International Journal of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

Giovanni Vitale S

Designation: Professor of Unit of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Department: Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”

Institution: University of Messina

Country: Italy

Salvatore Vitale was born in Catania (Italy) on August 30th, 1984. During his university career, he trained in histology and embryology, microbiology, clinical pharmacology, general surgery and finally, in obstetrics and gynecology. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in July 2009 from the University of Catania with 110/110 cum laude, presenting an experimental degree thesis entitled "Quality of life and sexual changes after double transobturator tension-free approach to treating severe cystocele", later published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology. In February 2010 he received a professional qualification to practice medicine with full marks and, in June 2015, he specialized in gynecology and obstetrics with honors. He began his clinical activity in June 2010 at the "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele" University Hospital in Catania, where he worked in the delivery room, obstetric and gynecological emergency unit, obstetrical and gynecological outpatient diagnostic service, as well as gynecological operating theater activities (mainly for benign diseases). During his specialization, he initially focused on gynaecological surgery, attending a one-year training period at the Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the “Ospedali Riuniti / Papa Giovanni XXIII” Hospital in Bergamo (directed by Prof. Luigi Frigerio) and another period, which lasted six months, at the Unit of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital in Pozzuoli (directed by Dr. Nicola Gasbarro). He then moved to prenatal diagnosis, including mainly invasive diagnostic procedures (amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling), diagnostic ultrasound images (ultrasound levels I and II), prenatal screening of fetal aneuploidy (SCA-Test & Multiprenataltest), and pregnancies at risk, undergoing a training period at the Alameda Main Center of Rome, directed by Prof. Claudio Giorlandino.