Background
Curtoni, Sergio Emilio was born on December 12, 1936 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Son of Giuseppe and Anna I. (Boiardi) Curtoni.
Human geneticist medical educator
Curtoni, Sergio Emilio was born on December 12, 1936 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Son of Giuseppe and Anna I. (Boiardi) Curtoni.
Doctor of Medicine, University Bologna, 1962. Specialist in Immunohaematology, University Pisa, 1964.
Director blood transfusion center, Italian Red Cross, L'Aquila, Italy, 1963-1964; researcher, National Research Council, Turin, Italy, 1965-1975; professor human genetics, U. Turin, since 1975; dean for medical studies, U. Turin, 1984-1992; director, Regional Center for Organ Transplantation, Piemonte, Italy, since 1980; acting professor human genetics, Campus Biomedico, Rome, 1993-1995. Member Superior Council of Health, since 1997.
President Family Consultant Center "Punto Familia", Turin, 1976-1979, consultant, since 1976. Scoutmaster A.S.C.I., Bologna, Turin, Rome, 1952-1976. Member Italian Association for Immunogenetics (co-founder, president since 1993), European Foundation for Immunogenetics (co-founder, councillor 1985-1993, president since 2000), Association of Medical Schools in Europe (president 1994-2000), Italian Academy Medicine.
Married Mariarosa Filzi, November 6, 1965. Children: Emanuela, Paolo, Chiara.