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Associate Professor Luigina Guasti

University of Insubria, Varese (Italy)
Membership: FESC Member
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Luigina Guasti, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESC. Head, Unità Complessa "Geriatrics", ASST-settelaghi, University Hospital, Varese, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, Head, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery - CdLMMC, Head, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Director, Research Center on Dyslipidemia, Chair of the ESC Taskforce on Geriatric Cardiology (Council for Cardiology Practice), Chair of the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice. Email address: luigina.guasti@uninsubria.it Born in Piacenza, Italy, 1958 Alumnus of Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia Degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1983 ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) US Certification (1985) Specialist in Cardiology (1987) PhD in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology (1994). Currently Luigina Guasti is teaching at the School of Medicine of the University of Insubria; she has authored more than 200 peer reviewed publications and actively participates to national and international meetings.
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