Andrea Superti-Furga

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Professor
Andrea Superti-Furga
paediatrics, medicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Lausanne, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Thesis Banca di cellule umane mutanti (University of Genoa)  (1984)
Doctoral advisorPaolo Durand
Other academic advisorsVictor McKusick, Andrea Prader, Andres Giedion, Richard Gitzelmann, Beat Steinmann, Sergio Fanconi
Websitewww.chuv.ch/fr/medecine-genetique/gen-home

Andrea Superti-Furga (born 1959 in Milan) is a

pediatrician, geneticist and molecular biologist. He is the head of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Biology of the University of Lausanne.[1][2]

Career

Superti-Furga was educated at the German School of Milan in Milan, where he obtained his Abitur in 1978. He studied medicine at the Universities of Milan, Genoa, and Zurich, and obtained his MD degrees from Genoa in 1984 and from Zurich in 1992.[3] During his studies he has been mentored by Paolo Durand,[4] Victor McKusick, Andrea Prader,[5] Andres Giedion,[6] Richard Gitzelmann,[7] Beat Steinmann,[8] and Sergio Fanconi.[9] He worked with Francesco Ramirez on genetic diseases in both Zurich and New York.[10] In 2002, he was appointed professor for Molecular Pediatrics at the University of Lausanne, before moving as a professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics to the University of Freiburg, Germany in 2005. In 2010, he was awarded the Leenaards Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics at the University of Lausanne.[3] From 2014 to 2015, he was director of the Department of Pediatrics in Lausanne. Since 2016, he has been professor and head of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.[11]

Research

Superti-Furga's research activities have been focused on

FAM111A-related disorders Kenny-Caffey syndrome and Osteocraniostenosis,[14] the tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase(ACP5)-related spondyloenchondrodysplasia,[15] the SFRP4-related Pyle disease,[16] the HSPA9-related EVEN-PLUS syndrome,[17][18] sialic acid deficiency related to NANS[19] and the malformation disorders related to EN1 (gene) and the EN1-regulating lncRNA element, MAENLI.[20]

According to Google Scholar, Superti-Furga has published more than 300 articles and holds an h-index of 79 (February 2022).[21]

Personal life

Superti-Furga is married to Sheila Unger, geneticist at the Lausanne University Hospital. He is the brother of Giulio Superti-Furga, a molecular and system biologist, director of the Center for Molecular Medicine in Vienna.[22]

Distinctions

He is the recipient of the 2015 Maroteaux Award of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Society,[23] the 2002 Cloëtta Prize by the Max Cloëtta Foundation,[24] and the 1995 Georg-Friedrich Götz prize of the Medical School of the University of Zurich.[23] In 2008, he was Santa Chiara visiting chair at University of Siena's School of Medicine.[25]

He is a member of the executive board of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW),

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[27] He is president of the committee for pediatrics of the Pfizer Prize Foundation[28] as well as member of the scientific board of the Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research.[29]

Selected works

Papers

Books

References

  1. ^ "Au chevet des Romands – Toute une galaxie veille sur les jeunes malades". 24 heures (in French). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Nomination du Prof. Andrea Superti-Furga". news.unil.ch. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Prof. Andrea Superti Furga, Switzerland | RE-ACT Congress". www.react-congress.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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  11. ^ "News (view all): IOB". iob.ch. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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  18. ^ "MIM 616854: Even Plus Syndrome". OMIM.
  19. S2CID 24953080
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  20. S2CID 231882012
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  21. ^ "Andrea Superti-Furga". scholar.google.it. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Management – CeMM". cemm.at. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  23. ^ a b "List of Members". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Cloëtta Prize | Max Cloëtta Stiftung". Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  25. ^ "seminars". www3.unisi.it. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Executive Board". Executive Board. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  27. ^ "List of Members". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Die Stiftung Pfizer Forschungspreis | pfizerforschungspreis.ch". www.pfizerforschungspreis.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  29. ^ "Board". www.stiftungmedbiol.novartis.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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