Marco Castori
[email protected]Professional Designation: MD,PhD
Specialities: Physician - Genetics
About these Clinics/Practices
Head of the Division of Medical Genetics at the IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza; institutional representative at the Regional Round Tables for Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics. Member of the Medical and Scientific Board of the international Ehlers-Danlos Society. Member of the professional board of various Italian patients associations for rare diseases. Marco Castori major research topic is joint hypermobility and the related Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. About one-third of his scientific production is dedicated to this argument and he is recognized as international expert in this field. Additional interests include clinical dysmorphology, genetic skin disorders and mosaicisms, neurodevelopmental disorders and fetopathology. Marco Castori is author and co-authors of 166 publications which include 149 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and 17 book chapters. He was ad hoc reviewer for more than 70 international scientific journals and Guest Editor for an issue dedicated to Ehlers-Danlos syndromes of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. He was the recipient of the 2015 Opitzs Young Investigator Award.
Practice/Clinic Information
Division of Medical Genetics - IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Viale Padre Pio 7
Poliambulatorio - 2nd Floor
San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia)
ITA - Italy
71013
Italy
Clinic Type: nhs,private
Qualifications
Qualification Type: Undergraduate
School Name: Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Medicine
Degree: MD
Qualification Type: Postgraduate
School Name: Sapienza University of Rome
Degree: PhD (Medical Genetics)
