CURRICULUM VITAE
PD Dr. med. Florian Konrad Bihl
April 2018
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I. Personal data
Name, Prename: Bihl Florian Konrad Date and place of birth: 29. December 1969, Tübingen (Germany) Nationality: Swiss Place of origin in CH: Willisau, Lucerne Marital status and family: Married to Loriana Di Giammarino Bihl (swiss, physician) Family: Nicolò (10.06.2003) and Allegra (29.01.2008) Languages: German, Italian, French, English
Private Address: Via alla Campagna 26 6948 Porza, TI, Switzerland Phone/Fax: +41-091-825 2635 Cellular phone: +41-78-661 9021 Email: [email protected]
Professional: Private Ambulatory: Gastromedical Via Gemmo 11 6900 Lugano, Switzerland Phone: +41-091-966 28 28 Fax: +41-091-966 38 38 Email: [email protected]
II. Current position
Private ambulatory as Specialist for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Lugano, Switzerland
Affiliated physician Epatocentro Ticino SA, Lugano, Switzerland
Consultant/consulting physician in the Gastroenterology Department of Ospedale Beata Vergine, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland
Consultant in Digestive Endoscopy Service, Clinica Luganese Moncucco, 6900 Lugano
Consulting Physician in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva
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III. Diploma
St. Blasien, Germany 1990 Abitur (maturitè), Jesuitenkolleg St. Blasien, Germany
Bologna, Italy 1998 Medical Degree with experimental thesis. Title of thesis: "The role of hepatitis C genotype 1 and 2 and viral quasispecies in the hepatocarcinogenesis” (Prof. Emilio Pisi), University of Bologna, Italy Bologna, Italy 1999 Exam for Italian General Medical Registration
Boston, USA, 2003 Harvard Officer, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Lausanne, Switzerland 2010 Board exam for Swiss Gastroenterology
Geneva, Switzerland 2012 Veniat Docendi: Private Docent at Geneva Medical School, Geneva University,
IV. Pregraduate Education
Bologna, Italy 1990-1998 Medical School: Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
Schwenningen, Germany 07/1994 Visiting student (stagaire) in Neurology. Schwarzwald Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. Dr. Brüderl
Houston, USA 07/1995 Visiting student (stagaire) in Anesthesia. The Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Prof. Frenzel
Bologna, Italy 10/1996-07/1998 Visiting student in the Research Laboratory for Liver Immunology of Prof. E. Pisi and Prof. M. Bernardi, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna Italy. V. Postgraduate Education
10/1998-10/1999 Bologna, Italy Internship in Internal Medicine. Department of Internal Medicine. Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy (Prof. M. Bernardi) 11/1999-12/2000 Lugano, Switzerland Fellowship in Clinical Hepatology (assistant 50%). Hepatological Outpatient Clinic, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano (Prof A. Cerny) and fellowship in hematology and transfusion medicine (assistant 50%). Swiss Red Cross Blood Transfusion Center, Lugano, Switzerland (Dr. D. Castelli) 1/2001-12/2002 Lugano, Switzerland Fellowship in Internal Medicine Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, (Prof. A. Cerny) 01/2003-03/2003 Lugano, Switzerland Fellowship in Infectious Disease. Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, (Prof. E. Bernasconi) 04/2003-10/2003 Lugano, Switzerland Attending physician (chef de clinique) in Internal Medicine. Ospedale Regionale di Lugano (Prof. A. Cerny) 11/2003-11/2006 Boston, USA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Viral Immunology.
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Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (Prof. C. Brander and B. Walker) 12/2006-09/2007 Geneva, Switzerland Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology. Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland (Prof. A. Hadengue and Prof. G. Mentha) 10/2007- 09/2009 Geneva, Switzerland Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. A. Hadengue) 10/2009-03/2010 Lausanne, Switzerland Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Centre Universitaires Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland (Prof. D. Moradpour) 04/2010-12/2012 Bellinzona, Switzerland Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona and Hepatology Unit Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Switzerland
Sinced 01/2013 Lugano, Switzerland Private Activity in private ambulatory in Lugano, Switzerland.
Since 01/2014 Lugano Switzerland Consulting physician in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland (HUG, Prof Frossard)
Since 01/2014 Lugano Switzerland Consulting physician for Gastroenterology at the Hospital Beata Vergine of Mendrisio, (Switzerland) Since 11/2014 Lugano Switzerland Member of the interdisciplinary hepatobiliary Unit, UCEP (Unità Cantonale Epatobiliare-Pancreatica Chirurgica ed Oncologica) of the public hospitals of the Ticino (Ente Ospedaliera Cantonale) Sinced 05/2017 Bellinzona, Switzerland Head of Hepatology Service for all public hospitals in the Ticino Region (Switzerland) (Ente Ospedaliera Cantonale, EOC). VI. Teaching and educational activities
Pre-graduate teaching
May 2009 • Co-examiner for 3rd year state exam, Geneva Medical School, (4 hours)
December 2009 • Courses for 4rd year students (apprentissages par problèmes) at Lausanne Medical School (8 hours)
May 2010 • Co-examiner for 3rd year state exam, Geneva Medical School, (4 hours)
November 2010 • Courses for 3rd year students (sémiologie digestive I et II), Geneva Medical School (8 hours)
January 2011 • Courses for 3rd year students (sémiologie digestive III), Geneva Medical School (2 hours)
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May 2011 • Co-examiner for 3rd year state exam, Geneva Medical School, (4 hours)
May 2012 • Co-examiner for 3rd year state exam, Geneva Medical School, (4 hours)
14. March 2014 • Courses for 4rthyear students (PDCE), Geneva Medical School (2 hours) 20 October 2014 • Courses for 3rd year students (sémiologie digestive 1), Geneva Medical School (4 hours) 24. October 2014 • Courses for 4rthyear students (PDCE), Geneva Medical School (2 hours) 3. November 2014 • Courses for 3rd year students (sémiologie digestive 3), Geneva Medical School (4 hours)
6. January 2015 • Courses for 2rthyear students (synthese M1), Geneva Medical School (4 hours) 13. July 2015 • Courses for 4rthyear students (ARC), Geneva Medical School (2 hours) 9. November 2015 • Courses for 2rthyear students (Semiologie digestive), Geneva Medical School (4 hours) 11. January 2016 • Courses for 2rthyear students (synthese M1), Geneva Medical School (4 hours) 28. November 2016 • Courses for 2rthyear students (Semiologie digestive), Geneva Medical School (4 hours) 08. November 2017 • Courses for 2rthyear students (S2), Geneva Medical School (4 hours)
22. November 2017 • Courses for 2rthyear students (SyntheseM1), Geneva Medical School (4 hours)
Post-graduate teaching
July 2004 Use of matrix pools in the EliSpot assay Postgraduate Viral Immunology Meetings, Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (1 hour)
October 2004 Assessment of immune responses against multiple pathogens in the HIV solid organ transplantation study. Infectious Disease Meeting for HIV providers. National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA (1 hour)
April 2005 Immune dominant CTL responses in viral infections Postgraduate meeting, Istituto Ricerca Biomedica, Bellinzona (1hour)
October 2005 HLA matching and liver transplantation and HCV. Postgraduate meeting Transplantation Unite, HUG (1 hour)
March 2006 HBV and HCV cellular immunity in liver transplantation in HIV. Infectious Disease Meeting for HIV providers. National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA (1 hour)
June 2006 HBV full genome sequencing
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Postgraduate Viral Immunology Meetings, Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (1 hour)
March 2007 Fibroscan and hepatic amyloidosis Journée Romande d’Hepatologie. Nyon (30 min)
April 2007 Nouvelles de l’EASL 2007 Postgraduate meeting, Gastroenterology, HUG (30 min)
January 2008 Cellular immunity against HBV in liver transplant recipients Postgraduate meeting, Gastroenterology, HUG (1 hour)
November 2008 Clinical case presentation Journées Medico-Chirurgicales d’Hepatologie et Gastroenterologie. Credit Suisse Forum, Geneve (30 min)
December 2008 Epidemiology of HBV genotypes in Switzerland Postgraduate meeting, Gastroenterology, HUG (1 hour)
January 2009 The EASL guidelines for chronic HBV infection Postgraduate course in Internal Medicine, Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano (30 min)
April 2009 Pearls of the EASL meeting Postgraduate meeting, Gastroenterology, HUG (30 min)
August 2009 HBV genotypes in HIV/HBV coinfected participants of the SHCS. Club de Pathologie Infectieuse and Scientific Forum of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Inselspital, Berne (30 min)
January 2010 Case presentation and discussion. Postgraduate Minisymposium: Challenges in Viral Hepatitis, CHUV (30 min)
March 2010 An update on hepatitis E Postgraduate meeting, Gastroenterology, CHUV (1 hour)
March 2010 Cryoglobulinemie et hepatite C Journée Romande d’Hepatologie. Hotel Eden Palace, Montreux (30 min)
August 2010 Dermatological treatments and viral hepatitis Postgraduate meeting Circolo Medico di Bellinzona (1 hour)
November 2010 An update of Viral Hepatitis Postgraduate meeting Ordine dei Medici del Canton Ticino (1 hour)
November 2010 Pharmacological side effects on the gut Postgraduate meeting Ordine dei Medici del Canton Ticino (1 hour)
November 2010 Case presentation and discussion Journées pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hépatobiliaire, pancréatique et digestive, Credit Suisse Forum, Geneva, (30 min)
September 2011 Abnormal liver function tests
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Postgraduate meeting, Ordine dei Medici del Canton Ticino (1 hour)
October 2011 Liver Cirrhosis Postgraduate course for Internal Medicine, Giubiasco (2 hours)
October 2011 Treatment with biologicals of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Postgraduate course for Ordine dei Farmacisti del Canton Ticino (1 h)
February 2012 Treatment of heaptocellular carcinoma Postgraduate course for Circolo dei Medici di Bellinzona (1 h)
September 2012 Chairman scientific session annual meeting Swiss Society of Gastroenterology, Lausanne (1 h)
March 2012 Diagnosis and treatment of Pseudomembraneous colitis Postgraduate medical education of Clinica Luganese SA, Lugano (1 h)
September 2013 Journées Biennoises: Colorectal Cancer Screening: the view from the gastroenterologist, Bienne, Switzerland (2 h)
October 2013 Liver diseases and nutrition 3. Ticino Hepatology symposium, Bellinzona (2 h)
October 2013 Steatosis and steatohepatitis Postgraduate course for Circolo dei Medici del Canton Ticino (Manno) (1 h)
February 2014 Treatment of cirrhotic patients Postgraduate course Primary Care Academy (Lugano)(1 h)
March 2014 Postgraduate course: Simposio interdisciplinare di epatologia, nefrologia e medicina intensive), Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona, Switzerland (3h)
September 2014 Postgraduate course: Focal lesions in the liver 4. Ticino Hepatology symposium, Manno (2 h)
October 2014 The metabolic syndrome and the liver NAFLD Postgraduate medical education of Ospedale Beata Vergine, Mendrisio (1 h)
December 2014 Postgraduate course: Hepatic encephalopathy. Interdisciplinary symposium in Internal Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona, Switzerland (1.5h)
February 2015 Non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Postragraduate formation in Internal Medicine, EOC, Lugano (1h)
March 2015 Prophylaxis HBV recurrence. Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland (1h)
May 2015 Expert Opinion Meeting for Hepatitis C Treatment: Ospedale Civico Lugano (90 min). Invited speaker
September 2015 Autoimmune cholangitis: IgG4 cholangitis and pancreatitis
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5. Ticino Hepatology Symposium, Manno (2 h)
November 2015 Primary biliary cirrhosis: Journées pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hépatobiliaire, pancréatique et digestive. Université de Genéve et HUG. (45 min). Invited speaker
December 2015 The new treatment of Hepatitis C Postgraduate medical education of Ospedale Beata Vergine, Mendrisio (1 h)
December 2015 HCV today. The new treatments Postgraduate education of Circolo Medico di Bellinzona (1,5 h)
April 2016 Convegno primaverile di medicina e chirurgia EOC: ABC of liver cirrhosis. Invited speaker (1,5h)
May 2016 Swiss Autoimmune Liver Disease Meeting Switzerland (Invited speaker 1 h)
May 2016 Expert Opinion Meeting for Hepatitis C Treatment: Ospedale Civico Lugano. (Invited speaker 1.5h)
September 2016 Therapy of the intermedium state hepatocellular carcinoma Lugano (2 h)
September 2016 State of the current HCV therapy 6. Ticino Hepatology Symposium, Manno (2 h)
December 2016 Cirrhosis and its complications Postgraduate course of the Department od Internal Medecine EOC (2h)
February 2017 Cirrhosis a curable disease? Postgraduate course of “Ordine dei Medici del Canton Ticino2 (3 h)
March 2017 NASH, the new epidemic? Primary Care Academy (Swisswide organized postgraduate courses (1h)
April 2017 Colestatic diseases in pregancy Postgraduate course of the Department of Gynecology EOC (1h)
September 2017 BMS sponsored post-graduate meeting: Treatment of gastrointestinal complications of check-point inhibitors. (Invited speaker 1.5h)
October 2017 Portal Hypertension 7. Ticino Hepatology Symposium, Manno (2 h)
November 2017 Budd-Chiari Syndrome 3.rd Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Course, SASL, Ermatingen
December 2017 Vascular disease of the liver: An uncommon stenosis Postgraduate course Ordine dei Medici del Canton Ticino (1 h)
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VII. Research activity
Principal Investigator for the SASL 44 study (SASL: Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver): Incidence of HEV Infection in Swiss University and Tertiary Hospitals. A study sponsored by a grant of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Principal Investigator of a Epidemiology study for Hepatitis E Infection in Southern Switzerland. Study sponsored by the Public health office of the Canton Ticino and Red Cross Blodd Transfusion Center
VIII. Administration Organizer of the annual meeting:“ Hepatology Symposium Ticino”
IX. Honors / Award • Young Investigator Award for basic research from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) 11/2003-06/2006.
• Award for Advanced Researchers (Fellowship) from the Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Foundation for Biomedical Research (SSMBS/SNF) 07/2006-06/2007
X. Memberships
2000-2012: AISF: Italian Association for the Study of the Liver Since 2002: SASL: Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver Since 2002: EASL: European Association for the Study of the Liver Since 2004: AASLD: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Since 2010: Swiss Gastroenterology Society (SGG/SSG) Since 2011: Medical Association of the Canton Tessin (OMTC) Since 2011: Swiss Society for Ultrasound Medicine (SGUM/SSUM)
XI. Official functions
Since 2011 Councilor of SEVHep (Swiss Expert in Viral Hepatitis) Since 2011 Member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Experimental Medicine (WJEM) Since 2013 Member of the Foundation Epatocentro Ticino SA, Lugano
XII. Scientific tasks • Co-investigator of a nested project of the Partners AIDS Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston and the Broad Institute of Human Genomics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Swiss HCV Cohort study. • Co-investigator of a basic research project within the Swiss HCV Cohort Study
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• Review activities for publications or grant applications in the following journals or institutions: o New England Journal of Medicine o Clinical Infectious Disease o Journal of Virology o European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology o Liver International o Swiss National Research Foundation o National Ministry of Health, Hong Kong
XIII. Bursaries / Grants • Swiss National Science Foundation grant to Florian Bihl (SNF- PBSKB 102686) period: 11/2003-06/2006 (126’000 CHF). • Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Foundation for Biomedical Research to Florian Bihl (SSMBS grant1240) period: 07/2006-06/2007 (45’000 CHF) • Unrestricted educational grant from Gilead SA, Switzerland for the SHCS project 458 (37’000 CHF) (principal investigator: Enos Bernasconi; co-principal investigator: F.Bihl) • Unrestricted grant from Ente Ospedaliera Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona (70’000 CHF) as start up for a research group in the Hospital of Bellinzona • Consultant for Pharmaceutical Industry (Gilead, MSD and Abbvie) • Advisory board member for Roche, Gilead and BMS XIV. Patents/brevets Nihil
XV. Supervision academic theses
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XVI. Congress participation
October 2004 International Meeting on Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses, Woods Hole, USA
May 2005 Clincal Care Options in HIV. Miami, USA
September 2005 International Meeting on Molecular Biology of HBV, Heidelberg, Germany
November 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Liver Diseases (AASLD), San Francisco, USA
February 2006 Annual Meeting of the Italian Association for Liver Diseases (AISF), Rome
April 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna
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September 2006 International Meeting on Molecular Biology of HBV, Vancouver, Canada
October 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Boston, USA.
April 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Barcelona
October 2007 International Meeting on Molecular Biology of HBV, Rome, Italy
November 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Boston, USA.
April 2008 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Milan, Italy
August 2008 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken
April 2009 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2009 International Meeting on Therapy in Liver diseases. Barcelona, Spain
February 2010 Annual Meeting of the Italian Association for Liver Diseases (AISF), Rome
August 2010 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken
October 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Boston, USA.
March 2011 International Meeting of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JFHOD), Paris, France
February 2012 Falk Gastroenterolgy and Liver Week, Titisee, Germany
April 2012 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Barcelona, Spain
November 2012 Journées Pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hepatobiliaire, pancreatique et digestive de Genéve: HUG, Geneva
April 2013 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Amsterdam, Netherland
June 2013 EndoSwiss 2013. International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy, GastroZentrum Hirslanden Zürich, Switzerland
September 2013 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Basel
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November 2013 Journées Pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hepatobiliaire, pancreatique et digestive de Genéve: HUG, Geneva
February 2014 Falk Gastroenterolgy and Liver Week, Titisee, Germany
March 2014 ACLS course (advanced life support), Giubiasco, Switzerland
April 2014 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), London, GB
September 2014 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland
December 2014 Journées Pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hepatobiliaire, pancreatique et digestive de Genéve: HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
September 2015 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland
November 2015 Journées pluridisciplinaires de pathologie hépatobiliaire, pancréatique et digestive. Université de Genéve et HUG.
February 2016 Falk Gastroenterolgy and Liver Week, Titisee, Germany
September 2016 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland
April 2017 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Amsterdam
October 2017 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Lausanne, Switzerland
February 2018 Falk Gastroenterolgy and Liver Week, Titisee, Germany
March 2018 Regional Meeting Clinica Santa Chiara Locarno: Update on NASH and NAFLD, a multidisciplinary approach. Locarno
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Visibility and meeting presentations
May 2003 Plasma safety against hepatitis B and C. International Meeting for Transfusion Medicine, Trient, Italy. Invited speaker
June 2005 Immune responses in the pathogenesis of chronic HBV infection Liver Transplantation Course, Bologna, Italy. Invited speaker
February 2006 HBV-specific cellular immunity in liver transplantation. Annual Meeting of the Italian Association for Liver Diseases (AISF), Rome, Italy Oral presentation
April 2006 Cellular Immunity against HBV in Liver Transplant Recipients 41st Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Vienna, Austria Oral presentation
September 2006 The role of cellular immunity in HIV+/HCV+ liver transplantation. National meeting of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAr), New York, USA. Invited speaker
April 2007 Clustering of HBV CD8 T cell responses against the core protein within different HLA alleles. 42ndAnnual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Barcelona, Spain Oral presentation
August 2008 Hyperimmune anti-HBs plasma for the prevention of HBV recurrence after liver transplantation. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland Oral presentation.
August 2008 Restoration of HBV-specific T cell responses in Lamivudine long term responders. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland Oral presentation
September 2009 Steatosis and HCV infection. 8th Int. Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases. Barcelona, Spain Invited speaker
February 2010 HBsAg serum levels negatively affect HBV-specific immune response. Annual Meeting of the Italian Association for Liver Diseases (AISF), Rome. Oral presentation
October 2011 TeleTicino (local Television in the canton Ticino) “Medici in Corsia”. TV Transmission about liver diseases and liver transplantation, (65 min)
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March 2012 Radio della Svizzera Italiana (Swiss National Radio). Rete Due. Salute e Benessere: Radio Transmission: Fatty Liver Disease (45 min)
September 2012 Chairman of the scientific session at Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG/SSG) Interlaken, Switzerland
September 2014 Conference for general practitioners to present the new Hepatobiliary Unit of the public regional hospitals. Hepatology
February 2014 Televisione della Svizzera Italiana (SRG SSR) (Swiss National Television): Guest in the Studio during the transmission “Piatti Chiari” (45 min)
September 2014 Article in a regional Journal (Rivista Ticinese): Voci in corsia: Intestino, osservato speciale.
November 2014 Televisione della Svizzera Italiana (SRG SSR) (Swiss National Television): Swiss Cancer League: TV spot for awareness of colon rectal cancer screening (12 min)
December 2014 Public conference for awareness of colorectal cancer screening, Ospedale Beata Vergine, Mendrisio (60 min).
February 2015 Interview and online publication of article Immunology and Virus in Crohn’s disease (www.assediobianco.ch).
July 2015 Radio della Svizzera Italiana (Swiss National Radio). Rete Uno (18.30h). Interview during the Daily News: Breaking News of New Hepatitis C Treatments. (9 min).
September 2016 Televisione della Svizzera Italiana (SRG SSR): Interview about new HCV treatment during the 6.th Hepatology meeting in Ticino(Manno)
October 2017 TeleTicino: Interview about HEV infection in Ticino. Argument discussed ad the 7.th Hepatology meeting in Ticino (Manno)
XVII. Seminar participation
April 2007 International proctolgy course University Hospital Geneva
November 2008 1st Zurich postgraduate Course in IBD, Wolfsberg, Ermatingen
June 2016 BCLS course (basic life support), Lugano, Switzerland
June 2017 Good Clinical Practice Course, 1.st Level (2 days) and Sponsor Investigator Level (2.nd level, 1 day), Clinical Trial Unit EOC Bellinzona
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XVIII. Date and signature
Porza, April 1st, 2018