Giampaolo Perna

GiampaoloPerna
ProfiloProfessionale
Aggiornatoal1Dicembre2015
NatoaHartford(USA)il16/11/1964,cell3478070293,email:[email protected]
CarrieraProfessionale:
RicercaScientifica
Sièdistintocomericercatoreessendoriuscitoapubblicare,primadeisuoi35anni,ripetutamente
sullepiùprestigioserivistepsichiatricheinternazionali(Es.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,
BiologicalPsychiatry)dimostrandounacostanzanellasuaproduzionescientificachegliha
permessodisuperarele110pubblicazionisurivisteinternazionaliindexate(JournalofCitation
Report)conunImpactFactorglobale(JCR2014)superiorea460punti,unamediaIFdi4.1eun
indicedicitazioniscientificheH-Indexparia34/28(GoogleScholar/WebofScience).Nelcorso
dellasuacarrieraharicevutonumerosiriconoscimentinazionalieinternazionalitracuiL’European
NeuropsychopharmacologyFellowshipAward(2007)einPremioNazionaleGarittad’Argento
2012-SezioneScienzaeRicerca.Hapartecipatoinqualitàdico-investigatoreaprogettidiricerca
finanziatidalMinisteroperl’UniversitàelaRicercaScientificaeattualmenteèilPrincipal
InvestigatorinunaricercaquadriennalefinanziatadallaFondazioneCariplofinanziatocon
313’000Euro.E’attualmentepresidentedellaCommissioneInterprovincialeperlaRicercadella
HermanasHospitalarias,unacongregazionededicataallasalutementalecheconta200centrie
operain4continenti.Nel2014,l’agenziadiratingExpertscape(www.expertscape.com),mediante
unavalutazioneoggettivadellaproduzionescientificadegliultimi10anni,lohaidentificatocome
il1°classificatoinItaliaeil3°classificatoinEuropacomeespertonelDisturbodiPanicoeil3°
classificatoinItaliainriferimentoaiDisturbid’Ansianellaloroglobalità.
Pubblicazioniselezionate
PernaG,BertaniA,ArancioC,RonchiP,BellodiL:LaboratorydissectionofObsessiveCompulsiveandPanic
Disorders:datafromthe35%CO2challenge.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,152:85-89,1995.
PernaG,BrambillaF,ArancioC,BellodiL:Menstrualcycle-relatedsensitivityto35%CO2challengeinpanic
disorder.BiologicalPsychiatry,37:528-532,1995.
Perna G, Cocchi S, Bertani A, Arancio C, Bellodi L: 35% CO2 challenge in healthy first degree relatives of
patientswithpanicdisorder.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,152:623-625,1995.
Perna G, Bertani A, Caldirola D, Bellodi L: Family history of panic disorder and hypersensitivity to CO2 in
panicdisorder.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,153:1060-1064,1996.
PernaG,BertaniA,PolitiE,ColomboG,BellodiL:Asthmaandpanicattacks.BiologicalPsychiatry,42:625630,1997.
PernaG,IevaA,CaldirolaD,BertaniA,BellodiL:Respirationinchildrenatriskforpanicdisorder.Archives
ofGeneralPsychiatry,59:185-6,2002
Perna G, Favaron E, DiBella D, Bellodi L: Anti-Panic Efficacy of Paroxetine and Polymorphism within the
promoteroftheserotonintransportergene.Neuropsychopharmacology,30(12):2230-5,2005
PernaG,GuerrieroG,CaldirolaD.Emergingdrugsforpanicdisorder.Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs,
16:631-45,2011.
Perna G, Guerriero G, Brambilla P, Caldirola D. Panic and brainstem: clues from Neuroimaging studies.
CNSNeurologicalDisordersDrugTargets,13:1049-56,2014.
Caldirola D, Perna G. Is there a role for pharmacogenetics in the treatment of panic disorder?.
Pharmacogenomics,17:1-4,2015
PernaG,IannoneG,AlciatiA,CaldirolaD.Areanxietydisordersassociatedwithacceleratedaging?Afocus
onneuroplasticity.NeuralPlasticity,inpress
DidatticaUniversitaria
Hasviluppatolesuecapacitàdidatticheinsegnandoin6diverseuniversitànazionalied
internazionali(StatalediMilano,Vita-SaluteSanRaffaele,Stataledell’Aquila,LumsaaRoma,
MaastrichtUniversity,UniversityofMiami)ottenendoqualifichediprestigioqualiVoluntary
Professor(UniversityofMiami),AssociateProfessor(MaastrichtUniversity),Direttore
dell’InternationalMasterinAffeciveNeuroscience(UniversitàdiMaastrichtediFirenze).Hasvolto
numeroseattivitàditutoraggio/formazioneportandoall’ottenimentodellalaurea,deldiplomadi
specializzazioneedeldottoratodiricerca,oltre30studentiinambitonazionale(Milano,L’Aquila,
Torino)einternazionale(Yale,Maastricht).Nel2014haottenutol’AbilitazioneScientifica
NazionaledalMinisteroperl’Istruzione,l’UniversitàelaRicercacomeProfessoreUniversitariodi
SecondaFascia.
Docenzecorrenti
2011-pres
Voluntary Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of
Medicine,MiamiUniversity(USA)
2012-pre
Direttore,InternationalMasterinAffectiveNeuroscience,UniversitàdiMaastricht(Olanda)
eUniversitàdiFirenze.
2013-pre
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Health,
MedicineandLifeSciences,MaastrichtUniversity(NL).
Leadership,Management&Marketing
Lapersonalepropensioneversolostudiodellaleadership,managementemarketingèstata
affinatamediantelapartecipazionealCorsodiPerfezionamentodell’UniversitàStatalediMilano
“ManagementofTechnology”.Haavutoesperienzedidatticheanchenelcampodelmanagement
edelmarketingtenendolezioniperilMasterinComunicazioneeMarketingdiPublitalia,peril
Progetto“LeaderdelFuturo”diTheAmbrosettiEuropeanHouseeperilprogetto"Skillsand
Behavior(S&B)-Percorsoperlosviluppodelleabilitàequalitàpersonali.AtuttoCampus"
dell’UniversitàCarloCattaneo(LIUC),conottimiindicidigradimentodapartedeglistudenti.
Hadimostratospiccatedotidiselfmarketingcheglihannopermessodidiventareleadernel
campodeidisturbid’ansiaalivellonazionale.Hadoticomunicativeconilgrandepubblicochegli
hannopermessodiottenereunarubricasullasalutementalesullarivistasettimanalefemminile
piùlettainItalia(DonnaModerna)esullarivistasettimanale(StarBene),numerosepartecipazioni
atrasmissionitelevisivesutelevisioninazionali(Rai1,2,3,Rete4,Canale4)eregolarepresenza
sullaradionazionaleRadio24nellatrasmissioneEssereBenessere.Hapubblicato5libri
divulgativi,tradottiinduelingue,conuntotaledi25'000copievendute,tralequali“Ansia”cheè
statoristampato9volteetradottoinlinguaspagnola.Hacreatounsitospecializzato
www.ansia.info(conunamediadioltre2500visitatoridiversialgiornoeilsuositopersonale
www.giampaoloperna.comattiraunamediadi1500visitatoridiversialmese.IlprofiloLinkedin
contaoltre3000collegamentieilsuoprofiloFacebookoltre1500amici.
Networking
Hasviluppatounavalidaretedirelazioniincampoprofessionale.Traleistituzioniconcui
collaborapossiamoincludere:UniversityofMiami(Prof.CharlesNemeroff),StanfordUniversity
(Prof.AlanSchatzberg),UniversityofMadison(Prof.NedKalin),WorldPsychiatricAssociation
(Prof.PedroRuiz&Prof.MarioMaj),MaastrichtUniversity(Prof.KoenSchruers),Federal
UniversityofRiodeJaneiro(Prof.AntonioE.Nardi&Prof.RafaelFreire),UniversitàLaSapienza
Rome(Prof.PaoloGiradi),UniversitàVitaSalute(Prof.LauraBellodi),SocietàItalianadi
Psicopatologiadell’Alimentazione(Prof.FrancescaBrambilla),ognunodeiqualipuòfornireuna
letteradipresentazione.
E’statoinclusonelBoardEditorialedi4rivistescientificheinternazionalirecensitenellabanca
datimondialebiomedicaPubMededèilCo-EditorinChief,insiemealprof.CharlesNemeroff,
dellarivistascientificaPersonalizedMedicineinPsychiatrydellacasaeditriceElsevierlacuiuscita
deiprimi2numerièprevistanellasecondametàdel2016.
AttivitàClinica
Inambitoclinicodaoltre20annisidedicaallacuradeipazienticondisturbimentali,essendo
diventatounodeimaggioriespertinelcampodeidisturbid’ansia(conunamediadi300nuovi
pazientivisitatiannualmentenegliultimi10anni).Haavutounarapidaprogressionedellacarriera
ospedaliera,diventandoa36anniAiutoResponsabiledelcentroperiDisturbid’Ansia
dell’OspedaleSanRaffaeleaMilano,a44anniPrimariodelRepartoRiabilitativoPsichiatricocon
75lettigestitida8psichiatrie15psicologiea48anniDirettoredelDipartimentodiNeuroscienze
ClinichedelleSuoreOspedaliere(www.dncospedaliere.it)conunrepartoriabilitativodi75letti,
uncentrodiurno,duepoliambulatori,uncentrodiricercaecinqueistitutidieccellenza.Intuttele
sueresponsabilitàassuntehaavutounruolocentralenellacreazioneesviluppodelleunitàgestite
portandoliastandarddiefficienzaeredditivitàediqualitàclinicadieccellenza.Nei5anniacapo
delDipartimentodiNeuroscienzeClinichedellesuoreospedalierehasempreraggiuntoesuperato
gliobiettividibudgetassegnategli.
Attivitàcomerelatore
Inambitoprofessionale,hatenutooltre70relazioniinconvegniomeetingsnazionalie
internazionaliehatenutorelazioniperlapopolazionegeneralesuvaritemipsichiatriciinoltre20
occasioni.
SelezionediRelazioni
"Symptomatological dimensions in panic disorder" per il IX World Congress of Psychiatry. Rio de Janeiro,
Brasile.11Giugno1993.
“Genetics of Panic Disorder” per il 7th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Berlino, Germany 1 Luglio
2001
“ClinicalManagementofPanicDisorder”forthe19thWorldCongressofPsychiatry.Yokohama, Japan25
Agusto2002
“RespirationandPanic:Lookingatthefuture”(ZANInvitedAddress)perilXIIAnnualMeetingoftheISARP,
Amburgo,Germania.16Settembre2005
“ExplicativeModelsforPanicDisorders:AnIntegrativePerspective”peril“3rdInternationalMeetingonthe
EarlyPhasesofMentalIllness”,Santander,Spain.18Novembre2005
“Are Genetic Poymorphisms involved in antidepressant treatment response?” per il ISAD 4th Biennal
Conference,Capetown,Sudafrica,15Marzo2008
“Panic Attacks and the Homeostatic Alarm System” for the 17th European Congress of Psychiatry, Nice,
France,17April2008
“PanicAttacksandtheHomeostaticAlarmSystem”peril2009WPAcongress,Firenze1Aprile2009
“PanicDisorder:isitreallyamentaldisorder”perilMiamiUniversityPsychiatricGroundRounds,University
ofMiami,Miami16Giugno2010
“The panic-heart connection” for the XV World Congress of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20
September2011
“Personalized psychiatry and panic disorder: from genetics to endophenotypes” for the XVIII World
CongressofPsychiatry,Madrid,Spain,16thSeptember2014
AttivitàNonProfiteAttivitàAssociativa
Hasvoltogratuitamenteattivitàdirigenzialipressoentinonprofit.E’statosociofondatoree
membrodelcomitatoscientificodellaAssociazioneFreeFromFearsconsedeaMilano.E’
presidentedelcomitatoscientificodell’AssociazioneLiberidalPanicoedall’Ansia(ALPA)ONLUS
(www.infoalpa.it)edirettorescientificoemembrodelCDAdellaFondazioneInternazionaleperil
SostegnodellaRicercainPsichiatria(www.fondazioneforipsi.org),entrambeconsedeaRoma.Ha
partecipatoanumerosiconvegniapertialpubblicoascopobeneficoperraccoltafondisu
tematichepsichiatricheehasvoltoattivitàdicoordinamentodellaricercascientificain
collaborazionecontalirealtà.E’attualmenteChairdellasezionediPsichiatriaPersonalizzata
dellaWPA(AssociazionePsichiatricaMondiale)(www.personalizedpsychiatry.org)edèmembro
elettonelConsiglioDirettivoeresponsabiledell’arearicercaemetodologiadell’AIAMC
(AssociazioneItalianaAnalisieModificazionedelComportamentoeTerapiaComportamentalee
Cognitiva)checontaoltre2000associati.
AltriInteressi
Sièdedicatoallostudiodeifattorirelativialbenesserepsicofisico,pubblicandonel2007illibro
Psicofitnesschehavendutooltre4000copieaprendoilrelativositowww.psicofitness.com.Nel
2008hafondatoedèstatoDirettoreScientificodelMentalFitnessInstituteaMilanofinoal2010,
creandoesviluppandounprogrammaanti-stressperpersonecomuniemanagers.
FormazioneeEducazione
Cresciutoinunambientemultietnicoemulticulturale(padreItaliano,madreGiapponese,paesiin
cuihovissutoneiprimiannidellavita:USA,Giappone,Norvegia,Italia)hamostratoesviluppato
validecapacitàdiadattamento.Conoscebenel’italianoel’inglese(madrelingua)ehaladoppia
cittadinanzastatunitenseeitaliana.
Hapraticatodiversisportindividuali(tennis)edisquadra(footballamericano)sviluppandouna
buonacapacitàdigiocareinteamedotidipersistenzaetenacia.
Ilpercorsoscolasticononhamaisubitobattuted’arrestoottenendosempregliobiettiviprefissati:
diplomadiliceoscientifico,laureainmedicinaechirurgia,dottoratodiricercainpsichiatriae
scienzerelazionali,specializzazioneinpsichiatria.
Ilsuosviluppoprofessionaleèstatofavoritodall’incontroconnumerosileaderdelcampo
psichiatrico:Prof.EnricoSmeraldieProf.ssaLauraBellodi(UniversitàVita-SaluteSanRaffaele,
Milano)Prof.DonaldKlein(ColumbiaUniversity,NY-USA),Prof.ssaFrancescaBrambilla(Milano),
Prof.EricGriez(MaastrichtUniversity,Olanda)&Prof.CharlesB.Nemeroff(UniversityofMiami,
USA)
Perinformazionipiùdettagliate:www.giampaoloperna.com
GiampaoloPerna
ProfessionalProfile
Updateduntile1stDecember2015
BorninHartford(USA)on16november1964,cellphone:+393478070293,email:
[email protected]
Career
Research
Hiscareerasascientificresearchersledhimtopublishonthemostquotedpsychiatricjournals
beforetheageof35(AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,BiologicalPsychiatry,etc.)withconstancyin
publicationsonpeerreviewedjournalsthatledhimtopublishmorethan110papersindexedon
theJournalofCitationIndexandPudMed,withaglobalImpactFactorhigherthan460,ameanIF
forpublicationindexedof4,1andanH-Indexof34/28(GoogleScholar/WebofScience).During
hiscareerhereceivedinternational(EuropeanNeuropsychopharmacologyFellowshipAward
2007)andnational(NationalPrizeGarittad’Argento2012–ScienceandResearchsection)
awards.Heparticipatedasaco-investigatortoresearchprojectsfundedbytheItalianMinisterfor
ResearchandUniversity(MIUR)andcurrentlyheisthePrincipalInvestigatorofafouryears
projectsfundedbyCariploFoundation(313'000Euro).HisiscurrentlythePresidentofthe
InterprovincialCommissionforInvestigationoftheHermanasHospitalarias,acongregation
devotedtomentalhealththatcountsmorethan200centersin4differentcontinents.In2014he
hasbeenranked,basedonscientificproductioninthelast10years,fromtheUSratingagency
EXPERSCAPE(www.expertscape.com)asfirstinItalyandthirdinEuropeinthefieldofPanic
DisorderandthirdinItalyinthefieldofAnxietyDisorders.
SelectedPublications
PernaG,BertaniA,ArancioC,RonchiP,BellodiL:LaboratorydissectionofObsessiveCompulsiveandPanic
Disorders:datafromthe35%CO2challenge.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,152:85-89,1995.
PernaG,BrambillaF,ArancioC,BellodiL:Menstrualcycle-relatedsensitivityto35%CO2challengeinpanic
disorder.BiologicalPsychiatry,37:528-532,1995.
Perna G, Cocchi S, Bertani A, Arancio C, Bellodi L: 35% CO2 challenge in healthy first degree relatives of
patientswithpanicdisorder.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,152:623-625,1995.
Perna G, Bertani A, Caldirola D, Bellodi L: Family history of panic disorder and hypersensitivity to CO2 in
panicdisorder.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry,153:1060-1064,1996.
PernaG,BertaniA,PolitiE,ColomboG,BellodiL:Asthmaandpanicattacks.BiologicalPsychiatry,42:625630,1997.
PernaG,IevaA,CaldirolaD,BertaniA,BellodiL:Respirationinchildrenatriskforpanicdisorder.Archives
ofGeneralPsychiatry,59:185-6,2002
Perna G, Favaron E, DiBella D, Bellodi L: Anti-Panic Efficacy of Paroxetine and Polymorphism within the
promoteroftheserotonintransportergene.Neuropsychopharmacology,30(12):2230-5,2005
PernaG,GuerrieroG,CaldirolaD.Emergingdrugsforpanicdisorder.Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs,
2011;16:631-45
Perna G, Guerriero G, Brambilla P, Caldirola D. Panic and brainstem: clues from Neuroimaging studies.
CNSNeurologicalDisordersDrugTargets,13:1049-56,2014
Caldirola D, Perna G. Is there a role for pharmacogenetics in the treatment of panic disorder?.
Pharmacogenomics,17:1-4,2015
PernaG,IannoneG,AlciatiA,CaldirolaD.Areanxietydisordersassociatedwithacceleratedaging?Afocus
onneuroplasticity.NeuralPlasticity,inpress
AcademicTeaching
Hedevelopedhisskillsinteaching,servingfor6differentuniversities(StateUniversityofMilan,
Vita-SaluteSanRaffaeleUniversity,StateUniversityofl’Aquila,LumsaUniversityinRome,
MaastrichtUniversity,UniversityofMiami)obtainingsignificantacademicpositions.Hetutored
morethan30studentstoobtaindegreesinMedicineandPsychology,PhDs,residentshipin
PsychiatryandClinicalPsychology(Milan,L’Aquila,Maastricht,Yale,RiodeJaneiro).In2014he
obtainedthenationalscientificqualificationtofunctionasAssociateProfessorinItalian
Universities.
CurrentAcademicPositions
2011-pres
Voluntary Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of
Medicine,MiamiUniversity(USA)
2012-pre
Director, International Master in Affective Neuroscience, University di Maastricht (The
Netherlands)eUniversitydiFirenze.
2013-pre
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Health,
MedicineandLifeSciences,MaastrichtUniversity(NL).
Leadership,Management&Marketing
Hehasapersonalcommitmenttothestudiedonleadership,managementandmarketingthat
broughthimtoparticipatetoauniversitypost-graduatecourseon“ManagementofTechnology”
heldintheStateUniversityofMilan.Hehadimportantteachingexperiencesinthefieldof
leadershipandmarketinglecturingforthePublitaliaMasterinMarketing&Communication,for
theProject“LeadersfortheFuture”oftheAmbrosettiEuropeanHouseandfortheproject“Skills
&Behavior”oftheCarloCattaneoUniversity(LIUC),obtainingexcellentratingfromstudents.
Hedemonstratedeffectiveabilitiesinself-marketingbecominganationalleaderinthefieldof
anxietydisorders,abletoattractmorethat300newpatientsayear.Hedevelopedexcellentskills
incommunicatingtothegeneralpopulationobtainingacolumnonthemostreadfeminineweekly
newspaper(DonnaModerna–Mondadori)andhealthweeklynewspaper(StarBene–
Mondadori)withseveralandregularparticipationtonationalTVtransmissions(Rai,Mediaset)
andnationalradio(Radio24,Radio1,RadioMontecarlo).Hepublished5popularbookson
themesrelatedtomentalhealththatsoldmorethan25000copiesandhasbeentranslatedin
PolishandSpanish.Hecreatedthewebsitewww.ansia.infothatcounts2500differentvisitorsa
monthandhispersonalwebsite(alsoinEnglish)www.giampaoloperna.comthatcountsameanof
1500differentvisitorsamonth.HislinkedInprofilecountsmorethat3000linksandhisFacebook
profilemorethan1500friends.
Networking
Hehaswelldevelopedabilitiestobuildnetworks.Amongthepsychiatricinstitutionsincludedin
hisnetworkwecanfindthefollowings:UniversityofMiami(Prof.CharlesNemeroff),Stanford
University(Prof.AlanSchatzberg),UniversityofMadison(Prof.NedKalin),WorldPsychiatric
Association(Prof.PedroRuiz&Prof.MarioMaj),MaastrichtUniversity(Prof.KoenSchruers),
FederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro(Prof.AntonioE.Nardi&Prof.RafaelFreire),Universityla
SapienzaRome(Prof.PaoloGiradi),VitaSaluteUniversityMilan(Prof.LauraBellodi),Italian
NationalSocietyofEatingPsychopathology(Prof.FrancescaBrambilla),allofwhomecanprovidea
letterofpresentation.
Hehasbeenincludedintheeditorialboardof4internationalscientificjournalsandiscurrently
theCo-EditorinChief,togetherwithProf.CharlesNemeroff(UniversityofMiami),ofthescientific
journalPersonalizedMedicineinPsychiatrypublishedfromElsevierwiththefirsttwovolumes
thatwillbepublishedinthesecondhalfof2016.
ClinicalActivity
Hehasanexperienceofmorethan20yearstreatingpatientswithmentaldisorders,becominga
leaderinthefieldofanxietyandemotionaldisorders.Hehadaconsistentclinicalcareerinwell
knownhospitalsbecomingvice-chiefoftheAnxietyDisordersClinical&ResearchUnitatSan
RaffaeleHospitalinMilanattheageof36,Chiefofarehabilitationpsychiatricinpatientunitof75
bedswith8psychiatrists,15psychologistsattheageof44andChairmanoftheDepartmentof
ClinicalNeurosciencesofVillaSanBenedettoMenni–HermanasHospitalarias
(www.hospitalarias.org,www.dncospedaliere.it)witha75in-patientsrehabunit,aDaycareunit,
2outpatientsfacilitiesnearComoandinMilan,aresearchcenter,attheageof49.Inallthe
responsibilitiesdescribedhebroughtastronginnovativeandpragmaticapproachthatledtohigh
standardsofclinicalqualityandaneffectivefinancialprofitability.Inthe5yearsheworkedasa
ChiefoftheDepartmentofClinicalNeuroscienceseveryyearhereachedtheclinical,scientificand
economicgoalsassignedbythegeneraldirector.
ScientificSpeaker’sActivity
Hehasbeenaspeakerformorethan70nationalandinternationalmeetingsandcongressesand
morethan20meetingsforgeneralpopulationondifferentmentalhealththemes.
Selectionoflectures
"Symptomatological dimensions in panic disorder" per il IX World Congress of Psychiatry. Rio de Janeiro,
Brasile.11June1993.
“GeneticsofPanicDisorder”peril7thWorldCongressofBiologicalPsychiatry.Berlino,Germany1July2001
“ClinicalManagementofPanicDisorder”forthe19thWorldCongressofPsychiatry.Yokohama, Japan25
August2002
“RespirationandPanic:Lookingatthefuture”(ZANInvitedAddress)perilXIIAnnualMeetingoftheISARP,
Amburgo,Germania.16September2005
“ExplicativeModelsforPanicDisorders:AnIntegrativePerspective”peril“3rdInternationalMeetingonthe
EarlyPhasesofMentalIllness”,Santander,Spain.18November2005
“Are Genetic Poymorphisms involved in antidepressant treatment response?” per il ISAD 4th Biennal
Conference,Capetown,Sudafrica,15March2008
“Panic Attacks and the Homeostatic Alarm System” for the 17th European Congress of Psychiatry, Nice,
France,17April2008
“PanicAttacksandtheHomeostaticAlarmSystem”peril2009WPAcongress,Firenze1April2009
“Panic Disorder: is it really a mental disorder” for the Miami University Psychiatric Ground Rounds,
UniversityofMiami,Miami16June2010
“The panic-heart connection” for the XV World Congress of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20th
September2011
“Personalized psychiatry and panic disorder: from genetics to endophenotypes” for the XVIII World
CongressofPsychiatry,Madrid,Spain,16thSeptember2014
NonProfitactivities
Hegavehisfreeactivityasamanagerforseveralnon-profitcompanies.Hehasbeenoneofthe
foundersandamemberofthescientificcommitteeoftheNonProfitAssociationFreeFromFears
inMilan.HeisthepresidentofthescientificcommitteeoftheNonProfitAssociationALPA(Free
frompanicandanxiety)(www.infoalpa.it)andScientificDirectorandmemberoftheExecutive
CommitteeoftheNonProfitInternationalFoundationfortheSupportofPsychiatricResearch
(www.fondazioneforipsi.org).Heparticipatedtoseveralmeetingforfundrisingonissuesrelated
tomentalhealthandcoordinatedresearchprojectsincooperationwiththeabovementionednon
profitentities.CurrentlyheismemberoftheExecutiveCommitteeoftheAIAMC(Italian
AssociationforBehaviorAnalysisandModification)andcoordinatorofresearch&methodology
sectionandChairoftheWorldPsychiatricAssociation–WPAsectiononPersonalizedPsychiatry
(www.personalizedpsychiatry.org).
OtherInterests
Hehasaspecificinterestinfactorsrelatedtophysicalandmentalwellbeing,publishingin2007
thepopularbestsellingbook“Psicofitness”andin2008hehasbeenthefounderandscientific
directoroftheMentalFitnessInstituteinMilanuntil2010,buildingaanti-stressprogramfor
managersandhighperformancepersons.
Education
GPhasgrowninamulti-ethnicandmulticulturalenvironment(Italianfather,Japanesemother;
nationswherehelivedduringthefirst6yearsofhislife:USA,Japan,Norway,Italy)showingand
developingaexcellentadaptingabilities.
HeisfluentinEnglish(nativelanguage)andItalianandhehasdoublecitizenships(USA&Italian).
Hepracticedindividual(tennis)andteamsports(Americanfootball)buildingeffectiveteam-work
abilitiesandcompetenciesofpersistenceandfirmness.
Duringhiseducationalcareerheneverfailedagoal:scientifichighschool,degreeinmedicineand
surgery,PhDinpsychiatryandrelationalsciences,residentshipinpsychiatry.
Hisprofessionalgrowthhavebeenfosteredbyseveralleadersinthefieldofpsychiatry:Prof.
DonaldKlein(ColumbiaUniversity,NY),Prof.LauraBellodi&Prof.EnricoSmeraldi(VitaSaluteSan
RaffaeleUniversity,Milan-Italy),ProfEricGriez(MaastrichtUniversity,NL),Prof.Francesca
Brambilla(Milan)&Prof.CharlesB.Nemeroff(UniversityofMiami,USA).
Formoreinformations:www.giampaoloperna.com