Luca Bruschini

Curriculum Vitae – Luca Bruschini
Name Luca Bruschini
Born in Pisa (Pisa, Italy), April 8, 1971.
TC BRSLCU71D08G702H
Home address: Via Santa Bibbiana 26, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Office address: ENT Audiology and Phoniatric Unit of University Hospital of Pisa
Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Mobile +39 347 3558587
E-mail luca.bruschini@unipi.it
Reserch activity has concerned many otology and audiology fields

Personal skills and competences
Research activity has involved many otolaryngology and audiology fields, in particular otology, implantable prostheses, basic and clinical vestibular research and otolaryngology oncology, attending several conferences as panellist. Since he was a resident, he has collaborated with Human Physiology of University of Pisa, carrying out important studies on vestibular system.
In otological field he has deepened his research on implantable prostheses, cochlear implants and middle ear reconstruction. Thanks to this activity, he was called to teach courses at other ENT clinics in Italy and abroad, showing innovative surgical approaches, concerning especially cochlear implants.

Mother tongue: Italian, English: good

Education and training
1996 medical degree with honours at the University of Pisa
1997 Medical Doctor (MD) n 04062 in Medical Register of Pisa
2000 qualified with honours in Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Florence
2014 qualified with honours in Audiology and Phoniatrics at the University of Milan
He attended and performed Stages in several ENT International Centers
1997 – today – Human physiology, University of Pisa, collaborating with Prof D. Manzoni
2006 – House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, USA
2012 – ENT Unit, Hospital Beaujon, Paris, France

Medical career history
May 2001 – September 2001 MD in ENT Unit, Hospital of Empoli
September 2001 – November 2008 MD in ENT Unit 2, University Hospital of Pisa
November 2008 -2010 MD in Otology and Cochlear implant division, University Hospital of Pisa
2010 – December 2015 MD in ENT Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University Hospital of Pisa
December 2015 – today Associate Professor (06/F3 - MED32) in ENT Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University Hospital of Pisa
2016 – today Director of Specialty in Audiology and Phoniatrics

Teaching activity
2010-2011 teach at the Degree Course in Dental Care
2011 – 2013 teach at the Degree Course in Audiometric Techniques (University of Pisa)
2014 - today teach at the Degree Course in Audio Prosthetic Techniques (University of Pisa)
2016 – today teach at the Specialty in Audiology and Phoniatrics

Citations and indexes (Scopus and Scholar Sources)
Number of citations: 1449 (Google Scholar) / 939 (Scopus)
H-index: 19 (Google Scholar) / 17 (Scopus) - i10-index: 36 (Google Scholar)
Publications and patents (in a few pills)
28 book chapters (UNIPI)
76 papers/contributions in refereed journals and magazines (UNIPI) - 70 papers/contributions in refereed journals and magazines (SCOPUS)
21 National and International conference abstracts (UNIPI)
1 National and/or International Patents (UNIPI)

Participation to national and international research programs
• ASI (2001-2002) “Neuronal processing of vestibular and proprioceptive information”
• MIUR (2002-2004) “Efficiency and plasticity of sensorimotor cerebellar integration”, leaded by Prof. V. Perciavalle (University of Catania) prot. 2002051388_003
• ASI for studying motor and cardiovascular adaptation to microgravity (2006-2009) “Modulation of vestibular control of posture and autonomic functions by proprioceptive signals and cognitive manipulations”, carried out by research groups belonging to the Universities of Pisa, Siena, and to the National Research Council of Pisa, within the frame of the triennial projects DCMC.
• Tuscany Region. “Fabrication of biological prostheses of middle ear and other otorhinolaryngoiatric products from banked tissues and stem cells.” (Prot n° 6750