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Davide Gatti serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Verona, specializing in Rheumatology (academic sector MEDS-09/C). He holds appointments across multiple academic programs including the PhD in Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Medicine and Surgery, and several postgraduate specializations in Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, and Nephrology.
Professor Gatti's research focuses on degenerative osteoarticular diseases, acute and chronic arthritis, and metabolic bone diseases. His work intersects with medical imaging, medical technologies for disease prevention and diagnosis, physiology of ageing, and metabolism-related disorders. He leads research through the Lurm - Laboratorio Universitario di Ricerca Medica.
With over 200 publications in national and international journals, Professor Gatti has established a significant scholarly impact with 156 indexed papers (Total Impact Factor 572, mean IF 4.1), over 3,000 SCOPUS citations, and an H-Index of 35. His research is supported by multiple active clinical trials including studies on Etanercept, Methotrexate, and Tanezumab for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis treatment.
Professor Gatti maintains an active clinical practice alongside his academic responsibilities, providing direct patient care in rheumatological conditions which informs both his research and teaching. He supervises numerous teaching activities across undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs with particular emphasis on practical clinical training and problem-based learning approaches.
His teaching portfolio includes Bone Specialist and Osteoimmunology courses for PhD students, Management of Pain in Rheumatologic Diseases, Nutrition and Immune System in Rheumatologic Diseases, and comprehensive Rheumatology instruction across multiple specializations. He also leads practical teaching components in hematology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, and dermatology.
