PRESENT POSITION:
Full professor Med 31 (Otolaryngology,) University of Padova:
Chief of ENT Department, Hospital of Padova
Director of the Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova

EDUCATION
-1974 Graduated from the School of Medicine, Padua University
-1977 Postgraduated in Otolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Pathology, Padua University School of Medicine
-1980 Postgraduated in Audiology Padua University School of Medicine

Research Activity
Prof. Martini is interested in Otoneurology (cochlear implants and hearing aids), genetics, aging, malformation pathology of ear and models against deafness impairment.
He has received more than 30 national and international grants. From 1993 he has been a direct partner in 5 European concerted Actions on OAEs (2) , Genetics (2) and Nanoparticles (1). He has received numerous national grants from Telethon (1997, 1998) and from the Italian Ministry of Health (1986-1988, 2002-2011)

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES
2007-2009 President of Italian Society of Audiology and Phoniatrics
2010-2014 President of International Association of Physician in Audiology
2016 at present Editor-in-chief of Hearing Balance and Communication Journal

PUBLICATIONS
Scientific activity of Prof. Alessandro Martini is documented by 455 manuscripts: 300 published on national and international scientific journal, 17 book chapters/essays, 16 monographies/scientific treatises, 64 abstracts published on national and international conference proceedings; IF: about 413.320 (ISI JCR 2014); Citations: 2560 total citations, h-index: 26 (Scopus 2017)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Genetic causes of deafness and on malformation pathology of ear, cochlear implants and implantable prothesis. Principal Investigator in many Italian and European research projects (HEAR, GenDeaf, RegenEar).

RESEARCH INTEREST KEYWORDS: deafness, cochlear implants, otoneurology, genetics, aging.

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