Present position
Professor of Medical Sinology and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Academic qualifications
Doctor cum laude in Oriental Languages at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.
Degree in Acupuncture issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada (Advanced Institute of T.C.M. Villa Giada), Rome, and Nanjing University, China.
Degree in Chinese Massage issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada, Rome, and Nanjing University, China.
Degrees of first ad second level of Qigong (third level includes teacher’s diploma exam) issued by Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
Degree in Chinese fitotherapy issued by Istituto Superiore di Medicina Tradizionale Cinese Villa Giada (Advanced Institute of T.C.M. Villa Giada), Rome, and Nanjing University, China.
Professional experience
Sept. 1985 - Jan. 86 Five months stage at Beijing’s University Languages Dep. China.
Oct. 1986 - Nov. 86Research work in China to prepare the final thesis of the third course in Religions and Philosophies of the Far East at Venice University.
Oct. - Nov. 1988Research work in Taiwan.
1990Research work at The Society for Oriental and Asian Studies, London, to prepare the final dissertation titled Birth and development of Qigongology in China.
Jan.-March 1992Post-degreequalification course in Chinese Classical Language at Shifan University, Taibei.
March - July 1992Personal research on Taoist Inner Alchemy at Zhinangong Institute for Taoist Studies, Taibei. Complete Translation in Italian of the Xiuzhentu.
1994-1997Interpreter for Professor Li Xiaoming in occasion of his courses in Qigong and Clinical practice in several Italian cities.
1996_2000Interpreter for Professor Ma Xuzhou in occasion of her courses in Qigong and Traditional Chinese Ophthalmology at Istituto Superiore di Medicina Olistica ed Ecologia of Urbino’s University.
1996-1997Interviewed as TCM expert in five different T.V. programs, issued by national channels.
1993-1999 Professor of Medical Sinology at Advanced Institute for Holistic Medicine and Ecology, Urbino University
1998-99Visiting professor at the following centers: Psycheros (Prato) Ametista (Genova), Scuola Shiatzu (Perugia), Medi-cina (Milano).
1999-2001MTC courses at IGEA Shiatsu School, Roma, Fatebenefratelli Foundation, Roma, I.R.T.E. (Institute of Research in Energetic Therapies), Milano, etc.
Lecturing experience
1993Speaker at the International Congress of Medical Qigong, Beijing.
1996Speaker at the Third European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology and First International Conference of Anthropology and History of Health and Disease, Genova.
1998 Speaker at National Congress of integrated medicine, Biological medicine at the beginning of the new millennium, Taranto
1998 Speaker at "introductory course of non conventional therapies" at Advanced Biothecnological Center of National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova
1999 Speaker at "East meets West, Science and Spirituality" Assisi
Membership of professional Organizations
Member of A.I.S.C. (Italian Accademical Association for Chinese Studies) since 1994.
Member of A.I.C.T.O. (International Association of Holistic Clinics and Therapy) since 1994.
Publications
1991 April- Il silenzioso asceta degli Shakya(Shakya’s silent ascetic), in: "India" Review of Indian Embassy’s Cultural Department, Roma.
1991 June- Qigong entry for Dizionario delle medicine naturali (Natural Medicines Dictionary) Aporie ed. Roma.
1991 November- The society "Stella del Mattino" publishes an excerpt of her final dissertation titled: Indagine sulla natura fisica del Qi nelle Repubblica Popolare Cinese: sintesi degli esperimenti compiuti in Cina sulla emissione volontaria di energia bioradiante dalla fondazione della Repubblica alla fine degli anni ‘80. (P.R.C.’s enquiry on the physical nature of Qi: abstracts of significant experiments about the voluntary emission of bioradiant energy, from the foundation of Popular Republic to the eighties")
1993 April - La difficile traduzione del termine Qi: una proposta (The difficult translation of the term Qi: a proposal): in "Cina" official review of the Istituto per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (Advanced Institute for Middle and Far East Studies), Roma.
1993 June- L’esantema del vaiolo, topografia diagnostica e fitoterapia secondo un manuale cinese del XVIII secolo. (Smallpox Exanthema: Diagnostic Topography and Phytotherapy according to a Chinese Manual of XVIII century): in "Le Infezioni in Medicina" review issued by Contagious Diseases Department, Medical Faculty of Napoli’s second University.
1993 October- (with A. Dorigo, Wu Daoling, C. Bornoroni and others) On Health Considerations to propose a model determined on modern chemico-physical bases to unify the abiotic with the biological world. Acts of the International Congress of Medical Qigong, Beijing.
1995 June- Traduzione ed interpretazione del termine tecnico Wu Xing (Translation and interpretation of the technical term Wu Xing) in: TMA Review of Urbino’s Institute.
1995 November- Cosmogonia e cosmologia, cielo anteriore e cielo posteriore. (Cosmogony and Cosmology: Former Heaven and Later Heaven) in: TMA Review of Urbino’s Institute.
1996 April- Chinese Medicine, new perspectives: a reconsideration of traditional heritage. (in English). Acts of the Third European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology and First International Conference of Anthropology and History of Health and Disease, Genova.
1997 April- Translation and footnotes of Li Xiaoming’s Metodo pratico di autoelevazione con il Qigong tradizionale cinese (Practical Method of Self-training with Traditional Chinese Qigong), Erga ed. Genova.
1997 SeptemberMedicina Cinese: La radice e i fiori, corso di sinologia per medici e appassionati. (Chinese Medicine: Its Root and Flowers; a Sinology Course for Physicians and amateurs), - textbook for Urbino’s course in Sinology - Erga ed., Genova.
1999 Evoluzione contemporanea del concetto di Qi: Tecniche antiche verso il futuro (printing)
Translation: Hu Yaozhen Jing dong Qigong (printing)
Language skills
Mother-tongue: Italian.
Fluent English, French and Chinese (modern and ancient); formal German.
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