Pietro Lampertico MD, PhD

Professor Pietro Lampertico is Assistant Professor in the 1st Gastroenterology Unit at the Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, under the direction of Professor Massimo Colombo. A 1986 graduate of the State University of Milan with degrees in medicine and surgery, Professor Lampertico completed his postdoctoral research in the Department of Experimental Pathology at Tulane University in New Orleans, USA. Upon his return to Milan, he completed specialisations in liver diseases and internal medicine. He received his PhD in clinical methodology from the University of Milan in 1998.

In the Gastroenterology Unit, Professor Lampertico is primarily involved in the clinical management of chronic viral hepatitis outpatients, particularly those with CHB. His research interests include the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis due to HBV, the long-term outcome of cirrhotic patients undergoing antiviral treatment, and the diagnosis and management of antiviral resistance to oral nucleos(t)ide analogues.