FABIO MIDULLA

Fabio Midulla

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH
Rome, December 15, 1955

ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL
Department of Pediatrics
Sapienza University of Rome
Policlinico Umberto I
Viale Regina Elena 324
00161 Rome, Italy
Tel 06/49979363 – Mobile 338 6854670
E-mail: midulla@uniroma1.it

HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE
Degree in classical studies – Institute Marcantonio Colonna – Rome, Italy

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS
1977 General Pathology
1978 Internal Medicine
1979 Internal Medicine
1980 Pediatrics

MEDICAL DEGREE
1980 graduated magna cum laude, discussing the thesis on “Epidemiology of adenovirus infection in children coming from the Roman surroundings”. Sapienza University of Rome

RESIDENCY
1984 Pediatrics. Sapienza University of Rome with 70/70 cum laude

PhD
1988 “Lung physiology in children” Sapienza University of Rome

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1991-2001 Research associate- Pediatric Department – Sapienza University of Rome
2001-2020 Associate Professor in Pediatrics – Sapienza University of Rome
2021 Full Professor in Pediatrics - Sapienza University of Rome

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
1980 -1991 He has worked, during the residence, at the doctorate (at the Service) on “Pediatric Lung Physiology” in the Pediatric Department – Sapienza, University of Rome
1981 He has worked as pediatrician at the Hospital “Fatebrenefratelli dell’Isola Tiberina” - Rome, Italy
1989 He has worked for three months at the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Sapienza University of Rome
1991-1999 Attending Physician on “Pediatric lung physiology” in the Pediatric Department of the Sapienza University of Rome
2000-2003 Attending Physician in the regional Centre for Cystic Fibrosis – Sapienza University of Rome
2004 – Attending Physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Director of UOS Paediatric first aid and short observation - Sapienza University of Rome

TEACHING
1999 - Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology at the I and II School of Pediatrics – Sapienza University of Rome
2001 - Professor at the Course of the European Respiratory Society on “Pediatric Hands on Flexible Bronchoscopy”
2002 – Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical School – Sapienza University of Rome
2006 – Professor of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Nursery School – Sapienza University of Rome

COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH GROUPS
1986 Coordinator of the study on “Asthma self-management in children” performed with 14 Italian Pediatric Pulmonologist Services and the National Institute of Health (USA)
1996 Coordinator of the European study on “Current status on techniques for assay of a cellular components in BAL. Special consideration in children”
1997 Coordinator of the European study on “Broncho-alveolar lavage in children”
2001 Coordinator of the European study on “Flexible endoscopy of pediatric airways”
2010 Coordinator of the European study on “Congenital Lung malformation”

COORDINATOR OF SCIENTIFIC GROUPS
2001-2003 Member of the board of the Italian Society of Respiratory Disease (SIMRI)
2003–2008 Coordinator of the “Endoscopic Group” of the Italian Society of Respiratory Disease (SIMRI)
2005-2008 Secretary of the “Bronchology Group” of the Pediatric Assembly – European Respiratory Society
2008-2011 Chair of the “Bronchology” Group of the Pediatric Assembly – European Respiratory Society
2010 - Member of the board of the Italian Society of Respiratory Disease (SIMRI)
2011 - Secretary Pediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society

INTERNSHIPS IN FOREIGN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
1981 Institute of Mother and Child, Rabka – Poland
1982 Institute of Mother and Child, Rabka – Poland
1985 Columbia University – New York, USA
1987–1989 Associate Researcher – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH) –USA
1991 Institute of Mother and Child, Rabka – Poland

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1977-1978 Award of the Italian National Institute of Social Welfare
1978 Scholarship of the Italian Medical Students for an internship at the University Hospital of Tel Aviv – Israel
1978 Scholarship of the Minister of Foreign Office for an internship at the Cultural Centre “Floriana” – Malta
1979 Scholarship of the Italian Medical Students for an internship at the University Hospital of Gdansk– Poland
1978-1979 Award of the Italian National Institute of Social Welfare
1979-1980 Award of the Italian National Institute of Social Welfare
19801981 Award of the Italian National Institute of Social Welfare
1984-1985 Scholarship of the Foundation “Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci” – Sapienza University of Rome for coordination of a research program on the “Epidemiology of chronic respiratory diseases in children”
1985-1986 Scholarship of the Foundation “Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci” – Sapienza University of Rome for the coordination of a research program on the “Epidemiology of chronic respiratory diseases in children”

FUNDED GRANTS
2002 Faculty Research on “Respiratory Virus Infections: which are the consequences on the infant with Cystic Fibrosis?”
2003 Faculty Research on “Lung Function tests and gastro-esophageal reflux in infants with tracheo-esophageal fistula”
2004 Faculty Research on “Longitudinal study on the relationship between RSV bronchiolitis and asthma”
2004 University Research on “Epidemiology of respiratory diseases in children: etiological and clinical aspects”
2005 Faculty Research on “Longitudinal study on the relationship between RSV bronchiolitis and asthma”
2005 University Research on “Epidemiology of respiratory diseases in children: etiological and clinical aspects”
2006 Faculty Research on “DNAse treatment in infants with moderate-severe bronchiolitis
2006 University Research on “Study of inflammatory mediators with Exhaled Breath Condensate in children with acute pneumonia”
2007 Faculty Research on “Expression of interferon induced genes during acute bronchiolitis: correlation with the severity of the disease and with long-term follow-up”
2008 University Research on “Role of Respiratory viruses in infants with bronchiolitis and wheezing bronchitis”
2009 Faculty Research on “Role of Respiratory viruses in infants with bronchiolitis and wheezing bronchitis”
2010 Ministero della Salute, Ricerca finalizzata – “Improving strategies for preventing pertussis in infants”.
2014 University Research 2014, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, “Citomegalovirus infection in children under 3 years of age with wheezing bronchitis.

NATIONAL TASKS
2001 Member of the board for the guidelines of ICD-9-CM
2008–2112 Member of the Board of the Italian Institute of Health

INTERNATIONAL TASKS
2001 Italian Delegate of the “Commitee in Pediatric Respiratory Training in Europe” of the European Board of Pediatrics and of the European Union of Medical Specialist

GUEST SPEAKER AT NATIONAL MEETINGS
1982. I Congresso Nazionale di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica - Roma
1985. Giornate di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica - Spoleto
1986. III Congresso Nazionale di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica - Catania
1987. Corso di Aggiornamento “L’asma: dalle recenti acquisizioni scientifiche alla strategia terapeutica” - Catvat
1990. Corso di Formazione “La broncoscopia in età pediatrica: tecnica, applicazioni e prospettiva” - Roma
1990. Gruppo di studio di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica, Società Italina di Pediatria – Cosenza
1993. Le Specialità nella pratica pediatrica – Roma
1994. VII Congresso Nazionale di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica – Pisa
1994. Corso di Aggiornamento in Broncopneumologia Pediatrica – Milano
1998. II Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Cagliari
1998. IV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Medicina Respiratoria - Roma
1999. III Cogresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Genova
1999. Corso Nazionale Interattivo di Fisiopatologia Clinica Respiratoria – Roma
2001. Giornate Pediatriche – Roma
2001. Giornata Pediatrica Veliterna – Velletri
2001. Corso di Aggiornamento in Neonatologia “Insufficienze respiratorie e danno cerebrale” – Roma
2000. IV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Siena
2001. Roma Asma – Roma
2001. XVIII Incontro Pediatrico – Ostia Lido
2001. Novità in tema di Pneumologia e Allergologia Pediatrica – Genova
2001. Bambino e Salute – Roma
2001. I Congresso Unificato di Pediatria – Roma
2001. V Congresso Nazionale drlla Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Sorrento
2001. Valutazione della funzione cardiorespiratoria in età evolutiva: interpretazione ed applicazioni cliniche” – Roma
2002. Roma Asma 2002 – Roma
2002. VI Congresso Annuale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Venezia
2002. Novità in tema di Pneumologia e Allergologia Pediatrica – Genova
2002. AiroNet – Roma
2003. Campus emiliano-romagnolo in malattie respiratorie infantili – Forlì
2003. Corso Teorico-Pratico di Endoscopia delle vie aeree in pediatria – Viterbo
2003. Novità in tema di Pneumologia e Allergologia Pediatrica – Genova
2003. II Giornata Pediatrica Veliterna – Velletri
2003. VII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Roma
2004. I Corso Teorico-Pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica – Parma
2004. Corso di Aggiornamento in Neonatologia “Update di Pneumologia” – Roma
2004. II Corso Teorico-Pratico di Broncoscopia in età neonatale e pediatrica – Viterbo
2004. VIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Ancona
2004. Corso di Formazione in Gastroenterologia pediatrica – Roma
2004. III Convegno di Aggiornamento Teorico-Pratico “Opinioni a confronto in immuno-pneumo-allergologia – Pavia
2005. III Giornata Pneumologica Pediatrica Perugina –Perugia
2005. II Corso Teorico-Pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica – Parma
2005. Aggiornamenti in tema di patologia respiratoria neonatale e pediatrica – Chieti
2005. Corso di Educazione Medica Continua in Medicina. Dalla pratica alla teoria. Casi clinici pediatrici – Roma
2005. Opinioni a confronto in immuno-pneumo-allergologia pediatrica – Pavia
2005. III Corso Teorico-Pratico di Broncoscopia in età neonatale e pediatrica – Viterbo
2005. I Congresso Nazionale per lo studio della Fibrosi Cistica – Roma
2005. IX Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Chieti
2006. Università e Pediatria di Famiglia: un rapporto interattivo –Roma
2006. I Seminario di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale e Pediatrica – Roma
2006. X Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Taormina
2006. IV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italina di Medicina Emergenza-Urgenza Pediatrica – Orosei
2006. Novità in tema di Pneumologia e Allergologia Pediatrica – Genova
2006. III Corso Teorico-Pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica – Parma
2006. III Giornata Pediatrica Veliterna – Velletri
2006. I Convegno Nazionale Gruppo Interdisciplinare di Endoscopia Respiratoria Pediatrica Interventistica – Firenze
2006. IV Corso Teorico-Pratico di Broncoscopia in età neonatale e pediatrica – Viterbo
2007. Aspetti Clinico-Radiologici nell’emergenza pediatrica – Roma
2007. I Convegno FIMP – SIP – ACP Lazio: la pediatria a confronto – Roma
2007. Le Giornate della nuova scuola medica salernitana – Salerno
2007. L’asma difficile. Saperla riconoscere e saperla trattare – Udine
2007. IV Corso Teorico-Pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica – Parma
2008. Discinesie Ciliari e Malattie Respiratorie Croniche del bambino: dalla diagnosi differenziale alla qualità della vita – Pisa
2008. II Convegno Nazionale Gruppo Interdisciplinare di Endoscopia Respiratoria Pediatrica Interventistica – Bologna
2008. V Corso Teorico-Pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica – Parma
2008. XII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Bologna
2008. Corso per formatori Triage modello Lazio – Ostia
2008. Congresso: “La tosse nel bambino:oltre le solite cose”- Udine
2008. Novità in tema di Pneumologia ed Allergologia pediatrica- Genova
2009. Corso per formatori di Triage modello Lazio- Roma
2009. II convegno: Codice rosso in pediatria- Roma
2009. VI corso teorico-pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica- Parma
2009. Congresso: Aggiornamenti in Pneumologia ed Allergologia Pediatrica- Pisa
2009. I incontro formativo : “Ambiente e salute dal punto di vista medico sanitario”- Roma
2009. III corso teorico-pratico “Pneumologia diagnostica ed interventistica nell’adulto e nel bambino”- Napoli
2009. Bambino e attività sportiva: stili di vita, prevenzione e terapia- Roma
2009. Corso di aggiornamento in Terapia Intensiva Neonatale e Pediatrica- Roma
2009. XIII Convegno della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili- Napoli
2010. Convegno: “Sapienza in Pediatria e Neonatologia”- Roma
2010. VII corso teorico-pratico di Pneumologia interventistica- Parma
2010. Corso teorico-pratico: Fisiopatologia delle vie aeree e Broncoscopia in età neonatale e pediatrica- Napoli
2010. Corso : L’endoscopia delle vie aeree oggi –Ancona
2010. III Convegno: Codice Rosso in pediatria- Roma
2010. IV Corso Teorico pratico “Pneumologia Diagnostica ed Interventistica nell’adulto e nel bambino- Napoli
2010. XIV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana per le Malattie Respiratorie Infantili – Venezia
2010. IX Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana Malattie Infettive e Tropicali – Roma
2010. IX Convegno Nazionale Gruppo Interdisciplinare di Endoscopia Respiratoria Pediatrica Interventistica- Corso teorico pratico di Endoscopia Respiratoria Pediatrica- Napoli
2010. Workshop di aggiornamento sul Virus Respiratorio Sinciziale- Roma
2010. Congresso : L’Insufficienza Respiratoria nel Bambino dalla DECAP all’ECMO- Firenze
2011. Bambino e Attività Sportiva- Roma
2011. V edizione: Giornate pediatriche del Sant’Andrea- Roma
2011. Expert forum in Pediatria 2011- Parma
2011. Convegno: Le Malattie Respiratorie in Età Pediatrica: il ruolo dell’endoscopia delle vie aeree- Ancona
2011. VIII Corso teorico-pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica- Parma
2011. II Corso teorico- pratico: Fisiopatologia delle vie aeree e broncoscopia in età neonatale e pediatrica- Napoli
2011. XV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana delle Malattie Respiratorie Infantili- Catania
2011. XVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Neonatologia- Sorrento
2011. Corso: La Terapia Semintensiva in Età Pediatrica- Colli sul Velino (RI)
2011. Congresso : “Respiro”- Bologna
2011. Congresso: Thesis 2011- Percorsi Interattivi e Formativi Pediatrici- Napoli
2012. Corso teorico-pratico: Fisiopatologia delle Vie Aeree e Broncoscopia in Età Neonatale e Pediatrica- Napoli
2012. Corso teorico- pratico di Endoscopia Respiratoria Pediatrica- Firenze
2012. Expert Forum in Pediatria- Parma
2012. IX Corso teorico-pratico di Pneumologia Interventistica-Parma

GUEST SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
1991. European Pediatric Respiratory Society IX Meeting – Rome, Italy
1993. IV International Conference on Broncho-alveolar Lavage – Umea , Sweden
1997. Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society – Berlin, Germany
1998. Workshop of the European Respiratory Society: advances in pediatric pulmonary endoscopy – Padova, Italy
1998. III International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology – Monaco, France
1998. VI International Conference on Broncho-alveolar Lavage – Corfù – Greece
1999. European Seminar on “Advances in pediatric asthma” – Rome, Italy
1999. Symposium “Pediatric Lung disease in Research and Practice” – The Hague, Netherlands
1999. Joint Meeting of the European Respiratory Society Pediatric Assembly & European Society of Pediatric Allergy & Clinical Immunology – Berlin, Germany
2000. VII International Conference on Broncho-alveolar Lavage – Cracovia, Poland
2001. X International Congress of the Greek Society for Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – Athens, Greece
2001. I Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Lille, France
2002. II Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Lille, France
2003. III Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Lille, France
2004. Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society – Glasgow, Scotland
2005. IV Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Paris, France
2006. VIII Curso Teorico-Pratico de Broncoscopia Pediatrica – Madrid, Spain
2006. V Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Paris, France
2007. Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society – Stochkolm, Sweden
2007. VI Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Paris, France
2008. VII Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society – Paris, France
2008. Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society – Berlin, Germany
2009- VIII Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France
2010. 5th Hot Topics in Neonatal Medicine Symposium- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2010. European Respiratory Society practical workshop on Paediatric Bronchoscopy- Paris- France
2010. European Respiratory Society task force on Congenital Pulmonary Malformation- King’s College London, UK
2010. IX Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France
2010. X Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France
2010. The European Respiratory Society Annual Congress- Barcelona, Spain
2011. XI Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France
2011. XII Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France
2011. Course: “PG11- Diagnostic tests for the Pediatric Pulmonologist- Denver, Colorado
2012. Pediatric Hands on Flexible Broncoscopy Course of the European Respiratory Society- Paris, France

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Italian Society for Respiratory Diseases in Children (SIMRI)
Interdisciplinary Group of Interventional Pediatric Respiratory Endoscopy
American Thoracic Respiratory Society (ATS)
European Respiratory Society (ERS)

REVIEWER OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Pediatric Pulmonology
Chest
European Respiratory Journal
Respiratory Medicine
Archives Disease of Childhood
Acta paediatrica

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
English