Antonio CRAXI

Professor of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy

Antonio CRAXI, MD, PhD, currently retired, has been Full Professor of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine at the University of Palermo, Italy, where he has been Head of the Academic Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties.

He is a member of several professional societies including the European, International, and American Associations for the Study of Liver Disease. He has coordinated or participated to the board of authors of various editions of the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and Hepatocellular Carcinoma and has served as a member of EASL’s Policy and Public Health Committee. Between 2016 and 2018 he has been the President of SIGE, the Italian Society of Gastroenterology. In 2016 he was granted the EASL Career Award and in 2018 the AISF Career Award, the PHC Award and the Sheila Sherlock’s Career Award.

Prof. CRAXI’s main research interests include viral hepatitis C and B, NAFLD, hepatocellular carcinoma and auto-immune liver diseases. He has served on the editorial board of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Gut and Liver International, and has been Associate Editor of Digestive and Liver Disease. He authored 560 scientific papers, with more than 560000 citations and a current H index = 110.