies to promote healthy lifestyles, physical activity and performance optimization.

01/01/2017 – 31/01/2018     Medical Research and Development, Sports Medicine Consultant

Med-Ex, Medicine & Exercise, Ferrari Racing Medical Partner, Via Veneto 165, Rome, ITALY.

Team physician for the Scuderia Ferrari World Endurance Championship (WEC) Team and Formula 1 Team. Medical research and project development in the field of healthy lifestyles, promotion of physical activity and performance optimization. Athletes’ pre-participation screening, racing team functional evaluation and cardiovascular screening.

01/08/2016 – 28/06/2018     Sports Medicine Consultant

DeltaMedica, viale Toscana 35, Rozzano sul Naviglio, Milan, ITALY.

Cardiovascular and pre-participation evaluation of competitive athletes and general population. Exercise prescription in subjects with chronic diseases.

16/05/2016 – 28/06/2016    Visiting Researcher funded by the 2016 American College of Sports Medicine Oded Bar-Or International Scholar Award

New England Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

01/07/2015 – 31/01/2018     Sports Medicine Consultant, Research Fellow

Institute of Sports Medicine and Sciences of the Italian National Olympic Committee, CONI, Rome, ITALY.

Research in Sports Cardiology, Sudden Cardiac Death, Pre-participation Screening of Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Cardiopulmonary evaluation of athletes and general population. Exercise prescription in subjects with chronic cardiovascular diseases.

01/12/2014 – 30/06/2015    Sports Medicine Specialist, Head of the Sports Medicine Department

Al Attar for Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Doha, QATAR.

Cardiovascular assessment of athletes and general population. Exercise prescription to healthy individuals and subjects with chronic diseases, obesity and diabetes. Pre-participation screening of athletes. Healthy lifestyles promotion and counselling.