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CURRICULUM VITAE
Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., M.S.
Biographical and Personal Information
Place of birth: Naples, Italy
Home address: 165 East 118th Street
Apt. 7F
New York, New York 10035
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
The City College of New York
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(212) 650-5275
(212) 650-6696
E-mail:
Academic History
Universities Attended
M.D., University of Naples Medical School, Italy, 1977
M.S. (Epidemiology), State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989
Scholarships and Fellowships
Fellow, 13th Ten Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, sponsored by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, International Society and Federation of Cardiology, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, held in Kaunas, Lithuania, USSR, August 1980
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics, Nutrition, Preventive Cardiology and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1982
Honors
Magna Cum Laude, University of Naples, Italy, 1977
Fellow of the Council on Epidemiology of the American Heart Association, 1983-present
Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health (NHLBI), 1989-1994
Winner, First Prize for Research, International Competition, ASSITOL, Milan, Italy, November 25, 1993
Member (elect), American Epidemiological Society, 1995-present
Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, 1996-present
Stockton Kimball Award, University at Buffalo, 1999
SUNY Chancellor’s Research Recognition Award, 2002
Business First's Health Care 50, April 2006
SUNY Distinguished Professorship, October 2007
Clinical Research Award, American Academy of Periodontology, September 2009
Certifications and Specialty Boards
National Boards (Italy) in Medicine and Surgery, 1977
Board Certification (Italy) in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, 1980
Employment Record
1977-1979 Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Naples Medical School
1979-1982 Research Fellow, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School
April-May 1982 Visiting Physician, Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School
1982-1985 Consultant, Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Disease, University of Naples, Italy
1983-1985 Co-Principal Investigator and Director, Cellular Ion Transport Laboratory, for the project "Gubbio 83-85" (population-based epidemiological investigation of ion transport abnormalities as risk factors for essential hypertension), University of Naples
1985-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1987-1996 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School
1988-1989 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1988-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1989-1992 Clinical Associate Professor, Nutrition Program, State University of New York at Buffalo
1989-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, State
University of New York at Buffalo
1991-1992 Interim Chairperson, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1992-2007 Adjunct Professor, Nutrition Program, State University of New York at Buffalo
1993-2007 Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1993-2003 Chairman, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1993-2007 Senior Associate Research Scientist, Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY
1994-2007 Professor, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
1995-1996 Co-Director, Health In Housing, a WHO Collaborating Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
1996-2007 Director, Health In Housing, a WHO Collaborating Center, State University
of New York at Buffalo
1996- Adjunct Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2001-2003 Dean (Interim), School of Health Related Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo
2003-2004 Dean (Interim), School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo
Dec 2004-Oct 2007 Dean (Founding), School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo
Oct 2007-Aug 2011 Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Health Sciences System, Nevada System of Higher Education; Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
Oct 2007- SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Department of Social and Preventive Medicine) State University of New York at Buffalo
Aug 2011- Dean and Medical Professor, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City College of New York
Sep 2012- Interim Provost, The City College of New York
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
Gruppo di Ricerca ATS-RF2: I fattori di rischio dell' arteriosclerosi in Italia. Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia.10 (supp. 3): 1-184. 1980.
Research Group ATS-RF2 of the Italian National Research Council: Distribution of some risk factors for atherosclerosis in nine Italian population samples. Am J Epidemiol.113:338-346. 1981.
Trevisan M., Ostrow D., Cooper R., Liu K., Sparks S., Stamler J.: Methodological assessment of assays for red cell sodium concentration and sodium-dependent lithium efflux. Clin Chim Acta. 116:319-329. 1981.
Cooper R., LeGrady D., Trevisan M., Nanas S., Ostrow D., Mansour M., Sparks S., Halverson D., Stamler J.: Increased sodium-lithium countertransport in college students with elevated blood pressure. JAMA. 249:1030-1034. 1982.
Liu K., Stamler J., Trevisan M., Moss D.: Dietary lipids, sugar, fiber, and mortality from coronary heart disease. Arteriosclerosis. 2:221-227. 1982.
Cooper R., Goldberg R.B., Trevisan M., Tsong Y., Liu K., Stamler J., Rubenstein A., Scanu A.M.: The selective lipid-lowering effect of vegetarianism on low density lipoproteins in a cross-over experiment. Atherosclerosis. 44:293-305. 1982.
Gruppo di Ricerca ATS-RF2: Relazioni tra caratteristiche delle acque potabili ed alcuni fattori di rischio dell' arteriosclerosi. Giornale Arteriosclerosi. 1:91-100. 1983.
Cooper R., Miller R., Trevisan M., Sempos C., Ueshima H., Larbi E., Stamler J., Canessa M.: Family history of hypertension and red cell cation transport in high school students. J Hyperten. 1:145-152. 1983.
Cooper R., Liu K., Trevisan M., Miller W., Stamler J.: Urinary sodium excretion and blood pressure in children: absence of a reproducible association. Hypertension. 5:135-139. 1983.
Trevisan M., Ostrow D., Cooper R., Liu K., Sparks S., Okonek A., Stevens E., Marquardt J., Stamler J.: Abnormal red cell ion transport and hypertension: The People's Gas Company Study. Hypertension. 5:363-367. 1983.
Strazzullo P., Trevisan M., Farinaro E., Cappuccio F., Ferrara A., de Campora E., Mancini M.: Characteristics of the association between salt intake and blood pressure in a sample of male working population of Southern Italy. Europ Heart J. 4:608-613. 1983.
Trevisan M., Tsong Y., Stamler J., Tokich T., Mojonnier L., Hall Y., Cooper R., Moss D.: Nervous tension and serum cholesterol: findings from the Chicago Coronary Prevention Program. J Human Stress. 1:12-16. 1983.
Trevisan M., Cooper R., Ostrow D., Sempos C., Sparks S., Nanas S., Miller W., Stamler J.: Red cell cation transport: radial differences between black and white school children. J Hyperten. 1:245-249. 1983.
Trevisan M., Cooper R., Stamler R., Gosch F., Allen A., Liu K., Ostrow D., Stamler J.: Dietary salt and blood pressure. Prev Med.12:133-137. 1983.
Panico S., Jossa F., Celentano E., Krogh V., Fusco G., Farinaro E., Trevisan M., Mancini M.: I fattori di rischio per l'arteriosclerosi nell' adolescenza: alcuni problemi di valutazione. Educazione Sanitaria e Medicina Preventiva. VII (3):165-171. 1984.
Esterly N.B., Koransky J.S., Furey N.L., Trevisan M.: Neutrophil chemotaxis in acne patients receiving oral tetracycline. Arch Dermatol. 120:1308-1313. 1984.
Gruppo di Ricerca ATS-RF2: Participazione ed aderenza di campioni di popolazione generale ad un programma di prevenzione dell' arteriosclerosi. Giornale Arteriosclerosi, IX(1):83-95. 1984.
Cooper R., Goldberg R., Trevisan M., Rubenstein A., Stamler J.: Life style patterns of Seventh-Day Adventist adolescents and cardiovascular risk factors. The Western J Med. 140:471-477. 1984.
Sempos C., Cooper R., Trevisan M., Ostrow D., Stamler J.: Family history of hypertension and altered rates of sodium transport: absence of an association in population based studies. Clin Exper Hyperten, A6(7):1379-1393. 1984.
Trevisan M., Ostrow D., Cooper R.S., Sempos C., Stamler J.: Sex and race differences in sodium-lithium countertransport and red cell sodium concentration. Am J Epidemiol.120:537-541. 1984.
Farinaro E., Panico E., Jossa F., Celentano E., Krogh V., Giumetti D., Fusco G., Trevisan M., Mancini M.: Precursori dell' arteriosclerosi in eta' scolare e possibilita' di prevenzione. Giornale Arteriosclerosi. IX (1):61-71. 1984.
Cooper R., Van Horn L., Liu K., Trevisan M., Nanas S., Ueshima H., Larbi E., Yu C., Sempos C., LeGrady D., Stamler J.: A randomized trial on the effect of decreased dietary sodium intake on blood pressure in adolescents. J Hyperten, 2:361-366. 1984.
Cooper R., Trevisan M., Van Horn L., Larbi E., Liu K., Nanas S., Ueshima H., Sempos C., LeGrady D., Ostrow D., Stamler J.: The effect of moderate sodium reduction on red blood cell sodium concentration and sodium-lithium countertransport. Hypertension, 6:731-735. 1984.
Cooper, R., Trevisan, M., Ostrow, D., Sempos and Stamler, J. Blood Pressure and Sodium-lithium Countertransport: Finding in Population-based Surveys. Journal of Hypertension 2:467-471. 1984
Jossa F., Celentano E., Krogh V., Fusco G., Giumetti D., Musto A., Panico S., Trevisan M., Farinaro E.: HDL-cholesterolo in un campione di popolazione dell' Italia meridionale. Studio Olivetti. Rivista di Cardiologia Preventiva e Riabilitativa, 3:5-8. 1985.
Panico S., Farinaro E., Giumetti D., Jossa F., Krogh V., Celentano E., Fusco G., Trevisan M.: Il tracking della colesterolemia e della pressione. arteriosa nell' adolescenza. Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia. XV(1):40-44. 1985.
Celentano E., Trevisan M., Farinaro E., Krogh V., Meucci C., Jossa F., Giumetti D., Panico S., Scottoni A., Mancini M.: Fattori di rischio per la malattia coronarica e calamita naturali. Rivista di Cardiologia Preventiva e Riabilitativa. 3:173-176. 1985.
Epidemiological Collaborative Group: "Some data on hypertension control in Italy." Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia. XV/II. n.9.pp. 842-845. 1985.
Mancini M., Strazzullo P., Trevisan M., Contaldo F., Vaccaro O., Cappuccio F.P.:Pathophysiological interrelations of obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, and arterial hypertension. Prev Med. 14:428-435. 1985.
Contaldo F., DiBiase G., Panico S., Trevisan M., Farinaro E., Mancini M.: Body fat distribution and cardiovascular risk in middle-aged people in southern Italy. Atherosclerosis. 61:169-172. 1986.
Trevisan M., DeSanto N., Laurenzi M., DiMuro M., DeChiara F., Latte M., Franzese A., Iacone R., Capodicasa G., Giordano C.: Intracellular ion metabolism in erythrocytes and uremia: the effect of different dialytic treatment. Clin Sci, 71:545-552. 1986.
Trevisan M., Celentano E., Meucci C., Farinaro E., Jossa F., Krogh V., Giumetti D., Panico S., Scottoni A., Mancini M.: The short-term effect of natural disasters on coronary heart disease risk factors. Arteriosclerosis. 6:491-494. 1986.
Farinaro E., Trevisan M., DiBiase G., Celentano E., Panico S., Jossa F., Krogh V.: Epidemiologia dell' obesita con particolare riferimento alla sua diffusione in Campania. Obesita' e Magrezze, 177-182, 1986.
The Research Group for Atherosclerosis Risk Factors (ATS-RF2): Three year intervention on risk factors for atherosclerosis in the Italian Nine Communities Study. Clinica e Terapia Cardiovascolare.5:151-158. 1986.
The INTERSALT Cooperative Research Group: INTERSALT Study. An international cooperative study on the relation of blood pressure to electrolyte excretion in populations. I. Design and Methods. J Hyperten. 4:781-787. 1986.
Celentano E., Panico S., Krogh V., Jossa F., Fusco G., Musto A., Cecere A., Trevisan M., Farinaro E.: Il ruolo della sedentarieta nella relazione tra sovrappeso corporeo e pressione arteriosa in un gruppo di ragazzi in eta evolutiva." Rivista Italiana di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale. Vol. 36. n.2, pp. 65-67. 1986.
Trevisan M., Canessa M., Laurenzi M., DiMuro M.R., DeColle S., Franzese A., Iacone R., DeChiara F.: Outward Na, K, Cl cotransport in human red blood cells, a methodological evaluation of a method for epidemiological investigations. Am J Epidemiol. 125:860-868. 1987.
Trevisan M., Strazzullo P., Cappuccio F., Krogh V., Siano A., DeColle S., DiMuro M.R., Mancini M.: Alcohol consumption and blood pressure in school children. Int J Pediat Nephrol. 8:25-28. 1987.
Trevisan M., DeSanto N.: Uremia and red blood cell lithium-sodium countertransport (letter to the editor). Nephron. 46:214. 1987.
The Research Group ATS-RF2-OB43 of the Italian National Research Council: Time trends of some cardiovascular risk factors in Italy. Results from The Nine Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol. 126:95-103. 1987.
Trevisan M., Krogh V., Farinaro E., Panico S., Mancini M.: Alcohol consumption, drinking pattern and blood pressure: analysis of the data from the Italian National Research Council Study. Int J Epidemiol, 16:520-527. 1987.
Panico S., Celentano E., Krogh V., Jossa F., Farinaro E., Trevisan M., Mancini M.: Physical activity and its relationship to blood pressure in school children. J Chron Dis. 40:925-930. 1987.
DeSanto N., Trevisan M., DeColle S., DiMuro M., DeChiara F., Latte M., Franzese A., Iacone R., Capodicasa G., Giordano C.: Intraerythrocytic cation metabolism in uremic children on hemodialysis. J Lab Clin Med. 110:231-236. 1987.
Gruppo di Ricerca ATS-RF2: "I fattori di rischio cardiovascolare in Italia. Aggiornamento agli anni 80'dello Studio delle Nove Comunita." Cardiologia Preventiva e Riabilitativa. Vol. 5. pp. 75-137. 1987.
Trevisan M., Vaccaro O., Laurenzi M., DeChiara F., DiMuro M., Iacone R., Franzese A.: Hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes, and intracellular sodium metabolism. Hypertension.11:264-268. 1988.
Trevisan M., Krogh V., Farinaro E., Panico S., Mancini M.: Calcium rich foods and blood pressure: findings from the Italian National Research Council Study. (The Nine Communities Study). Am J Epidemiol. 127:1155-1163. 1988.
Trevisan M., Strazzullo P., Cappuccio F.P., DiMuro M.R., DeColle S., Franzese A., Iacone R., Krogh V.: Red blood cell Na content, Na-Li countertransport, family history of hypertension, and blood pressure in school children. J Hyperten. 6:227-230. 1988.
Strazzullo P., Cappuccio F.P., Trevisan M., DeLeo A., Krogh V., Giorgione N., Mancini M.: Leisure time physical activity and blood pressure in school children. Am J Epidemiol. 127:726-733. 1988.
The ERICA Research Group: The CHD risk-map of Europe. The 1st report of the WHO-ERICA project. European Heart Journal, 9 (suppl. I): 1-36. 1988.
INTERSALT Cooperative Research Group: INTERSALT: An international study of electrolyte excretion and blood pressure. Results for 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium. Br Med J. 297:319-328. 1988.
INTERSALT Cooperative Research Group: Sodium, potassium, body mass, alcohol and blood pressure: The INTERSALT Study. J Hyperten, 6 (suppl. 4):S584-6. 1988.
Laurenzi M., Stamler R., Trevisan M., Dyer A., Stamler J., for the Gubbio Collaborative Study Group: Is Italy losing the "Mediterranean advantage?" Report on the Gubbio Population Study: cardiovascular risk factors at baseline. Prev Med. 18:35-44. 1989.
Laurenzi M., Trevisan M., for the Gubbio Study Research Group: Sodium-lithium countertransport and blood pressure: the Gubbio Population Study. Hypertension. 13:408-415. 1989.