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CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM
NAME:
POSITION TITLE:
Alberto Berardi, born in Tivoli (Roma)
Staff Physician at the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit, University Hospital, Modena, Italy
FIELD OF STUDY
Baccalaur
YEAR
CONFERRED
1974
University of Modena, Italy
M.D.
1983
Medicine and Surgery
University of Modena, Italy
Specialist
1987
Pediatrics
University of Parma, Italy
Specialist
1990
Allergology and Clinical Immunology
University of Modena, Italy
Post
graduate
1992
Neonatology
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
Classical High School, Roma, Italy
DEGREE
Humanities
POSITIONS
1989- 1992: Working period as Staff Physician at the Pediatric Department of Carpi, Mirandola and Suzzara Hospitals
(Italy)
1992- to date: Working period as Staff Physician at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Policlinico
di Modena, Italy (Head of the Unit: Prof F. Ferrari).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
1983-1987: Residency in the Division of Pediatrics of the University of Modena, Italy. Training in pediatric allergy
1985-1986: Fellowship for a research on child food allergy, Division of Pediatrics, University of Modena, Italy.
1995-1996: Advanced Course of Neonatal and Pediatric Ultrasound at the S. Matteo Hospital, University of Pavia, Italy
1998: Advanced Course at the Pediatric Centre for Hip Dislocation of the S. Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, Italy
2001: Training at the Pediatric Intensive Care Department of the “Hospital de Necker”, Paris
2012: Advanced Course of Pediatric Intensive Care, Sassuolo, Italy
TEACHINGS:
1991-1993: Teaching at the Nurse School, University of Modena, Italy
1994-1996: Teaching at the Nurse School, University of Modena, Italy
1997-to date: Adjunct Professor at the Post-graduate Paediatric School, University of Modena, Italy
2000-2004: Adjunct Professor at the Post-graduate Paediatric Immunology School, University of Modena, Italy
2000-2004: Adjunct Professor at the Post-graduate Neuropsychiatry School, University of Modena, Italy
2003-2010: Teaching at the Advanced Course of Neonatology, University of Modena, Italy
2011: Teaching at the Advanced Course on Neonatal Infections, Rome, Italy
RESEARCH:
1997-to date: Leader of the GBS Prevention Working Group of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
2007-2009: Coordination (clinical aspects) of the Italian Project “Valutazione delle infezioni neonatali precoci e tardive
da Streptococco di gruppo B (GBS) nel nostro paese e dei sierotipi circolanti causa di malattia” (project funded by the
Ministry of Health and supported by the Italian Institute of Health).
2008-2011: Subcontractor (for Italy) of the European project DEVANI (Design of a vaccine to immunize neonates
against GBS infections through a durable maternal immune response), Seventh Framework Program funded by the
European Community
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
1.
Berardi A, Roncaglia R, Roversi MF, Gargano G, Biagioni O, Cattani S, Mordini B, Ferrari F.
Immunodeficienza combinata da deficit di espressione delle molecole HLA di classe II: difficoltà diagnostiche di
una rara affezione. Riv Ital Ped 1999;25:334-337
2.
Cattani S, Venturelli C, Berardi A, Buffetti C, De Caris V, Casolari C, Piccinini L, Pastorelli S, Della Casa
Muttini E, Gallo C, Rumpianesi F, Ferrari F. Sepsis caused by Corynebacterium xerosis in neonatology: report of
a clinical case. Acta Biomedica Ateneo Parmense 2000; (S1) 777-80
3.
Berardi A., Guidi B. , Cattani S., Cavalleri F., Gargano G., Pastorelli S., Rota C., Roversi M.F., Ferrari F.,
Cavazzuti G.B. Intraventricular hemorrhage in full term newborns. A case report with a review of the literature.
It. J. Ped. 2001;27:929-32
4.
Berardi A, Rossi K, Bussetti C, Ferrari F. La profilassi dell’infezione neonatale da streptococco di gruppo B.
Medico e Bambino 2002; 21:571-578
5.
Cavalleri F, Berardi A, Burlina AB, Ferrari F, Mavilla L. Diffusion-weighted MRI of maple syrup urine disease
encephalopathy. Neuroradiology. 2002;44:499-502.
6.
Berardi A. The mastoid view: a different approach to the ultrasound exploration of neonatal brain. Ital J Pediatr
2002;28:383-91
7.
Berardi A, Rossi K, Cavalleri F, Simoni A, Aguzzoli L, Masellis G, Ferrari F. Maternal anaphylaxis and fetal
brain damage after intrapartum chemoprophylaxis. J Perinat Med. 2004;32:375-7.
8.
Cavazza A; Tagliabue P; Fedeli T; Forziati V; De Vita; Auriemma A; Teani M; Villani P; De Toni A; Demaria
F; Bernardo I; Biasini A; Pellegatta R; Merazzi D; Regazzoni M; Macabruni M; Licursi E; Scarpelli G; Dani C;
Donzelli G; Cioni MI; Rinaldi G; Bonacci W; Morandi F; Perotti G; Bottura C; Barberis I; Cordaro S; Carrera G;
Cella D; Bianchi C; Introvini P; Lisata G; Berardi A; Bonati M; Campi R; Carpentieri M; Scarcella A;
Santantonio A; Gancia P; Strano F; Cassata N; Magnani C; Costato C; Pelti M; Finocchi M; Sorrentino E; Zecca
E; Romagnoli C; Bagnoli F; Savant Levette P; MArtano C; Visentin S; Battajon N Impact of chronic lung
disease on very low birth weight infants: A collaborative study of the Italian Group of Neonatal
PneumologyItalian Journal of Pediatrics. Volume 30, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 393-400
9.
Berardi A, Rossi K, Lugli L, Tridapalli E, Ferrari F. Prophylaxis of group B streptococcal infections in the
birthing centres of Emilia-Romagna. Ped Med Chir 2004; 26:228-32
10. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi K, Tridapalli E, Facchinetti F; GBS and Prevention Working Group of EmiliaRomagna. Prevention of group B streptococcal infection in a North-Italian area. Pediatr Infect Dis J.
2004;23:691-2.
11. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi K, Della Casa Muttini E, Gallo C, Gargano G, Tridapalli E, Stella M, Ferrari F and
Emilia-Romagna GBS Prevention Working Group. Group B Streptococcus Prevention Policies in a North Italian
Area. Pediatr. Res, Sept. 2005;58:359
12. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi K, Tridapalli E, Facchinetti F, Ferrari F, and Emilia-Romagna GBS Prevention
Working Group Neonatal Group B streptococcal infections in a North Italian area Pediatr. Res., Sept. 2005;
58:360 A
13. Berardi A, Rossi K, Pizzi C, Baronciani D, Venturelli C, Ferrari F, Facchinetti F. Absence of neonatal
streptococcal colonization after planned cesarean section. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2006;85:1012-3.
14. Berardi A, Lugli L, Ferrari F, Gargano G, D'Apolito M, Marrone A, Iolascon A. Kernicterus associated with
hereditary spherocytosis and UGT1A1 promoter polymorphism. Biol Neonate. 2006;90:243-6.
15. Berardi A, Mariotti I, Pagano R, Scirpoli F, Lugli L, Garetti E, Roversi MF, Ferrari F.Lo shock settico in età
pediatrica. Medico e Bambino, 2006; 25:289-97
16. Berardi A, Lugli L, Baronciani D, Creti R, Rossi K, Ciccia M, Gambini L, Mariani S, Papa I, Serra L, Tridapalli
E, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group of Emilia-Romagna. Group B streptococcal infections in a
northern region of Italy. Pediatrics. 2007;120:e487-93.
17. Berardi A, Lugli L, Bottura C, Chierici R, Colla R, Di Grande E, Groppi A, Guidi B, Montini G, Mordini B,
Ricci L, Testa G, Toniato M, Venturelli C, Visani M, Volta A. L’infezione da Streptococco beta emolitico di
gruppo B in eta’ pediatrica. Notiziario dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rapporti ISTISAN 2007;28: ii 3-14
18. Baldassarri L, Creti , Berardi A, Orefici G. Le infezioni da Streptococco B in Italia: un problema importante per
la salute della donna e del bambino Notiziario dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rapporti ISTISAN 2007;20:8-11
19. Berardi A, Lugli L, Benaglia G., Cassani C., Chiossi C, Cipolloni P, Falcioni F, Gentili A, Mantovani A,
Paltrinieri G, Piccinini L, Rossi M. R, Rubbi P, Simoni A, Somenzi P. Le infezioni da Streptococco beta
emolitico di gruppo B: l’esperienza dell’Emilia-Romagna. Notiziario dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rapporti
ISTISAN 2007;28: ii 32-37
20. Berardi A, Lugli L, Pagano R, Biasini A, Calanca F, Dodi I, Galuppi E, Morini MS, Moro ML, Sarti M,
Silvestrini D, Solari E, Somenzi P, Tridapalli E, Rivi C, Riva M, Vagnarelli F, Ferrari F. Le infezioni da
streptococco B in Emilia-Romagna: un problema sempre più pediatrico Medico e Bambino, 2007;26:123-24
21. Berardi A, Tzialla C, Riva M, Cerbo RM, Creti R. Group B streptococcus: early- and late-onset infections. J
Chemother. 2007;19:S2:24-7.
22. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, Morini MS, Vagnarelli F, Ferrari F. Group B streptococcus and preventive
strategies in Europe. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2008;93:F249.
23. Margarit I, Rinaudo CD, Galeotti CL, Maione D, Ghezzo C, Buttazzoni E, Rosini R, Runci Y, Mora M, Buccato
S, Pagani M, Tresoldi E, Berardi A, Creti R, Baker CJ, Telford JL, Grandi G. Preventing bacterial infections
with pilus-based vaccines: the group B streptococcus paradigm. J Infect Dis. 2009;199:108-15.
24. Ferrari F, Bertoncelli N, Roversi MF, Lugli L, Pugliese M, Berardi A, Gallo C. Il “nido” migliora il movimento
del neonato pretermine. Medico e Bambino 2009;28:27-33
25. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, Bidetti ML, Calanca F, Casula F, China M, Chiossi C, Di Fazio G, Galuppi E,
Gavioli S, Pedna MF, Piepoli M, Ricci L, Sarti M, Simoni A, Ferrari M, Ferrari F La rete di sorveglianza delle
infezioni da Streptocococco B nella regione Emilia-Romagna: prevenzione delle infezioni precoci.- Quaderni
ACP 2010; 17: 3-7
26. Berardi A, Lugli L, Baronciani D, Rossi C, Ciccia M, Creti R, Gambini L,Mariani S, Papa I, Tridapalli E,
Vagnarelli F, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group of Emilia-Romagna. Group B Streptococcus early-onset
disease in Emilia-romagna: review after introduction of a screening-based approach. Pediatr Infect Dis J.
2010;29:115-21.
27. Neri I, Monari F, Sgarbi L, Berardi A, Masellis G, Facchinetti F. L-arginine supplementation in women with
chronic hypertension: impact on blood pressure and maternal and neonatal complications. J Matern Fetal
Neonatal Med. 2010;23:1456-60
28. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, China MC, Vellani G, Contiero R, Calanca F, Camerlo F, Casula F, Di Carlo C,
Rossi MR, Chiarabini R, Ferrari M, Minniti S, Venturelli C, Silvestrini D, Dodi I, Zucchini A, Ferrari F;
Neonatal bacterial meningitis. Minerva Pediatr. 2010;62(S1):51-4.
29. Berardi A, Rossi C, Biasini A, Minniti S, Venturelli C, Ferrari F Facchinetti F. Efficacy of intrapartum
chemoprophylaxis less than 4 hours duration. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011;24:619-25.
30. Berardi A, Rossi C, Fiorini V, Rivi C, Vagnarelli F, Guaraldi N, Pietrosemoli P, Lazzarotto T, Ferrari F.
Severe acquired cytomegalovirus infection in a full-term, formula-fed infant: case report. BMC Pediatr.
2011;6;11:52.
31. Imperi M, Gherardi G, Berardi A, Baldassarri L, Pataracchia M, Dicuonzo G, Orefici G, Creti R. Invasive
neonatal GBS infections from an area-based surveillance study in Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011;17:1834-9.
32. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, China M, Chiossi C, Gambini L, Guidi B, Pedna MF, Piepoli M, Simoni A, Ferrari
F. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis failure and group-B streptococcus early-onset disease. J Matern Fetal
Neonatal Med. 2011;24:1221-4.
33. Ferrari F, Todeschini A, Guidotti I, Martinez-Biarge M, Roversi MF, Berardi A, Ranzi A, Cowan FM,
Rutherford MA. General movements in full-term infants with perinatal asphyxia are related to Basal Ganglia and
thalamic lesions. J Pediatr. 2011;158:904-11
34. Berardi A, Di Fazzio G, Gavioli S, Di Grande E, Groppi A, Papa I, Piccinini G, Simoni A, Tridapalli E, Volta
A, Facchinetti F, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group, Emilia-Romagna. Universal antenatal screening for
group B streptococcus in Emilia-Romagna. J Med Screen. 2011;18:60-4.
35. Berardi A., Lugli L., Rossi C., Fornaciari S., China M, Creti R., Baldassarri L., Venturelli C., Pedna MF, Ciccia
M., Di Carlo C., Pedori S., Serra L., Sabatini L.,. Rossi MR, Ferrari F., Bidetti ML, Ferrari F.. La rete di
sorveglianza delle infezioni da streptococco beta-emolitico di gruppo B in Emilia Romagna. Notiziario
dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rapporti ISTISAN 11/7. 2011,ii, 19-27
36. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, Maria CL, Guidotti I, Gallo C, Ferrari F. Neonatal herpes simplex virus. J Matern
Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011;24 (S1):88-90.
37. Tridapalli E, Capretti MG, Reggiani ML, Stronati M, Faldella G; Italian Neonatal Task Force of Congenital
Syphilis for The Italian Society of Neonatology – Collaborative Group. Congenital syphilis in Italy: a multicentre
study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012;97:F211-3.
38. Rodriguez-Granger J, Alvargonzalez JC, Berardi A, Berner R, Kunze M, Hufnagel M, Melin P, Decheva A,
Orefici G, Poyart C, Telford J, Efstratiou A, Killian M, Krizova P, Baldassarri L, Spellerberg B, Puertas A, RosaFraile M. Prevention of group B streptococcal neonatal disease revisited. The DEVANI European project.Eur J
Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Feb 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22314410.
39. Berardi A, Rossi C, Creti R, China M, Gherardi G, Venturelli C, Rumpianesi F, Ferrari F. Group B
streptococcal colonization in 160 mother-baby pairs: a prospective cohort study. J Pediatr. 2013
Oct;163(4):1099-1104.e1. doi 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.064. Epub 2013 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 23866714.
40. Berardi A, Rossi C, Guidotti I, Vagnarelli F, Ferrari F. Group B streptococcus late-onset disease and milk
transmission. Acta Paediatr. 2013 Mar;102(3):e95.doi: 10.1111/apa.12127. Epub 2012 Dec 31. PubMed PMID:
23252847.
41. Berardi A, Rossi C, Lugli L, Creti R, Bacchi Reggiani ML, Lanari M, Memo L, Pedna MF, Venturelli C,
Perrone E, Ciccia M, Tridapalli E, Piepoli M, Contiero R, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group, EmiliaRomagna. Group B streptococcus late-onset disease: 2003-2010. Pediatrics. 2013 Feb;131(2):e361-8. doi:
10.1542/peds.2012-1231. Epub 2013 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 23296441.
42. Berardi A, Lugli L, Rossi C, Guidotti I, Lanari M, Creti R, Perrone E, Biasini A, Sandri F, Volta A, China M,
Sabatini L, Baldassarri L, Vagnarelli F, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group, Emilia-Romagna. Impact of
perinatal practices for early-onset group B Streptococcal disease prevention. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32:e26571.
43. Berardi A, Guidotti I., Vellani G., Rossi C., Lugli L., Creti R., Fornaciari S., Patianna V., Ferrari F. La gestione
del nato a rischio di infezione precoce. Medico e Bambino 2013;32:507-513
44. Corvaglia L, Fantini MP, Aceti A, Gibertoni D, Rucci P, Baronciani D, Faldella G; "Emilia Romagna Perinatal
Network". Predictors of full enteral feeding achievement in very low birth weight infants. PLoS One. 2014
19;9:e92235.
45. Creti R, Berardi A, Baldassarri L, Imperi M, Pataracchia M, Alfarone G, Recchia S; GBS Prevention Working
Group, Emilia-Romagna and the Neonatal GBS Italian networ. Characteristics of neonatal GBS disease during a
multicentre study (2007-2010) and in the year 2012. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2013;49:370-5.
46. Berardi A, Rossi C, Guidotti I, Zucchini A, De Carlo L, Ferrari F; GBS Prevention Working Group, EmiliaRomagna. Group B streptococci in milk and neonatal colonisation. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99:395.