Prof.  ALESSANDRO MARTINI

 

 

Born - Padova Italy, September 9th

1949 Married, one daugther.

 

Associate Professor of Paediatric ENT 1986

Full Professor of Audiology and Phoniatrics 2000

Position (till October 1st, 2019)

Full Professor of Otorhinolaryngology University of Padova

Head department of Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University Hospital,

Padova

Chief ENT Clinic University Hospital, Padova

Director Bioacoustics Research Centre, University Padova;

Position 2024 :

Honorary Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Padova

Coordinator Scientific Board Research Center “International Auditory Processing

Project Venice: IApprove”, Padova University

Member Accademia Galileina di Scienze, Lettere e Arti

Honoray President AUORL

 

COMPETENZE PERSONALI

 

Scientific coordinator:

 Biomed 2 (PL950353: European Working Group on Genetics of

Hearing Impairment, 1996-99)

 Telethon (Project EC473 A Genetic of otosclerosis: phenotypic

characterization, family collection and linkage studies, 1997)

 RegenEar (2001).

 Biomed GenDeaf (2001-2005)

 BioEar (2001-2004) and NanoEar (2006-2010) (as head of Ferrara

Unit)

National appointments:

• Expert Member Consiglio Superiore di Sanità

• Expert Member “working group on prevention of hearing impairment”

Ministry of Health (2011-2016)

• member Scientific Committee Orphanet Italia 2008-2011 and 2011-

2014 “Otorhinolaryngology”

• coordinator working group of the Dept of Planning - Ministry of

Health on “universal neonatal hearing screening and intervention

for hearing impaired children” (2008-2010)

• Expert National Board ECM

• President Onlus Foundation Staminali e Vita (2008-2018)

• Member Ethic Committee National Association Neuromuscular

diseases patients (Telethon, UILDM, ASAMI, AISLA)

• Scientific Committee Lega del Filo d’oro

 

ISTRUZIONE E FORMAZIONE

 

Medical Degree (1974, Padua)

International appointments:

• President International Association of Physicians in Audiology (2010-

2014)

• President Italian Society of Audiology and Phoniatrics 2008-2010

• Advisory Member Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research

(1996)

• Member Advisory Board Chair in Audiological Medicine University

of Manchester (1997)

• Member Advisory Board Chair of Otorhinolaryngology University of

Antwerpen (1998)

• Member Advisory Board Chair of Paediatric Audiology Paediatric

Unversity Hospital Athens (2007)

• Chairmen Advisory Board of Discover panel for the diffusion of

knowledge of vestibular problems in emerging countries (2008)

• Deputy-Editor Journal of Audiological Medicine (Whurr) 1994-2002

• Editor-in-Chief Audiological Medicine (Informa) 2003-2012

• Editor-in-Chief Hearing , Balance and Communication (Informa)

2013-today

• Scientific editor Italian Journal Audiology & Phoniatrics (Padova

University Press)

• Editorial Board Audiology and NeuroOtology (Basel)

• Editorial Board Acta Oto-Laryngologica (Stockh)

• Editorial Board Mediterranean Journal of Otology (Ankara)

• Editorial Board Il Valsalva (Rome)

• Editorial Board Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica (Rome)

Organization of scientific meetings

• L’uomo, l’ambiente, il rumore. Padova March 1980

• Otosclerosis: cellular and biochemical etiopatogenetic mechanisms.

Padova 28.9.1986

• IX Congr. Naz. ORL Pediatrica, Padova, September 1987

• Preparatory Workshop for the constitution of an European Study

Group on Genetic Deafness, Milan, September 23-24, 1994

• Master Course in Basic Sciences in Audiology and Otoneurology,

Ferrara September 18-26 1996

• European Concerted Action H.E.A.R. 2nd International Meeting,

Milan October 11-13, 1996

• II Master Course in Basic Sciences in Audiology and Otoneurology,

Ferrara September 18-26 1998

• European Concerted Action H.E.A.R. 3rd International Meeting,

Bibione March 4-7, 1999

• Auditory Development and Plasticity, Praglia 12-19 September 2000

• Plasticity, Regeneration and Ageing in the Audiovestibular System,

Ferrara September 14-21 2002

• Genes, Hearing and Deafness: from molecular biology to clinical

practice. Final Meeting European Concerted Action GenDeaf,

Caserta, March 2005

• “Genetics of normal and defective hearing”, Official Report Italian

Society of Audiology 2006

• Voce, Diapason e Nanotech, XXXI Congr. Naz. Società Italiana di

Audiologia e Foniatria, Ferrara September 12-15 2007

• XIV Int Symposium in Audiological Medicine, Ferrara September 18-

21 2008

• 45th Inner Ear Biology Workshop, Ferrara September 21-24 2008

• “Nano & Biotech in Audiology and Otology”, Official Report Italian

Society of Audiology 2011

• The listening brain, Milan November 25-26, 2011

• Inner Ear Biology Padova 2019

 

ULTERIORI INFORMAZIONI

 

Scientific Activity:

Books: 30

Papers "in extenso": 580 (419 in Scopus)

h-index (Scopus) 39

citations (Scopus) > 6650