Professional Experience

Dr. Susanna Maddali Bongi served in the Section of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Specialist, Functional Unit of Algology and Rheumatology, Department of Critical Medical Surgical until 31 December 2006. Since then she served in the Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine.

Achievements

• 76 scientific publications in full, including 45 in English and two in French in international journals and 22 in Italian.
• 118 abstracts of scientific research presented at national and international conferences.
•  Book entitled Rehabilitation Rheumatology - multidisciplinary approach, EDRA editions, Milan, 2007.
•  19 chapters of books.
•  1 interactive multimedia CD on hand rehabilitation rheumatoid.
•  4 online publications.
• 61 national and international conferences and refresher courses for general practitioners, orthopedic specialists, physiatrists and rheumatologists and physiotherapists.

1978 - Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence with full marks and honors (110 cum laude) with a thesis entitled: "Rheumatoid arthritis-like paraneoplastic", supervisor Prof. George Augustus Morandi, director of the Department of Rheumatology; 1982 - Specialization in Rheumatology at the University of Rome with full marks (70/70); 1978/1979 - Scholarship holder of the University of Florence for research and studies in the field of Rheumatology at the Department of Rheumatology of the Institute of Clinical Medicine; 1981 - Practical training at the Orthopedic Institute Toscano; 1984 - Researcher at the University of Florence.