Camillo Ricordi Explained

Camillo Ricordi (born 1957) is a diabetes researcher based in Miami, Florida. He currently serves as Director of the Diabetes Research Institute, a position he has held since 1996. He is the Chief Academic Officer of the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami and is director of the DRI's Cell Transplant Center. He has been active in stem cell research and its applications to treating diabetes, particularly Type 1 Diabetes. He specializes in pancreatic islet transplantation.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Ricordi studied from 1971 to 1976 at the Scientific Lyceum in Milan and graduated cum laude in medicine from the University of Milan in 1982. During his medical studies at the University of Milan he did internships at the Institute of Central Nervous System Physiology of the National Research Council (Milan, Italy) and later, as a student of internal medicine at the San Raffaele Institute in Milan.[4] [5]

After graduating in medicine, he specialized in gastrointestinal surgery and digestive endoscopy at the University of Milan, graduating cum laude in 1988. During this same period he completed several complementary studies at the Washington University School of Medicine (St Louis, Missouri), in the Department of Genetics, and conducting training in immunogenetics and immunobiology of cell transplants.

After a period of military service in the Italian Air Force, where he worked as a medical officer with the rank of lieutenant, he joined as assistant professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery of the Division of Transplantation in the School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

His professional career has been developed in the educational and scientific field mainly. He has been co-director of the Executive Office of Research Leadership (2001–2003), as Senior Associate Dean of Research (2003–2006) and has chaired the Dean's Research Office (2006–2012) at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.[6]

Ricordi is Professor of Surgery at Stacy Joy Goodman, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami, Florida, where he also appears as Director of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and the Cell Transplant Center.[7]

He is also a Head of the Human Cell Processing Facility, funded by NIH, which has been providing human cell products for research and clinical applications at the University of Miami, Florida, and throughout the world since 1993.[8]

Professional achievements

He was part of a team in 1986 at the Washington University in St. Louis that pioneered what is known as the islet transplant procedure, developed to address the worst cases of diabetes type 1.[9] He is credited with developing the automated method for islet cell isolation called the "Ricordi Method."[10] [11] The method includes the use of the Ricordi Chamber, for which Ricordi was awarded, for Surgery, the Nessim-Habif World Prize, University of Geneva in 2001. The award is given to the invention of a machine that allows progress to be made significant in a field of surgery. Ricordi's invention of the automated islet isolation method made it possible to obtain a greater number of islets of a human pancreas; before they needed up to five or six organs to carry out a transplant.

Ricordi has been published in academic and medical journals, has over 1,778 scientific publications, >51,104 citations and an h-index of 113. He has been awarded 28 patents as an inventor.[12] [13] [14] He has participated in congresses and meetings on isolation and transplantation of islets for the treatment of diabetes.[15] [16]

In 2021, Ricordi was named editor-in-chief of the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.[17]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. News: Leading Type 1 diabetes doctor predicts cure in next 7 years . Katie . Lepri . vanc . December 7, 2014 . Miami Herald .
  2. News: Tissue Engineering Opens Door to Novel Type 1 Diabetes Therapy . May 11, 2017 . Genetic Engineering and Biotech News .
  3. News: Immune Checkpoint Found Lacking in Type 1 Diabetes . Ruth . Williams . vanc . November 15, 2017 . The Scientist .
  4. Web site: 2015 Redesign - DRI Faculty - Camillo Ricordi, MD. www.diabetesresearch.org. en-us. 2018-06-22.
  5. Web site: children with DIABETES - About Camillo Ricordi, M.D.. www.childrenwithdiabetes.com. 2018-06-22. 2018-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520053907/http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/d_0d_00h.htm. dead.
  6. News: Nueva investigación sobre diabetes mira hacia el pasado . elnuevoherald. 2018-06-22. es.
  7. Web site: Investigadores de universidad de Miami e IDCBIS firman convenio para tratar diabetes tipo1 HSB Noticias. hsbnoticias.com. es. 2018-06-22. 2018-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622111444/http://hsbnoticias.com/noticias/bogota/investigadores-de-universidad-de-miami-e-idcbis-firman-conve-395445. dead.
  8. Web site: Camillo Ricordi: sconfiggere il diabete Miami. Rai. 2018-06-22.
  9. Web site: News - University of Miami School of Medicine. www.med.miami.edu. 2018-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180519205134/http://www.med.miami.edu/news/view.asp?id=212. 2018-05-19. dead.
  10. News: Bioengineered 'Pancreas' Effective in First Patient . Aggie . Mika . vanc . May 12, 2017 . The Scientist .
  11. News: UM's Diabetes Research Institute working toward cure of Type 1 diabetes. miamiherald. 2018-06-22. en.
  12. Ricordi C, Lacy PE, Finke EH, Olack BJ, Scharp DW . Automated method for isolation of human pancreatic islets . Diabetes . 37 . 4 . 413–20 . April 1988 . 3288530 . 10.2337/diab.37.4.413. 20974701 .
  13. Ricordi C, Tzakis AG, Carroll PB, Zeng YJ, Rilo HL, Alejandro R, Shapiro A, Fung JJ, Demetris AJ, Mintz DH . Human islet isolation and allotransplantation in 22 consecutive cases . Transplantation . 53 . 2 . 407–14 . February 1992 . 1738936 . 2967200 . 10.1097/00007890-199202010-00027.
  14. Alejandro R, Lehmann R, Ricordi C, Kenyon NS, Angelico MC, Burke G, Esquenazi V, Nery J, Betancourt AE, Kong SS, Miller J, Mintz DH . Long-term function (6 years) of islet allografts in type 1 diabetes . Diabetes . 46 . 12 . 1983–9 . December 1997 . 9392484 . 10.2337/diab.46.12.1983. 21154011 .
  15. News: Il professor Ricordi parla ai giovani diabetici. LaStampa.it. 2018-06-22. it-IT.
  16. Web site: Dr. Camillo Ricordi Delivers Inaugural Lecture Named in His Honor Miller School of Medicine University of Miami. med.miami.edu. en. 2018-06-22. 2018-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180519210312/http://med.miami.edu/news/dr.-camillo-ricordi-delivers-inaugural-lecture-named-in-his-honor. dead.
  17. Web site: July 15, 2021 . Press Release :Announcing changes in the Editorial Board . 2022-04-01 . European Review . en.
  18. Web site: Provost's Award for Scholarly Activity Provost Office University of Miami. provost.miami.edu. en. 2018-06-22.
  19. Web site: News - University of Miami School of Medicine. www.med.miami.edu. 2018-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180519205035/http://www.med.miami.edu/news/view.asp?id=249. 2018-05-19. dead.
  20. Web site: Ricordi Receives Prestigious International Award. www.diabetesresearch.org. 8 March 2006 . en-us. 2018-06-22.
  21. Web site: Peer Review . newsletter.miami.edu. 2018-06-22.
  22. Web site: 2006 - TTS. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223220634/https://www.tts.org/about-tts-5/awards-a-grants/recognition-awards/2006. dead. 2015-12-23. www.tts.org. en-gb. 2018-06-22.

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