Lorenzo Lo Muzio
University of Foggia, Italy
- Orcid: 0000-0003-4633-4893
- Publications: 530
- Citations: 11322
- Keywords: oral cancer, cancer stem cells, precencerosis
Short Bio
- Prof. Lorenzo Lo Muzio Full Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine – University of Foggia, Italy Director of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine – University of Foggia, Italy Vice-director of CINBO (Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Bio-Oncologia) President of SIPMO (Society of Italian Pathology and Medicine Oral) Areas of interest: Head and Neck Cancer and Precancerous Conditions • Oral Immunopathology and Infection • Stem Cell Biology and Its Application • Cancer Stem cells Brief CV Prof. Lorenzo Lo Muzio, MD, PhD, Born at Foggia, 12 october 1959 1984 Degree in Medicine, Summa cum laude (University of Naples, Italy) 1987 Postgraduate board in Dentistry, Summa cum laude (University of Naples, Italy) 1990 Postgraduate board in Oncology, Summa cum laude (University of Naples, Italy) 1996 PhD (SUN University, Italy) 1997-1998 Postdoctoral felloswship, (University of Naples, Italy) 1998-2000 Professor a.c. at DU of Dental Igienist at University of Bari 2000-4 Associate professor at Università Politecnica delle Marche - Ancona. 2004-6 Associate Professor at the University of Foggia - Department of Surgical Sciences. 2006 to date Full Professor at the University of Foggia - Department of Surgical Sciences. 2005 to date is the President of Corso di Laurea in Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria at the University of Foggia. 2010 to 2012 Vice-Dean of The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at The University of Foggia 2012 to date Director of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at the University of Foggia MEMBERSHIPS 2005 Founding Fellow of The International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO). 2005 to 2011 is the President of SIPMO (Society Italian of Oral Pathology and Medicine) 2011 to 2013 is the Vice-President of SIPMO (Society Italian of Oral Pathology and Medicine) 2013 to date is the President of SIPMO (Society Italian of Oral Pathology and Medicine) 2014 to date is the Vice-Director of CINBO (Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Bio-Oncologia) OTHER ACTIVITIES 2003-to date Member of Ministerial Consultant List (art. 7, paragraph 1, legislative degree n. 297 - 27 july 1999 - degree n. 1543 8 september 2003) 2005-to date Referee for ECM - Ministero Italiano della Sanità 2008-to 2012 Rectoral Delegate for Scientific Resarch of the University of Foggia 2008-to 2012 President of the Scientific Committee of the University of Foggia 2008-to 2012 President of the Committee for Patent of the University of Foggia Component of the International Scientific Advisory Board dell’International Institute of Anticancer research (IIAR) – Athens – Greece (http://iiar-anticancer.org/international-scientific-advisory-board/) His research interests cover several fields of oral pathology with a special interest in oral oncogenesis (apoptosis, cell-cell adhesion, cancer stem cells….) and autoimmunitary diseases of the oral mucosa. He received several grants for his researches on oral oncology. Prof. Lo Muzio has published 1000 scientific papers, posters, abstracts; about 500 are MEDLINE papers (H-index = 53 - http://www.scopus.com)
