Surname: Tavazzi Name: Luigi Place and date of birth: July 14 1939, Cremona,
Italy Work address: Policlinico S. Matteo-Pavia
QUALIFICATIONS
• Honours degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pavia, 1963; • Specialization
with honours in Cardiology, 1966, University of Pavia; • University Teaching
Qualification in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, 1970, University of Pavia
(with honours).
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POST
• Senior Consultant, Cardiology Division, Policlinico S. Matteo, IRCCS, Pavia
POSTS HELD IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
· Chairman of the Federazione Italiana di Cardiologia [Italian Federation
of Cardiology] (FIC), 2001; • Regional Representative of the Associazione
Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri [National Asssociation of Hospital
Cardiologists] for the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta regions, 1986-1988; • Chairman
of the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri (ANMCO), 1994
– 1996; • Former Chairman of the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi
Ospedalieri (ANMCO), 1996 – to date; • Member of the annual ESC Congress’
Scientific Committee, 1994-1997; • Member of the International Society and
Federation of Cardiology’s Council on Cardiac Rehabilitation, 1989 –1996;
• Elected chairman of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology’s
Council on Cardiac Rehabilitation, 1994-1996; • Deputy chairman of the Associazione
Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri (ANMCO), 1988-1992; • Member of the
E.S.C.’s Scientific Committee, 1994-1996; • Member of the European Society
of Cardiology’s Executive Scientific Committee, 1996 – to date; • Member of
the European Society of Cardiology’s Credentials Committee, 1995 – to date;
. Member of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology, 1999; · Member of the Work
Group on Heart Failure’s Nominating Committee, 2000- · Chairman of the Consorzio
Italiano per la Ricerca Medica [Italian Consortium for Medical Research] (CIRM),
2000- to date.