Antonio Craxi

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Professor of Gastroenterology
• Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy

EDUCATION/TRAINING:
• 1969-1975: MD, Medicine (6 year programme), University of Palermo, Italy
• 1975-1980: Residency, Gastroenterology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
• 1980-1981: NATO fellowship, Hepatology, Academic Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London

PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD:
• 1975-1980: National Research Council Scholarship, University of Rome La Sapienza
• 1981-1987: Senior Lecturer, Internal Medicine, University of Palermo
• 1988-1995: Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Palermo
• 1995-2000: Full Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo
• 2001-current: Full Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo

CONCURRENT POSITIONS:
• Member of the Eurohep Network on hepatotropic viruses
• Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Hepatology
• Member of the Editorial Board – Hepatology
• Co-Editor, Liver Section – Digestive and Liver Diseases
• Board Member – Associazione Italiana Studio Fegato
• Council Member – EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver)
• Member of the Council of the UEGF (United European Gastroenterology Federation)
• Member of EASL consensus panels on hepatitis B, hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma
• Chairmen or the Committee for the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on HCV therapy

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Craxi research interests are: pathobiology of hepatitis B, pathobiology of hepatitis C, antiviral therapy, portal hypertension, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, insulin resistance and liver fibrosis, iron overload, hepatocellular carcinoma, natural history and epidemiology of chronic liver disease and inflammatory bowel diseases.

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