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

• La Cura Nella Fase Terminale Della Vita (The end of life Treatment): coordinated by M. Petrini (Roma)
• Gruppo Italiano di Ortogeriatria (GIOG) SIGG-AIP (Italian Group of Orthogeriatrics): coordinated by Prof. Bellelli Giuseppe and Prof. Falaschi Paolo

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