Marcello Rattazzi

Education: 1994-2000: Medical Doctor degree “cum laude” at the University of Padova Medical School; 2000-2005: Residency in Internal Medicine at the Clinica Medica IV (Padova University Hospital) and Medicina Interna I (Treviso University Hospital), University of Padova Medical School; 2006-2009: Ph.D. degree in Cardiovascular Science, University of Padova Medical School. Professional experiences and current position: 2003-2004: Visiting scientist at the Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; 2007-2017: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Padova Medical School. 2017-to date: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Padova Medical School. Scientific activity: Dr. Marcello Rattazzi started his research activity in the cardiovascular field in 2000. His research interest is primarily focused on the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular disease, mainly mechanisms of atherogenesis and vascular/valve calcification. He designed several research projects aimed at describing the phenotypic characteristics of vascular cells actively involved in calcification of atherosclerotic lesions and aortic valves (Rattazzi et al. ATVB 2005, Rattazzi et al. ATVB 2008, Bertacco et al. J Prot Res 2010, Preutsch et al. ATVB 2008, Albiero et al. Basic Res Cardiol. 2013, Rattazzi et al. ATH 2014 and 2020). Dr. Rattazzi has also been involved in the conduction of clinical studies on hypertensive/hypercholesterolemic patients with a specific focus on the mechanisms of cardiovascular organ damage and the effects of pharmacological interventions (Puato et al. Stroke 2010, Rattazzi et al. Cardiovasc Ther 2016 e 2018, Palatini et al. Hypertension 2022). More recently he also performed clinical studies investigating the link between atherosclerotic risk factors and venous thromboembolism (Rattazzi et al. JTH 2012, Rattazzi et al. Clin Sci, 2013, Rattazzi et al. Thromb Res 2015, Rattazzi et al. Thromb Res 2017, De Lucchi et al. JTH 2021, Bressan et al. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2023). Clinical activity: 2007- to date: medical care for both inpatients and outpatients in the Medicina Interna I Unit at the Ca' Foncello University Hospital of Treviso. 2017- to date: Director of the Cardiovascular Ambulatories (Hypertension and Dyslipidemia) of the Internal Medicine Department at the Ca' Foncello University Hospital of Treviso Teaching activity: 2007- to date: lecturer of Internal Medicine for students of Medicine at the University of Padova Medical School. Institutional assignments: 2012- 2020: Member of the Ethical Committee for Clinical Research of Treviso and Belluno districts; 2012 - 2021: Member of the Didactic Commission of the Residency Program in Internal Medicine of the University of Padova; 2021 to date: Coordinator of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Padova 2022 to date: Director of the Residency Program in Allergology and Clinical Immunology of the University of Padova. Awards: 2001-Medical Degree award from the Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension. 2008-Young Researcher Award from the Italian Society of Cardiology. Referee activity: Referee service for: Atherosclerosis, Journal of Hypertension, PlosOne, Hypertension, Clinical Science, Heart, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Journal of Molecular Cell Cardiology, Clinical Science, Cardiovascular Research, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Nutrition Metabolism & Cardiovascular Disease, Nutrition and Diabetes, American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, American Heart Journal.