S H O R T C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Nicola Sverzellati MD, PhD

DATE OF BIRTH: 01-09-1975 Email: nicola.sverzellati@unipr.it nicolasve@tiscali.it EDUCATION AND APPOINTMENTS

Medical degree at the University of Bologna (2002) Registrar in Radiology at the Academic Hospital of Parma (2002-2006) PhD in "Advanced Cardio-Thoracic Imaging" at the University of Parma (2007-2010) Research collaborator at the Royal Brompton Hospital of London (since 2005 ) Visitor at the Department of Radiology of the Vancouver General Hospital (May-June 2007) Research collaboration at the National Cancer Institute of Milan for the lung cancer screening project “Multicentric Italian Lung Detection” trial (since 2007) Lecturer/Consultant at the University Hospital of Parma (2010-2014).

Associate Professor/Consultant at the University Hospital of Parma (2014 - )

CLINICAL WORK AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Experience focused on chest computed tomography (CT), particularly in diffuse lung disease.

Particular interest also in lung cancer screening. More recent activity in phenotyping chronic

obstructive pulmonary disease and refining the imaging of conditions with cardio-vascular

components.

Routine clinical activity includes evaluation of whole-body conventional radiography, CT,

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and ultrasound examinations. Experience in emergency

radiology. From 27/11/2009 to 20/06/2015, Dr Sverzellati reported 22.553 radiologic

examinations.

LEARNED SOCIETIES Counselor of the Section of Thoracic Imaging of the Italian Society of

Medical Radiology (2007-2011); Counselor of the Section of

Computed Tomography of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology

(2012-2016); Secretary General of the European Society of Thoracic

Imaging (ESTI) (2011-2014); President Elect of the ESTI (2014-2015);

Member of the Fleischner Society (2014); President of the ESTI (2016-

2017).

COMMITTEES Programme Committee for ESTI annual meeting (Heidelberg 2011,

London 2012); Chest sub-committee, European Congress of

Radiology (2012, 2013, 2016); Member of the COPDGene workshop

group (American College of Radiology Education Center, Reston,

Virginia, USA February 2010); Member of the International

Committee for the Classification of Diffuse Lung Diseases 2013

(American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society); Member

of the a European Respiratory Society Task Force document

“Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a statement”

(2013); Member of the European Respiratory Society Task Force on

Bronchiectasis (2015). Member of the writing committee of the

Flesichner Society classification of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

PUBLICATIONS: Author or co-author of 148 peer review papers (total number of citations 1487, H-Index 23),

numerous abstracts for international congresses, 12 book chapters and 1 book.

EDITORIAL AND REFEREE ACTIVITY:

Editorial board of BMJ Resp Med, World Journal of Radiology, Tumori Journal (Imaging Section).

Regular reviewer for Radiology, European Radiology, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography,

European Respiratory Journal, Chest, Clinical Radiology, Radiologia Medica, Diagnostic and

Interventional Radiology.

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