Cardiovascular research
Paolo Camici
Paolo G. Camici, Professor of Cardiology at the Università Vita-Salute and Director of the Coronary Care Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy. Professor Camici graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1974 at the University of Pisa where he specialized in Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine. He moved to the UK in 1991 and up to April 2010 he was Professor of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Consultant Cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital in London which is part of Imperial College School of Medicine. Professor’s Camici practice specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathies. His research has contributed to the characterization of a novel condition known as “coronary microvascular dysfunction” that affects the small vessels of the heart.
He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians. Since September 2016 he is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Cardiology
1981 Specialization in Cardiovascular Diseases with full honours, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
1977 Specialization in Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
1974 School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
2010-2013 Full Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases and Consultant Cardiologist. Director of the School in Cardiovascular Diseases. Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy 2006-2010 Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Trust, London, GB 1995-2010 Professor of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Consultant Cardiologist. Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM), Hammersmith Campus, London, GB 1991-1994 Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist; Director, PET Cardiology Group. Medical Research Council, Cyclotron Unit. Hammersmith Hospital, London, GB 1983-1984 Clinical Scientist, MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, GB 1977-1994 Assistant Professor, Istituto di Patologia Medica, University of Pisa, Italy 1975-1977 Post-doctoral Fellow, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Fellow of the American Heart Association
Member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland