Italy (SIGG)

Societá Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria
Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Italy…

Total population: 60.589.445 (source ISTAT.it)
Percentage above 65 Yr: 21.74% (13.219.074)
Percentage above 80 Yr: 6.58% (4.004.449)

Number of physicians: 354.553 (data ENPAM)
Number of geriatricians: n/a
Total number of hospital beds: 209.774 (2011: ISTAT.it, 2014) (3.5/1000)
Number of geriatric beds: n/a

Geriatrics is recognised as a...

  • speciality since <20 years

Geriatric medicine is found in...

  • acute care hospitals as acute geriatric wards
  • out-patient care settings
  • post-acute rehabilitation hospitals/clinics
  • nursing homes or long term care facilities

Members of the society

Total number of Members: 1.541
Geriatricians: 1.415
Nurses: 126

Special interest groups within society

Journals:

  • Official Journal: Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics” (JGG): Editor In Chief – Gianluigi Vendemiale (Cited in SCOPUS, Embase, The Excerpta Medica Database)
  • Other Journal: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research”: Frequency: Bimonthly, Coverage: Volume 1 / 1989 - Volume 26 / 2014, Print ISSN: 1720-8319, Online ISSN: 1720-8319, Publisher: Springer International , Editor In Chief: 
Stefania Maggi (Padova)

Other activities…

  • The Annual scientific meeting is organized by the Society usually in the last decade of November in different locations.
  • Every year the Society organizes a Summer School for postgraduate students of Geriatrics.
  • Other scientific Meetings are organized by the Regional Sections of the Society

List of geriatric chairs and research centres in Italy

GERIATRIC CHAIRS UNIVERSITY

SURNAME

NAME

E-MAIL

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Antonelli Incalzi

Raffaele

r.antonelli(at)unicampus.it

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome

Bernabei

Roberto

roberto_bernabei(at)rm.unicatt.it

Research Center

Trabucchi

Marco

direzione(at)grg-bs.it

www.grg-bs.it

Second University of Naples

Paolisso

Giuseppe

giuseppe.paolisso(at)unina2.it

University "La Sapienza" of Rome

Cacciafesta

Mauro

mauro.cacciafesta(at)uniroma1.it

University "La Sapienza" of Rome - Sant'Andrea Faculty

Falaschi

Paolo

paolo.falaschi(at)uniroma1.it

University "Tor Vergata" of Rome

Bertoli

Aldo

aldo.bertoli(at)uniroma2.it

University of Ancona

Sarzani

Riccardo

r.sarzani(at)univpm.it

University of Bari

Sabba'

Carlo

c.sabba(at)dimimp.uniba.it

University of Bologna

Zoli

Marco

marco.zoli(at)unibo.it

University of Brescia

Romanelli

Giuseppe

gr.universita(at)libero.it

University of Cagliari

Mandas

Antonella

amandas(at)medicina.unica.it

University of Catania

Maugeri

Domenico

dmaugeri(at)tin.it

University of Catanzaro

Gnasso

Agostino

 

gnasso@unicz.it 

University of Chieti-Pescara

Porreca

Ettore

eporreca(at)unich.it

University of Florence

Marchionni

Niccolò

nmarchionni(at)unifi.it

University of Foggia

Vendemiale

Gianluigi

g.vendemiale(at)unifg.it

University of Genova

Odetti

Patrizio

odetti(at)unige.it

University of L'Aquila

Desideri

Giovambattista

giovambattista.desideri(at)cc.univaq.it

University of Messina

Lasco

Antonino

Antonino.Lasco(at)unime.it

University of Milan

Mari

Daniela

daniela.mari(at)unimi.it

University of Milano-Bicocca

Annoni

Giorgio

giorgio.annoni(at)unimib.it

University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia

Bertolotti

Marco

marco.bertolotti(at)unimore.it

University of Naples

Ferrara

Nicola

nicola.ferrara(at)unina.it

University of Padova

Manzato

Enzo

enzo.manzato(at)unipd.it

University of Palermo

Barbagallo

Mario

mario.barbagallo(at)unipa.it

University of Parma

Ceda

Gianpaolo

gpceda(at)unipr.it

University of Pavia

Ricevuti

Giovanni

giovanni.ricevuti(at)unipv.it

University of Perugia

Mecocci

Patrizia

mecocci(at)unipg.it

University of Pisa

Monzani

Fabio

fabio.monzani(at)med.unipi.it

University of Siena

Capecchi

Pier Leopoldo

pierleopoldo.capecchi(at)unisi.it

University of Torino

Isaia

Giovanni Carlo

giancarlo.isaia(at)unito.it

University of Trieste

Toigo

Gabriele

gabriele.toigo(at)aots.sanita.fvg.it

University of Udine

Cavarape

Alessandro

alessandro.cavarape(at)uniud.it

University of Verona

Zamboni

Mauro

mauro.zamboni(at)univr.it

Contact details

The president of the Society:
Prof. Andrea Ungar

General Assembly member in the EUGMS:
Prof. Antonio Cherubini

Email: sigg(at)sigg.it and gilda.borselli(at)sigg.it
Website: www.sigg.it

Via G.C. Vanini, 5
50129 Firenze
Tel: 055 474330
Fax: 055 9900072

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