Background
Frati was born in Siena in 1943 and studied in Milan where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in medicine from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Frati was born in Siena in 1943 and studied in Milan where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in medicine from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Doctor of Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, 1967. Postgraduate, State University, Rome, 1975.
Intern, Catholic U., 1965-1967;
resident, Medical School Hospital, Perugia, Italy, 1969;
resident clinical endocrinology branch, National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, United States, 1970;
assistant professor faculty medicine, U. Perugia, 1967-1971;
acting professor pathology faculty science, U. Perugia, 1971-1972;
acting professor pathology faculty pharmacy, U. Rome, since 1973;
acting professor pathology faculty medicine, U. Rome, 1974-1979;
professor pathology faculty medicine, U. Rome, since 1980;
dean faculty medicine, U. Rome, since 1983. President National Conference Faculty Medicine, Rome, since 1986, National Universities Council, Rome, since 1980. National Science and Technology Council, since 1988.
President National Academy Medicine, Rome, since 1993, National Health Council, Ministry of Health, Rome, since 1994.
He was a member of the Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (‘National University Council’) from 1980 to 1998, and was dean of his faculty for the 16–18 years leading up to 2008. Frati has come under fire for nepotism because of three members of his family holding chairs in the same university.
Married Luciana Rita Angeletti. Children: Paola, Giacomo.