Professor Ernesto Palummeri, Geriatrician and Pharmacologist, is the Director of Department of Gerontology and Motor Sciences, Galliera Hospital Genova since 1990.
He teaches in various Postgraduate Schools of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Pharmacology and Rheumatology (Parma and Genova): Pharmacology, Toxicology, Physiopatology, Medical Therapy, Geriatrics and in Professional Nurses Schools: Gerontology. He co-authored 68 scientific pubblications reviewed on MEDLINE
He has been President of Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Liguria Section andNational Secretary, President of Italian Study Group for Bisphosphonates (GIBIS), and is actually President of Liguria Section of Associazione Geriatri Extrospedalieri (AGE).
He has been member of the editorial staff of the revue “Acta Gerontologica” and of the editorial staff of “Giornale di Gerontologia”. Since 2000 he is member of the Scientific Comitee of the same journal.
He has been President of Scientific Committee of ASP Brignole (Nursing Home).
He is in the Scientific board of Health Ministry on “Prevention of damages from climatic events”.