This is my experience

I am Head of the Diabetic Foot Unit of the Abano Terme Polyclinic (Padua, Italy) and I have been in this position since the beginning of 2023. Since 2010 I have been part of the team taking care of patients in the ward, treating outpatients and performing surgery (wound treatment, limb salvage, reconstructive surgery, minor and major amputations). I have personally performed over 1,400 surgical interventions and more than 40,000 outpatient visits.

At Abano Polyclinic, and in other clinics, I also work privately, performing visits regarding diabetes, importantly for early detection of cardiovascular risk and complications, in particular regarding the diabetic foot, and endocrinology (thyroid pathologies, menstrual disorders, acne, obesity, hirsutism, polycystic ovary syndrome, osteoporosis, hyper-hypoparathyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, adrenal gland pathologies, secondary hypertension).

• Diabetic Foot Educational Center - Winter Edition 2024 (Abano Terme, 5-7 February 2024) guest speaker.
• 1^st level Master Management of skin lesions and difficult wounds (Wound Care), 2023-2024. As part of the multidisciplinary team in the treatment of the diabetic foot, trainer (Padua, 13 February 2024 - Abano Terme Polyclinic, April/May 2024).
• CLI-C (Critical Limb Ischemia Courses) GLOBAL 2024 course (Padova, 7-8 March 2024) guest speaker.
• Diagnostic-therapeutic problems in thyroid nodes (Castelfranco Veneto, 12 April 2024).

At the beginning of 2023 I was appointed Head of the Diabetic Foot Unit of the Abano Terme Polyclinic (Padua, Italy).

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• 1^st level Master Management of skin lesions and difficult wounds (Wound Care), 2022-2023. As part of the multidisciplinary team in the treatment of the diabetic foot, trainer (Padua, 14 February 2023 - Abano Terme Polyclinic, May 2023).
• Wound care update 2023: Integrated management of chronic skin ulcers (Padova, 10 March 2023) guest speaker.
• Diabetic foot updates (Abano Terme, 11 March 2023) guest speaker.
• CLI-C (Critical Limb Ischemia Courses) GLOBAL 2023 course (Venice, 28-29 March 2023) guest speaker.
• Women's Day conference XI edition - Pros and cons of endocrine therapies: a comparison between risks and benefits. (Padua, 14 April 2023).
• 33^rd Conference of the European Wound Management Association, EWMA 2023 Wound care – from art to science (Milan, 3-5 May 2023).

I took part in on-line seminars regarding:

• The obese phenotype of PCOS: specificity and novelties of medical therapy.
• Menopause... a new period of life.
• The management of the diabetic patient. From the clinical setting to the appropriate use of new drugs.

• Endocrinological problems in women 10^th edition (Padua, 11 March 2022).
• Multi-regional congress of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE): complex cases in endocrinology (Padua, 14 May 2022).
• Multi-regional congress of the Italian Association of Hospital Obstetricians and Gynecologist (Riva del Garda, 6-7 May 2022) guest speaker.
• Second course of pharmacological therapy on obesity (Milan, 8-9 July 2022).
• Theoretical-practical course on the use of the eco-color Doppler method for the study of the arterial axis of the lower limbs (Abano Terme, 5 September - 24 October 2022).

• Nutraceuticals in clinical practice: role in lipid modulation (16 March 2022) guest speaker.
• Prescription of vitamin D.
• Principles of dietetics and clinical nutrition -  insights in endocrine and metabolic disorders - 2^nd edition.

Title: Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Diabetic Foot Infections, an Epidemiological Study in Northeastern Italy.

Authors: Giovanni Boschetti, Dino Sgarabotto, Marco Meloni, Marino Bruseghin, Christine Whisstock, Mariagrazia Marin, Sasa Ninkovic, Michela Pinfi and Enrico Brocco.

Antibiotics 2021,10, 124.

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• DFSG Virtual Conference (24-25 September 2021).
• Endocrinological problems in women (Padua, 9 October 2021).
• EWMA 2021 VIRTUAL (Virtual Conference of the European Wound Management Association) (26-27 October 2021).

I took part in on-line seminars regarding:

• Oral hypoglycemic medications and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes.
• Updates in hypertension and cardiovascular protection.
• Obesity and cardiometabolic deseases.
• Severe hypoglycemia: new therapeutic approaches.
• In the labyrinth of dysmetabolism: virtual clinical case for the management of the patient with metabolic dysfunction.
• Thyroid dysorders.
• Androgens: these female hormones.
• Thyroid disease and pregnancy.
• Type two diabetes and COVID-19
• Clinical endocrinology 2021.
• Clinical gynecological experience. PCOS: inositols supplements and other therapeutic strategies (21 October 2021) guest speaker.
• Updates on bone health.
  
• The management of patients with osteoporosis.
• Osteoday 2021. Updates on daily practice.

Title: Multidisciplinary approach for the management and treatment of diabetic foot infections with a reabsorbable, gentamicin-loaded bone graft substitute.

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Antonio Volpe, Sasa Ninkovic, Mariagrazia Marin, Marco Meloni, Marino Bruseghin, Giovanni Boschetti and Enrico Brocco.

J Clin Med. 2020 Nov; 9(11): 3586.

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Title: Epidemiological survey of antimicrobial resistances in diabetic foot ulcers.

Authors: Giovanni Boschetti, Marino Bruseghin, Maria Grazia Marin, Sasa Ninkovic, Christine Whisstock, Michela Pinfi, Raffaele Corte, Massimo Solidoro, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 16^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Virtual meeting 18-19 September 2020).

• BLSD Course - Basic Life Support Defibrillation (Padua, 20 June 2020).
• 16^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Virtual meeting 18-19 September 2020).
• Thyroid nodules (Webinar 3 October 2020).
• DFCONline, Diabetic Foot Global Conference at Virtual (Virtual meeting 9-10 October 2020).
• EWMA 2020 VIRTUAL (Virtual Conference of the European Wound Management Association 18-19 November 2020).

I participated in 15 on-line seminars regarding various topics, the most important being: hypothyroidism, oral contraception, diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hypertension guidelines, male infertility, menopause, diabetic neuropathy and ketogenic diet. 

• Endocrinological problems in women (Padua, 22 March 2019).
• First Netherlands roundtable conference diabetic foot osteomyelitis (Sint Michielsgestel Netherlands, 4 April 2019) guest speaker.
• New technology and clinical evidence in the treatment of diabetic foot lesions (Padua, 31 May 2019).
• The good and the bad of thyroid cancer (Padua, 12 October 2019).

Title: Diabetic foot management: multidisciplinary approach for advanced lesion rescue.

Authors: Brocco E, Ninkovic S, Marin M, Whisstock C, Bruseghin M, Boschetti G, Viti R, Forlini W, Volpe A.

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2018 Oct;59(5):670-684. doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.18.10606-9. Epub 2018 May 29. Review.

Title: Radiological and clinical outcomes in the medium-term of the use of an antibiotic bone substitute in the diabetic foot.

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Mariagrazia Marin, Sasa Ninkovic, Marino Bruseghin, Giovanni Boschetti, Raffaella Viti, Valeria De Biasio, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 15^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Berlin, 28-30 September 2018).

Book of abstracts of the 37^th annual meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (Helsinki, 6-8 September 2018).

Pubblished on Orthopaedic Proceedings, Vol. 100-B, N. Supp_17.

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Title: Maximizing compliance to mid-term offloading in outpatients with recurrent diabetic foot ulcers: tollerability and efficacy of orthotic insoles.

Authors: Giovanni Boschetti, Marino Bruseghin, Christine Whisstock, Mariagrazia Marin, Valentina La Rocca, Deborah Silvestri, Beatrice Macchi, Massimo Solidoro, Sasa Ninkovic, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 15^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Berlin, 28-30 September 2018).

Title: The use of Sodic-Salt DNA fragments in the progression of wounds healing in diabetic foot: a case control study.

Authors: G. Boschetti, M. Marin, S. Ninkovic, C. Whisstock, R. Anichini, M. Bruseghin, M. Manzi, M. Meloni, A. Volpe, M. Pinfi, D. Silvestri, V. La Rocca, B. Macchi, E. Brocco.

Book of abstracts of  EWMA (Cracovia, 9-11 May 2018).

Published on The Diabetic Foot Journal, Vol 22 N. 4 2019, pag. 12-16.

• The Joint 4^th ADFS Annual Conference and King's Charcot Foot Reconstruction Symposium (London, 28-29 June 2018) first prize for poster abstract presentation.
• As part of the multidisciplinary team in the treatment of the diabetic foot, trainer for a total of 100 hours of formation (Rome and Abano Terme from 11 June to 25 September 2018).
• Endocrinological problems in women (Padua, 22 March 2018).
• The 37^th Annual Meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society – EBJIS (Helsinki, 6-8 September 2018) oral abstract presentation.
• 15^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Berlin, 28-30 September 2018) oral abstract presentation.
• Move! Move! (original title Muoviti, Muoviti!) (Padua, 20 October 2018) guest speaker.
• The thyroid nodule: surgery and conservative management, present and future (Monselice, 16 November 2018).

Title: A calcium sulphate/hydroxyapatite bone graft substitute eluting gentamicin in the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis: a mid-term follow-up.

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Mariagrazia Marin, Marino Bruseghin, Sasa Ninkovic, Giovanni Boschetti, Antonio Volpe, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 14^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Porto, 8-9 September 2017).

Published on Orthopaedic Proceedings, Vol. 98-B, N. Supp_23.

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Title: The use of Sodic-Salt DNA fragments in the progression of wounds healing in diabetic foot: a case control study.

Authors: Mariagrazia Marin, Sasa Ninkovic, Christine Whisstock, Marino Bruseghin, Giovanni Boschetti, Marco Manzi, Mariano Palena, Michela Pinfi, Deborah Silvestri, Valentina La Rocca, Beatrice Macchi, Antonio Volpe, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 14^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Porto, 8-9 September 2017).

Title: Use of a new antibiotic bone substitute to induce healing of osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot.

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Sasa Ninkovic, Mariagrazia Marin, Marino Bruseghin, Antonio Volpe, Marco Manzi, Luis Mariano Palena, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 13^th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Stuttgart, 9-11 September 2017).

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• Critical limb ischemia course focused on diabetic foot (Venice, 23-24 marzo 2017) guest speaker.
• As part of the multidisciplinary team in the treatment of the diabetic foot, trainer for a total of 100 hours of formation (Vicenza 21 aprile 2017 - Policlinico Abano Terme from 21 April to 16 June 2017).
• The 14^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group (Porto, Portugal 8-10 September 2017) oral abstract presentation.
• Thyroid dysfunctions (Rovigo, 25 November 2017).

I participated in 4 on-line seminars regarding hypothyroidism, diabetes and obesity.

Title: Ospedalizzazione per il piede di Charcot nei pazienti diabetici: dati nazionali (Hospitalisation for the Charcot foot in diabetics).

Authors: R. Anichini, F Lombardo, A. De Bellis, A. Tedeschi, S. Viti, C.Whisstock, M.Manzi, E.Brocco, G. Seghieri M. Maggini.

Book of abstracts of the 26° Congresso nazionale SID (Rimini, 4-7 May 2016).

• Amputation, rehabilitation and innovative treatments for patients (Padua, 30 January 2016) guest speaker.
• Diabetic Foot Expert Panel Meeting (Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey 11-12 April 2016) guest speaker.
• The 35^th annual meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (Oxford, 1-3 September 2016) oral abstract presentation.
• The 13^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group (Stuttgart, 9-11 September 2016) oral abstract presentation.
• Update in endocrinology (Padua, 16 December 2016).

10 on-line seminars regarding different topics, the most important being: neuroendocrine tumours, HIV, cronic deseases, diabetes, allergy and food intollerance, infection from Zika virus.

On 1^st October 2015 I gained the position of Specialist Doctor in the Diabetic Foot Unit of the Abano Terme Polyclinic (Padua, Italy).

Title: Use of a new antibiotic bone substitute to induce healing of osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot.

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Sasa Ninkovich, Mariagrazia Marin, Giuseppe Scavone, Marino Bruseghin, Giuliana Di Paolantonio, Marco Manzi, Antonio Volpe, Enrico Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 5^th Annual Oxford Bone Infection Conference (Oxford, 26-27 March 2015).

Book of abstracts of the 34^th Annual Meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (Estoril, Lisbon 10-12 September 2015).

Published on Orthopaedic Proceedings, Vol. 97-B, N. Supp_15.

• 5^th Annual Oxford Bone Infection Conference (Oxford, 26 – 27 March 2015) <b">oral abstract presentation.
• 7^th International symposium on the diabetic foot (ISDF 2015) (The Hague, 20-23 May 2015).
• The 34^th annual meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (Estoril, Lisbon, 10-12 September 2015) oral abstract presentation.
• Charcot foot: from diagnosis to limb salvage therapy (Abano Terme, 2-3 October 2015) guest speaker.
• The correct managing of global cardiovascular risk (Camogli, 16-17 October 2015).

Title: Cognitive functioning among patients with diabetic foot.

Authors: Marseglia A., Xu W., Rizzuto D., Ferrari C., Whisstock C., Brocco E., Fratiglioni L., Crepaldi G., Maggi S.

J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Nov-Dec;28(6):863-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.07.005. Epub 2014 Jul 15.

• Diagnosis and treatment of thyropaties (Padua, 25 January 2014).
• Osteomielitis in diabetic foot: medical and surgical treatments (Florence, 11-12 April 2014).
• Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot lesions and prevention of major amputations (Galzignano Terme, 9 May 2014).
• The 12^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group Conference (Bratislava, 12-14 September 2014).
• Critical lower limb ischemia (Este, 14 November 2014).

Title: Limb salvage with hybrid external/internal fixator in Charcot extreme deformities: ten year follow-up.

Authors: Enrico Brocco, Sasa Ninkovic, Mariagrazia Marin, Christine Whisstock, Andrea Postorino, Andrea Valcarenghi, Filippo Ometto, Davide Varotto, Antonio Volpe.

Book of abstracts of the 11^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Sitges, 20-22 September 2013).

Title: L'utilizzo della medicazione avanzata Tenderwet Active® in corso di trattamento di ulcere necrotiche in pazienti con piede diabetico (use of Tenderwet medication during treatment of necrotic ulcers in patients with diabetic foot).

Authors: Marin M.G., Ometto F., Whisstock C., Ninkovic S., Brocco E.

Book of abstracts of the national meeting of the diabetic foot study group (Rome, 30 November-1 December 2012).

Title: Approccio chirurgico in tre steps nella osteomielite di calcagno: un utile presidio per prevenire l'amputazione di gamba (three step surgery in calcaneal osteomyelitis: a useful method of avoiding leg amputation).

Authors: Brocco E., Ninkovic S., Marin M.G, Whisstock C., Ometto F., Sorgentone S., Calore B., Ojeda N.

Book of abstracts of the national meeting of the diabetic foot study group (Rome, 30 November-1 December 2012).

Title: Monitoraggio podologico di pazienti portatori di sostituto dermico (podological monitoring of patients with dermal substitutes).

Authors: Pinfi M., Silvestri D., La Rocca V., Macchi B., Solidoro M., Badan O., Marin M.G, Whisstock C., Ninkovic S., Ometto F., Brocco E.

Book of abstracts of the national meeting of the diabetic foot study group (Rome, 30 November-1 December 2012).

Title: Applicazione di sostituti dermici in pazienti diabetici sottoposti ad amputazioni aperte: studio di una coorte di 229 pazienti (application of dermal substitutes in diabetic patients with open amputations: a cohort study of 229 patients).

Authors: Pinfi M., Silvestri D., La Rocca V., Macchi B., Solidoro M., Badan O., Ninkovic S., Whisstock C., Marin M.G, Ometto F., Brocco E.

Book of abstracts of the national meeting of the diabetic foot study group (Rome, 30 November-1 December 2012).

Title: Three-step surgical intervention for calcaneal osteomyelitis: a useful tool to prevent limb amputations.

Authors: Enrico Brocco, Sasa Ninkovic, Mariagrazia Marin, Christine Whisstock, Filippo Ometto, Nelson Ojeda.

Book of abstracts of the 10^th Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Berlin, 28-30 September 2012).

Title: Reconstruction of the diabetic foot in the elderly.

Authors: A. Volpe, C. Whisstock, E. Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 9^th International Congress of the European Foot and Ankle Society (Noordwijk, 6-8 September 2012).

• BLSD - Basic Life Support Defibrillation (Abano T. 23 April 2012).
• National meeting of the diabetic foot study group (Rome, 30 November-1 December 2012).
• 1° meeting of the Venetian Schools of Diabetology (Arcugnano, 12 December 2012).

Title: Caratteristiche cognitive e psicologiche del paziente diabetico complesso (psychological and cognitive characteristics of diabetic patients).

Authors: Marseglia A., Brocco E., Marin M., Limongi F., Whisstock C., Noale M., Maggi S.,

Il giornale di AMD, 2011; 14:103-107

Book of abstracts of the 23° Congresso Nazionale AMD (Rossano Calabro, 25-28 May 2011).

• The management of lower limb complications in diabetes mellitus (Pisa, 4-6 April 2011).
• 18^th national congress of the Association of Diabetologists (Rossano Calabro, 25-28 May 2011) oral abstract presentation.
• The management of insulin therapy in the hospital (Padua, 21 October 2011).

Title: Surgically induced Charcot's neuroarthropaty following single ray amputation in the diabetic foot.

Authors: E. Brocco, B. Mimor, S. Ninkovic, M.G Marin, F. Ometto, B. Calore, N. Ojeda, M. Manzi, S. Sorgentone, Whisstock C.

Book of abstracts of the 9^th meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD (Uppsala, 17-19 September 2010).

Titolo: Efficacia del sostituto dermico Integra nel salvataggio dell'appoggio plantare in amputazioni aperte dell'avampiede nel soggetto diabetico (efficacy of dermal substitute Integra in limb salvage in open forefoot amputations in diabetic patients).

Autori: S. Sorgentone, S. Ninkovic, M.G Marin, N. Ojeda, B. Mimor, B. Calore, F. Ometto, C.Whisstock, E. Brocco.

Book of abstracts of the 9° Congresso Nazionale AIUC (Catania, 15-18 September 2010).

In March 2010 I was appointed as Speciality Doctor in the Diabetic Foot Unit of the Abano Terme Polyclinic (Padua, Italy) in the ward, the outpatient clinic and the operating theatre.

At the same time I started private practice in the Abano Terme Polyclinic (Padua, Italy) covering the Endocrinology, Diabetology and the Diabetic Foot.

I participated in a conferences on the diabetic foot and an update course in angiology for diabetologists.

Between 2006 and 2009 I worked as a specialist at the day clinic of endocrinology and diabetology of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza and I periodically substituted some of the GPs in the local area.

From 2000 to 2009, I cooperated in research run by laboratories directed by prof. Giuseppe Mancia at the Clinical Medical department of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza and at the University of Milano-Bicocca, participating in many clinical trials such as the ADVANCE study, clinical research on hypertension, heart failure, diabetes mellitus and conditions characterised by increased sympathetic nervous system activity.

• Trainer for a total of 7 days in the programme of the diabetological unit of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza and the University of Milan-Bicocca: the management of patients with type 2 diabetes by the GP (Monza 28 February-12 December 2009).
• I participated in five conferences regarding diabetes, the diabetic foot and the therapeutic success in the use of exenatide on glycaemia and the reduction of weight in type 2 diabetic patients inadequately controlled by oral antidiabetic drugs. In this last congress, held in Badesi in Sardinia (14-16 May 2009) I presented an oral abstract.

Title: Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ADVANCE Collaborative Group, (Italy: P. Galli, G. Mancia, F. Paleari, V. Vilei, C. Whisstock).

N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 12;358(24):2560-72. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802987. Epub 2008 Jun 6.

Title: Efficacia terapeutica di Humalog Mix 50 ter in die versus terapia ottimizzata con insuline umane (3 rapide + 1 intermedia) in pazienti affetti da DM tipo 2 (therapeutic efficacy of Humalog mix 50 three times a day versus optimised therapy with rapid and intermediate human insulin in patients affected by DM type 2).

Authors: Christine Whisstock, Barbara Angeloni, Felice Paleari.

Book of abstracts of the Congresso Nazionale DEI duemila (Villasimius 8-10 May 2008).

Title: Increased arterial stiffness in normoglycemic normotensive offspring of type 2 diabetic parents

Authors: Cristina Giannattasio, Monica Failla, Anna Capra, Elisabetta Scanzani, Maria Amigoni, Lucia Boffi, Christine Whisstock, Pierluigi Gamba, Felice Paleari, Giuseppe Mancia.

Hypertension, 2008; 51:1-2.

• XIII World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology (Florence, 28 February – 2 March 2008).
• VI National Congress of diabetes and obesity (Milan, 20 March 2008).
• National Congress DEI 2000 IX edition (Villa Simius, 8-10 May 2008) oral poster presentation.
• XXII National Congress SID (Turin, 26-29 May 2008).
• Ischaemic heart disease and heart failure (Varese, 20-21 June 2008).
• EASD 2008 44^th annual meeting (European Association for the Study of Diabetes Rome, 7-11 September 2008).
• CODHy 2nd World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (Barcellona, 30 October-2 November 2008).

Title: Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial.

ADVANCE Collaborative Group: (Italy: P. Galli, G. Mancia, F. Paleari, V. Vilei, C. Whisstock)

Lancet 2007; 370: 829-40.

Title: Effetti di due anni di trattamento con quinapril sullo spessore mio-intimale carotideo in pazienti con diabete mellito tipo 1 (effects of a two year treatment with quinapril on intima media thickness of the carotid artery in type 1 patients).

Authors: Vilei V., Scaranna C., Whisstock C., Capra A., Paleari F., Gamba P., Giannattasio C., Mancia G.

Book of abstracts of the 16° Congresso Nazionale AMD (Sorrento, 21-24 November 2007).

Title: Alterazioni strutturali e funzionali cardiache in figli sani di genitori diabetici (structural and functional heart alterations in offspring of diabetic parents).

Authors: Vilei V., Scaranna C., Capra A., Scotti V., Bernardo S., Paleari F., Gamba P., Whisstock C., Giannattasio C., Mancia G.

Book of abstracts of the 16° Congresso Nazionale AMD (Sorrento, 21-24 November 2007).

Title: Alterazioni strutturali cardiache in figli sani di genitori diabetici (structural heart alterations in offspring of diabetic parents).

Authors: A.Capra, V. Scotti, M. Amigoni, F. Paleari, G. Gamba, C. Whisstock, E. Montemerlo, G. Grosso, C. Giannattasio, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 24° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome, 4-7 October 2007).

Title: Effetti di 2 anni di trattamento con quinapril sullo spessore miointimale carotideo in pazienti con diabete mellito tipo 1 (effects of a two year treatment with quinapril on intima media thickness of the carotid artery in type 1 patients).

Authors: C. Whisstock, L. Viscardi, F. Bianchi, M. Galbiati, A. Capra, P. Gamba, F. Paleari, C., Giannattasio, M. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 24° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome, 4-7 October 2007).

Title: Relazione tra variabilità della glicemia nelle 24 ore e struttura e funzione delle arterie nel diabete mellito tipo 1 (correlation between glycaemic variability in 24 hours and structure and function of arteries in type 1 diabetes).

Authors: C. Whisstock, M. Alloni, A. Cafro, M. Failla, E. Scanziani, M. Galbiati, F. Paleari, P. Gamba, M. Rigodi, C. Giannattasio, M. Mancia

Book of abstracts of the 24° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome, 4-7 October 2007).

Title: Effect of a 2 year treatment with quinapril on carotid intima media in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Authors: C. Whisstock, L. Viscardi, F. Bianchi, M. Galbiati, A. Capra, P. Gamba, F. Paleari, C. Giannattasio, M. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 24° European Meeting on Hypertension (Milan, 15-19 June 2007).

Titolo: Study on 24 hour glycaemia variability and arterial structure and function in type 1 diabetic patients.

Autori: C. Whisstock, M. Alloni, A. Cafro, M. Failla, E. Scanziani, M. Galbiati, F. Paleari, P. Gamba, M. Rigoldi, C. Giannattasio, M. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 24° European Meeting on Hypertension (Milan, 15-19 June 2007).

Title: Alterations in cardiac structure in non diabetic offspring of diabetic patients.

Authors: A. Capra, V. Scotti, M. Amigoni, F. Paleari, G. Gamba, C. Whisstock, E. Montemerlo, G. Grosso, C. Giannattasio, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 24° European Meeting on Hypertension (Milan, 15-19 June 2007).

I participated in three conferences regarding diabetes and prevention of cardiovascular risk.

I specialised in endocrinology with 70/70 cum laude at Milan-Bicocca University, discussing the thesis: Correlation between glycaemia and arterial distensibility measured in 24 hours in patients with type 1 non complicated diabetes (original title: Correlazione tra i valori di glicemia e distensibilità arteriosa misurati nelle 24 ore in pazienti con diabete mellito tipo 1 non complicati).

• The small thyroid nodule (Milan, 21 January 2006).
• Good glycaemic control and insulin treatment in type 2 diabetes (Catania, 10-11 March 2006).
• 5^th National Congress on diabetes and obesity (Milan, 23 Mach 2006)

I participated in four conferences regarding the pharmacological treatment of obesity, diabetes and obesity, hypertension and correlated risk factors and the organisation of team work for patients with high risk factors. 

Title: Influenza della pressione ambulatoria delle 24 ore sulla velocità dell’onda di polso: studio di una popolazione generale (influence of 24 h blood pressure on pulse wave velocity).

Authors: Lucia Boffi, Cristina Giannattasio, Davide Corsi, Monica Failla, Gaetano Gentile, Elena Fantini, Christine Whisstock, Rita Facchetti, Luca Beltrame, Michele Bombelli, Ugo Ortiz, Roberto Sega, Giuseppe Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 64° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Cardiologia (Rome, 6-10 December 2003).

Title: Influenza della funzione endoteliale sulla rigidità delle arterie nei pazienti con ipertensione essenziale (influence of the endothelial function on arterial rigidity in patients with hypertension).

Authors: Davide Corsi, Cristina Giannattasio, Monica Failla, Elena Fantini, Silvia Maestrini, Lucia Boffi, Anna Capra, Maria Amigoni, Christine Whisstock, Giuseppe Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 64° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Cardiologia (Rome, 6-10 December 2003).

Title: Impatto della pressione ambulatoriale delle 24 ore sulla distensibilità carotidea e la velocità dell’onda di polso in una popolazione generale (impact of 24-h blood pressure on carotid distensibility and pulse wave velocity in a general population).

Authors: Boffi L., Giannattasio C., Corsi D., Failla M., Gentile G., Fantini E., Whisstock C., Facchetti R., Beltrame L., Bombelli M., Ortiz U., Sega R., Mancia G.

Book of abstracts of the 20° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome 14-17 October 2003).

Title: Distensibilità arteriosa e vasodilatazione flusso mediata nella sclerosi sistemica: effetti del trattamento con PGI2 (arterial distensibility and blood flow dilation in systemic sclerosis: effects of treatment with PGI2).

Authors: G. Gentile, C. Giannattasio, M. Failla, M. Pozzi, M. Gardinali, E. Meles, C. Zazzeron, M. Amigoni, C. Whisstock, A. Capra, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 20° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome, 14-17 October 2003).

Title: La funzione endoteliale influenza la rigidità delle arterie nei pazienti con ipertensione essenziale (the endothelial function influences arterial stiffness in patients with hypertension).

Authors: Corsi D., Giannattasio C., Failla M., Fantini E., Maestroni S., Boffi L., Capra A., Amigoni M., Scotti V., Whisstock C., Mancia G.

Book of abstracts of the 20° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Rome, 14-17 October 2003).

Theoretical and practical course on the diabetic foot (Milan, 28-29 March 2003).

Title: Alterazioni strutturali e funzionali dell’arteria radiale nel diabete mellito tipo 1 e tipo 2 (structural and functional alterations of the radial artery in type 1 and type 2 diabetes).

Authors: C. Whisstock, P. Galli, F. Paleari, P. Gamba, G. Gentile, M. Failla, V. Vilei, C. Giannattasio, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 8° Congresso interassociativo regionale AMD-SID (Varese, 24-26 October 2002).

Title: Progressivo irrigidimento dell’arteria radiale per reinnervazione dopo trapianto di mano (progressive stiffness of the radial artery concerning reinnervation after a hand transplant).

Authors: M. Failla, C. Giannattasio, M. Lanzetta, S. Lucchina, C. Whisstock, E. Meles, L. Boffi, S. Maestroni, G. Vitale, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 19° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Bologna, 24-27 September 2002).

Title: Spessore di parete e funzione arteriosa nel diabete mellito tipo 1 e tipo 2 (arterial thickness and function in type 1 diabetes).

Authors C. Giannattasio, C. Whisstock, G. Gentile, P. Gamba, M. Failla, F. Paleari, D. Corsi, E. Fantini, S. Maestroni, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 19° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ipertensione Arteriosa (Bologna, 24-27 September 2002).

• Prevention of diabetes, reality and outlook. (Segrate, 16 March 2002).
• The Steno Course “Practical diabetology” (Catania, 26-28 September 2002).
• Interassociative AMD-SID congress (Varese, 24-26 October 2002) oral abstract presentation.

I obtained the authority to practise in 2002. I am in the list of members of medical doctors registered at Padua, membership number 10469.

I graduated in medicine at Milan-Bicocca University discussing the thesis "acute hypertriglyceridaemia impairs blood flow dilation in subjects with type IV dyslipidaemia" (original title: l'incremento acuto dei trigliceridi plasmatici riduce la vasodilatazione flusso mediata nella dislipidemia di tipo IV).

Title: Reduction of pulmonary pressure values after alprostadil administration (prostaglandin PGE1) in sclerodermic patients.

Authors: S. Carugo, I. Calchera, M.G. Gorgoglione, N. Grieco, M.R. Pozzi, A. Farina, E. Allevi, C. Addamiano, C. Whisstock, M. Amigoni, C. Giannattasio, G. Mancia.

Book of abstracts of the 11^th European Meeting on Hypertension (Milan, Italy, 15-19 June 2001).

• Eleventh European Meeting on Hypertension (Milan, 15-19 June 2001)
• Meeting on hypertension and cardiovascular disease (Monza, 8 November 2001)

I obtained my classical high school diploma at Bartolomeo Zucchi school in Monza.