PERSONAL STATEMENT
I obtained a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Padova on October 18, 2000, with a grade of 106/110. In 2001, I began my specialization in legal medicine and forensic toxicology, which I completed on December 22, 2004. During the 2004–2005 academic year, I completed a master’s degree in criminology and forensic psychiatry. Throughout my career, I have had opportunities to deepen my knowledge of the medico-legal, genetic, toxicological, and criminological aspects of substance use disorder. For example, from October 2009 to January 2010, I was a visiting fellow at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) in the United States. My professional experiences, teaching work, and publications (Scopus h-index = 12, citations = 609) are consistent with my field of interest: substance use disorders.
POSITIONS
December 27, 2018–Present
Legal Medicine and Toxicology Section, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy - Associate Professor
September 8, 2008–December 26, 2018
Legal Medicine and Toxicology Section, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy - Medical Executive (first level)
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2008
Legal Medicine Section Department of Environmental Medicine Public Health, University of Padova, Italy Research Assistant
September 5, 2005–June 30, 2006
Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping Unit, University Hospital of Padova, Italy - Scholarship Recipient
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
December 27, 2018–Present
Legal Medicine and Toxicology Section, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy
Oversee outpatient medico-legal services and toxicological examinations of subjects found driving under the influence (more than 1000 subjects examined each year in the Section of Legal Medicine and Toxicology)
2001–Present
Legal Medicine and Toxicology Section, Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy Expert witness for criminal courts in the Veneto region on medico-legal, forensic toxicological and psychiatric matters
VISITING MEDICAL STUDENT/VISITING FELLOW
October 2009–January 2010
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, United States - Visiting Fellow
September 2003–October 2003
Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, United States - Visiting Fellow
July 1999–August 1999
Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil - Surgery Ward, Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Brasil - Visiting Medical Student
April 1998–July 1998
Humbolt Universitãt zu Berlin, Germany Psychiatric Ward, Judische Krankenhaus-Visiting Medical Student (during Erasmus program)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2010–Present - University of Padua, Italy - Teach several master’s degree courses at graduate and specialization schools