Present Position: Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Padua; Director, Respiratory Physiopathology Division, University-City Hospital of Padua Education: March 1985: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, with maximum marks (110/110 with honours) 1985-1989: Postgraduate School in Pulmonary Disease, University of Padua; diploma with maximum marks (70/70 with honours) 1989-1992: Postgraduate School in Respiratory Physiopathology, University of Pavia; diploma with maximum marks (70/70 with honours) 1998-2002: Postgraduate School in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padua; diploma with maximum marks (70/70). Health care experience: 1990-2000: Chief, Sleep Laboratory, Respiratory Physiopathology Division, University-City Hospital of Padua 2000-2008: Chief, Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory Physiopathology Division, University-City Hospital of Padua 2008-: Director, Respiratory Physiopathology Division, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University-City Hospital of Padua. Main research interests include respiratory complications of neuromuscular origin and respiratory intensive care with special regard to weaning process and non-invasive mechanical ventilation. He has conducted several trials sponsored by the European Commission, Telethon and Veneto region of Italy. He has published over 150 papers in extenso in peer-reviewed journals.