
Curriculum Vitae
Scopus ID: 7006578223
After a MD at the University of Padua in 1976, Prof. Muraca specialized in Internal Medicine (1981) and in Gastroenterology (1985) while also pursuing a PhD in Biochemistry (1985) at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Since 1982, Prof. Muraca has been working at the University of Padua, firstly as Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Internal Medicine, then as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Padua since 1993. From 1999 to 2004, Prof. Muraca was Head of the Hepatology and Liver Transplant Group of the 1st Medical Clinic, University of Padua, and in 2004 he moved to Rome as Head of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology Lab and as Coordinator of the research area in Regenerative Medicine, at the Pediatric Research Hospital “Bambino Gesù”. In 2014 he returned to Padua as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health. After his retirement in 2022, he became Co-director of the Pediatric Research Institute “Città della Speranza”.
From 1997 to 2001 he coordinated the first clinical study in Italy on the treatment of liver failure with a bioartificial liver as part of an international trial controlled by the Food and Drug Administration. In 2000 he performed the first clinical hepatocyte transplant in Europe after a series of studies in animal models (Lancet 2002; 359: 317).
He is author and co-author of 169 original articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 3 international books in English, 2 books in Italian, 16 chapters in international books, 51 original articles and book chapters in Italian. He is inventor of five patents in cell therapy. H-Index: 44 (Scopus) – 48 (Research Gate).
Awards
10/11/2006: International Award “Giuseppe Sciacca”, section Medicine
18/07/2011: Award “Gentlemen d’Italia” for scientific activity