Dr. Giacomo Rossitto, MD PhD Medico Specialista in Medicina Interna e Ricercatore - Università degli Studi di Padova; Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK

Qualifications:

• Italian Ministry for Education and Research Qualification to Assistant Professorship - Internal Medicine (09/07/2020 to 09/07/2029)
• Specializzazione in Medicina Interna - Università degli Studi di Padova (4/7/2016; 110/110 magna cum laude, ‘menzione d’eccellenza’), curriculum in Emergency Medicine
• School of Medicine – Università degli Studi di Padova (23/9/2010; 110/110, magna cum laude)

Professional registrations:

• Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri della Provincia di Venezia (No 6702; 30/05/2011)
• General Medical Council (registration no. 7555833; 14/10/2016)

Clinical positions/training:

• Consultant in Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Cittadella, Padua, Italy. (4/2020-9/2020)
• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Honorary Clinical Fellow in Cardiology (11/2016 – 8/2019),
• Resident in Internal Medicine, curriculum in Emergency Medicine (7/2011-7/2016), University of Padua, Italy.
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider: March 2013, May 2016.
• Chief Resident in Internal Medicine (2013-2014)
• Visiting student, Columbia University college of Physicians and Surgeons, NY (3/2010-5/2010):

Research experience/training:

• Clinical Research Fellow - University of Glasgow (8/2016-current; Prof C. Delles, Prof. M. Petrie, Prof R. Touyz). PhD Thesis: “Novel perspectives on salt and interstitium: hypertension to heart failure”.
• Visiting Fellow – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA (May 2019; Prof M. Davis): ex vivo analysis of lymphatic vascular function.
• Clinical Fellow – Università degli Studi di Padova (2011-2016; Prof G.P. Rossi): Clinical research on secondary hypertension.