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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 | |
Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome | Antonelli Incalzi | Raffaele | |
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome | Bernabei | Roberto | |
Research Center | Trabucchi | Marco | |
www.grg-bs.it | |||
Second University of Naples | Paolisso | Giuseppe | |
University "La Sapienza" of Rome | Cacciafesta | Mauro | |
University "La Sapienza" of Rome - Sant'Andrea Faculty | Falaschi | Paolo | |
University "Tor Vergata" of Rome | Bertoli | Aldo | |
University of Ancona | Sarzani | Riccardo | |
University of Bari | Sabba' | Carlo | |
University of Bologna | Zoli | Marco | |
University of Brescia | Romanelli | Giuseppe | |
University of Cagliari | Mandas | Antonella | |
University of Catania | Maugeri | Domenico | |
University of Catanzaro | Gnasso | Agostino |
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gnasso@unicz.it | |||
University of Chieti-Pescara | Porreca | Ettore | |
University of Florence | Marchionni | Niccolò | |
University of Foggia | Vendemiale | Gianluigi | |
University of Genova | Odetti | Patrizio | |
University of L'Aquila | Desideri | Giovambattista | |
University of Messina | Lasco | Antonino | |
University of Milan | Mari | Daniela | |
University of Milano-Bicocca | Annoni | Giorgio | |
University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia | Bertolotti | Marco | |
University of Naples | Ferrara | Nicola | |
University of Padova | Manzato | Enzo | |
University of Palermo | Barbagallo | Mario | |
University of Parma | Ceda | Gianpaolo | |
University of Pavia | Ricevuti | Giovanni | |
University of Perugia | Mecocci | Patrizia | |
University of Pisa | Monzani | Fabio | |
University of Siena | Capecchi | Pier Leopoldo | |
University of Torino | Isaia | Giovanni Carlo | |
University of Trieste | Toigo | Gabriele | |
University of Udine | Cavarape | Alessandro | |
University of Verona | Zamboni | Mauro |
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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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