CURRICULUM

Giancarlo Carli, Medical Doctor (1962),  was born in Pievescola (Casole d’Elsa, Siena, Italy), was scientifically  trained at Siena University (1959-1965) , at  Pisa University ( Department of Physiology 1965-1969) and  at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (1969-1971). From 1971 he has been  working in Siena as Professor of Physiology, as Director of Institute (1976-2002) and as Chairman of Department (2009-2010). He has been a  founder of the International Association  for Study of Pain on 1973, of  Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Dolore (President from 1988-1991) and of the European Pain School (2003) in Pontignano (Siena) where is member of the Faculty Board. He has been Visiting Professor at  Department de Psychologie, Université de Montreal(1973) and at  Columbia University (1993). He has organized in Siena three  international meetings: “Perspectives in Neurophysiology” in honorem of Prof. Mountcastle, Siena 1984, “Neural Processes in the Cerebral Cortex”, Siena 1988  and “Towards the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain” In honorem of M.Zimmermann, 1994. He has edited: “Towads the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain, Carli and Zimmermann (Eds). In :Progress in Brain Research; Vol.110, 278 pp, Amsterdam,Elsevier, 1996”.  He has been Editor of “Medicine” (2015). Has received  two awards, the first  by the  “The American Institute of Hypnosis” (1969)  and the second by the  Sleep Research Society Board of Directors, Chicago” (2003). Since 2010 he is acting as  scientific consultant of Department of Translational Research and New Technology in Mecicine and Sugery, Unisersity of Pisa, Italy and of  Aplysia onlus Psychosomatic center, Pisa, Italy.

17.07.1962 Graduation as Medical Doctor, University of Siena

1962 – 1965 Fellow Institute of Medical Pathology, University of Siena

1965 – 1969 Fellow Institute of Physiology, University of Pisa

1969 Award of “The American Institute of Hypnosis”

1969 – 1971 Fellowship P.H.S. of Department of Physiology The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland – U.S.A.

  1. “Libera Docenza” in Human Physiology

1971 – 1981 Assistant Professor, Siena University

1973 Visiting Professor, Department de Psychologie, Université de Monreal

1973 Research Appointment to CNR Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Pisa, Italy,

1976 – 2002 Chairman Institute of Physiology, Siena University

1977 – 2010 Chairman School of Specialization in Sport Medicine

1981- Full Professor – Human Physiology , Siena University

1988 – 1991 President of AISD (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Dolore)

1992 – 2003 Chairman and of Center of Psychoneurophysiology of Sport Medicine

1993 – 2010 Principal Advisor for orienting problems of medical students

1993 Visiting Professor, Columbia University (October – November)

1995 – 2010 University Dean’s delegate for assistance of disabled students

1996 – 2008 Sport Medicine Unit Coordinator

1997 – 2001 Responsible for University Research Animal Facilities

2001 – 2002 Director of European Master “Aiuti Specializzati. Interventi Scolastici e Sociali”

2003 – Award as a Significant Early Contributor of the Field of Modern Sleep Research by “Sleep Research Society Board of Directors, Chicago”

2003 – Faculty Board of the “European Pain School” Certosa di Pontignano

2005 – 2010 Delegate of the Medical Faculty of Siena University to the “Regional Committee for Coordination of Actions to Fight Pain”

2009 – 2010 Chairman Department of Physiology, Siena University

MEETING ORGANIZATION

1978 Main Organizer of II° National Meeting AISD (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Dolore), Siena June 17-18

1984 Main Organizer of the International Meeting “Perspectives in Neurophysiology” in honorem of Prof. Mountcastle, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena

October 22-23

1984 Main Organizer of the Regional Congress “Medicina dello Sport a Siena: Studi compiuti e Progetti di Ricerca”, Siena February 28

1988 Main Organizer of the International Meeting Neural Processes in the Cerebral Cortex”, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, June 16-17

1991 Main Organizer of the International Congress “The Isokinetic Work in Rehabilitation and Muscle Strength”, Siena May 17-18

1991 Main Organizer of National Meeting”Stress, Dolore e Analgesia”, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena April 18-20,

1994 Main Organizer of the International Meeting “Towards the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain” In honorem of M.Zimmermann, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena March 4-5

1998 Main Organizer of National Meeting”Neuroscience and Pain” IV Congress of National Group Siena, December 4-5

2001-2003 Main Organizer of the International Master “Aiuti Specializzati. Interventi Scolastici e Sociali”

2002 Main Organizer of course “Fisiologia del Dolore” for Scuola di Fisiologia e Biofisica of Società Italiana di Fisiologia, Siena September 1-5.

2003- Organizer with Prof Aloisi and Prof Zimmemarnn of European Pain School ,Pontignano, Siena

2009 Main Organizer of Satellite Symposium “Hypnotizability as a Component of Physiological Variability” 60° Congress SIF, Siena, September 23

2011 Member of Research Committee of ISH(International Society of Hypnosis) with G.De Benedittis and J.Gruzelier

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

Carli and Zimmermann (Eds): Towads the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain, In Progress in Brain Research Vol.110, 278 pp, Amsterdam, 1996

Carli G, Besson JM, Bowsher D, Gordh T. (Editors): The European Journal of Pain,

1992,1993, 1994, Verlag fur Medizin Dr Ewald Fisher GmbH, Heidelberg

e Advanced settings.

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

INTERNATIONAL

Erlangen(Germany). Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Erlangen-Nurember University (Prof P Reeh)

Paris (France). Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Facultè de Medicine, Pitiè Salpetriere (Prof. J.C. Willer)

Paris (France). College de France (Prof. A.Berthoz).

Montreal (Quebec). Department of Biology, McGill University (Prof. L. Lefebvre)

Maastrict (The Netherlands. Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Hospital

Maastricht (Prof. E.A. Joosten)

Szeged (Hungary). Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Science University (Prof. T.Forster)

NATIONAL

Pisa – Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Pisa (Prof. D. Manzoni, E.L. Santarcangelo)

– ARTS Lab, Scuola Sant’Anna (Prof. P.Dario,S. Micera)

– Istituto Fisiologia Clinica, CNR (Prof. R. Balocchi, Varanini)

– Dipartimento di Medicina Interna (Prof. C. Palombo)

Bologna – Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione (Prof. V. Bachiocco)

Modena – Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Modena e Reggio (Prof. C.A. Porro)

– Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica (Prof. F. Facchinetti)

Milano – Dipartimento di Farmacologia,Università di Milano (Prof. A. E Panerai, P. Sacerdote)

Roma – Istituto Scienza dello Sport,Dipartimento di Fisiologia (Prof. L. Marugo, F. Sardella )

– Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare. Università la Sapienza (Prof. F. Capone, F. Pavone)

– Dipartimento di Psicologia (Prof. V. De Pascalis)

Firenze – Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Università di Firenze (Prof. G. Pepeu, F. Casamenti)