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Enrico Marco Heffler

Associate Professor

Internal Medicine

Director of the Postgraduate Residency Program for Allergology and Immunology; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Humanitas Research Hospital;

E-mail

enrico.heffler@hunimed.eu

Allergist and Clinical Immunologist, Assistant at Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital

October 2003 Degree in Medicine and Surgery at University of Torino (Italy)
December 2008 Post-graduate diploma in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, at University of Torino (Italy)
February 2014 PhD in Medicine and Experimental Therapy (Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology)
March 2015–April 2017 Assistant Professor in Respiratory Medicine at University of Catania (Italy)
May 2017–February 2020 Assistant Professor in Respiratory Medicine at Humanitas University of Milan (Italy)
March 2020–today Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Humanitas University of Milan (Italy)

Author of more than 200 scientific articles published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Scientific societies

2018–today President of the Italian Academy of Nasal Cytology (AICNA)
2014-2019 General Secretary of the Italian Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC)
2019–oggi Scientific chair of th of the Italian Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC)
2011–2013 Executive Committee Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
2013–2019 Asthma Section Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
2020–today Secretary of the Immunotherapy Interest Group of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
2020–today Chair of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) Adult Asthma Committee
2017–today Chair of the Publication Committee for the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI)
2018–today Steering Commitee Member of the International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR)
2021–today Steering Committee Member of the Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) promoted by the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
2021–today Steering Committee Member and Principal Investigator of the Italian Registry for Allergen-ImmunoTherapy (RIAIT)
2021–today Steering Committee Member and Principal Investigator of the Rhinosinusitis Italian Network (RINET)

Paoletti G, Racca F, Piona A, Melone G, Merigo M, Puggioni F, Ferri S, Azzolini E, Lagioia M, Lamacchia D, Cataldo G, Cecconi M, Canonica GW, Heffler E. Successful SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allergy risk-management: The experience of a large Italian University Hospital. World Allergy Organ J. 2021 May;14(5):100541.doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2021.100541. Epub 2021 Apr 8. PMID: 33850601; PMCID:PMC8030995.
Malipiero G, Paoletti G, Blasi F, Paggiaro P, Senna G, Latorre M, Caminati M, Carpagnano GE, Crimi N, Spanevello A, Aliberti S, Canonica GW, Heffler E. Clinical features associated with a doctor-diagnosis of bronchiectasis in the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2021 Mar;15(3):419-424. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2021.1840983. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PMID:33100041.
Paoletti G, Melone G, Guida G, Pirola F, Malvezzi L, Pelaia C, Mariani A, Racca F, Malipiero G, Ferri S, Puggioni F, Spriano G, Canonica GW, Heffler E. Extended nitric oxide analysis in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, with or without associated asthma. J Breath Res. 2020 Nov 5;15(1):016007. doi: 10.1088/1752-7163/abc234. PMID: 33065563.
Heffler E, Detoraki A, Contoli M, Papi A, Paoletti G, Malipiero G, Brussino L, Crimi C, Morrone D, Padovani M, Guida G, Gerli AG, Centanni S, Senna G, Paggiaro P, Blasi F, Canonica GW; SANI Working Group. COVID-19 in Severe AsthmaNetwork in Italy (SANI) patients: Clinical features, impact of comorbidities and treatments. Allergy. 2021 Mar;76(3):887-892. doi: 10.1111/all.14532. Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32738147; PMCID: PMC7436509.
Canonica GW, Malvezzi L, Blasi F, Paggiaro P, Mantero M, Senna G, Heffler E; Severe Asthma Network Italy (SANI). Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps impact in severe asthma patients: Evidences from the Severe Asthma Network Italy(SANI) registry. Respir Med. 2020 May;166:105947. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.105947. Epub 2020 Apr 2. PMID: 32250875.