ASERO RICCARDO

Asero Riccardo
Allergology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • 1982: Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan.
  • 1985: Specialisation in Allergology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Milan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Internal Doctor at the Institute of Medical Clinic IV of the University of Milan, the Institute of Medical Clinic II, and the Institute of Medical Clinic I of the University of Milan (Director Prof. Carlo Zanussi) from 15/02/82 to 31/12/89.
  • Research Fellow at the Institute of Medical Clinic I of the University of Milan (Director Prof. Carlo Zanussi) from 1/10/88 to 30/09/89.
  • Editor for The Lancet Italian Edition from 1983 to 1996.
  • Consultant at the Bicocca Specialist Poliambulatory of Pirelli SpA as a specialist in Allergology and Clinical Immunology from 1/1/88 to the present.
  • Internal Specialist in Allergology at the ASL Province of Milan No.1 from 1/1/90 to 31/10/2002, working at the Caduti Bollatesi Hospital in Bollate (MI) and at the Territorial Poliambulatory in Paderno Dugnano (MI).
  • Head of the Allergology Outpatient Clinic at the San Carlo Clinic in Paderno Dugnano (MI), accredited with the NHS, from 1/11/2002 to the present.

CURRENT COLLABORATIONS, AFFILIATIONS WITH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

  • Member of the Italian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology since 1990.
  • Member of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology since 1997.
  • Founding member of AAITO, the Association of Territorial and Hospital Allergologists and Immunologists, of which he has been a member since 2002 and is currently Vice-President.
  • Associate Editor of European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology since 2005. Editor in Chief of the same journal since 2009.
  • Author of over 270 scientific publications in leading international journals in allergology and immunology.
  • Reviewer for the most prestigious global allergology journals (The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Allergy; Clinical and Experimental Allergy; Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; International Archives of Allergy and Immunology; etc.).
  • Participated in international multicentre and multidisciplinary research projects by the European Commission SAFE (1999-2003) and EUROPREVALL (2005-2009) on food allergies.
  • Currently a reviewer for the European multicentric FAST study on fish allergy-specific immunotherapy, and a member of the International Steering Committee for the CURE (Chronic Urticaria Registry) study.
  • Member of the International Boards for the extension of Guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of NSAID hypersensitivity of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
  • Co-author of position papers by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology on IgG4 in food allergy, cross-reactivity between respiratory and food allergens, chronic autoimmune urticaria, and the consensus report on the intradermal test with autologous serum in the diagnosis of chronic urticaria.

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY

  • Molecular diagnostics of respiratory and food allergic diseases.
  • Hypersensitivity to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
  • Food allergy.
  • Chronic spontaneous urticaria.
  • Respiratory allergy therapy.
  • Specific immunotherapy.
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