职称:体检中心主任
语言:意大利语、英语
执业医院:意大利米兰的Humanitas研究医院
优势:内科及肝学病，癌症免疫治疗研究
Dr. Giovanni Covini is leading
the team of Internal Medicine and Hepatology in Humanitas. His career started
at the University of Milan as a generalist and hepatologist, focusing his
studies and clinical practice on chronic liver diseases and in the development
of innovative therapies for viral hepatitis. PhD at The Scripps Research
Institute in San Diego, he spent three years to study immune response to cancer
and identify new serological markers for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases.
His academic career started at the
University of Milan as Adjunt Professor in Medicine. He is a member of
scientific societies with the task of talking part in study commissions to
define guidelines regarding diagnosis and treatment of several medical diseases.
He is currently working on basic research projects and clinical studies in
co-operation with numerous centers.
The clinical activity is featured by
medical treatment of the whole natural history of chronic liver diseases, from
hepatitis to cirrhosis and finally liver cancer. Dr Covini is a referent of
highest complex patients affected with liver diseases which have to undergo to
paracentesis, percutaneous alcoholization of liver cancer, treatment of
esophageal varices rupture, etc. etc. Furthermore, Dr Covini is head of
Check-up Department, in which all the medical and surgical Units of the
Hospital work with out-patients. He has a great experience to coordinating the
activity of all the specialists, and with his medical tutor function provides
the most innovative therapies and clinical support to the patients
