Lucia Pacifico
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Biography
Prof. Lucia Pacific Pediatrics Assistant Professor of Sapienza University of Rome;
Currently Professor holds the position of Executive Level I and Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Hepatology in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Neurology, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Rome.
Her research interest are: Pediatric Hepatology (cholestasis, jaundice, metabolic diseases of the liver); Fatty liver in children; Nutrition; Markers of inflammation and cardiometabolic risk in children with visceral obesity; Pediatric Gastrointestinal infections
Lucia Pacifico graduated in Medicine and Surgery (1977) at the University "Sapienza" of Rome with honors, specializing in Pediatrics (with honors), with specialization in Neonatology with honors at the "Sapienza" University of Rome.
Her later obtained a degree in Medicine and Surgery recognized in the United States (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates - 1979; Visa Qualifyng Examination- 1980).
Her holds the License to a doctor surgeon recognized in the United States (Board of Medical Examiners - 1982).
Abstract
Abstract : Thyroid function in childhood obesity and metabolic comorbidity