Giovanna Ferraioli, MD

Dr. Ferraioli is the coordinator of the Ultrasound School at Fondazione IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Medical School University of Pavia, Italy, and co-director of the EFSUMB Ultrasound Learning Centre at the same Institution. Her research interests include elastography in diffuse liver diseases, non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis, ultrasound contrast agents, and Doppler in portal hypertension. Dr. Ferraioli has published over 90 peer reviewed papers and several book chapters....See more

Dr. Ferraioli is the coordinator of the Ultrasound School at Fondazione IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Medical School University of Pavia, Italy, and co-director of the EFSUMB Ultrasound Learning Centre at the same Institution. Her research interests include elastography in diffuse liver diseases, non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis, ultrasound contrast agents, and Doppler in portal hypertension. Dr. Ferraioli has published over 90 peer reviewed papers and several book chapters. She has presented over 300 scientific and educational presentations and invited lectures worldwide. She has been involved in liver elastography for over 11 years presenting multiple presentations worldwide on this subject. She has relationships with multiple ultrasound vendors for the improvement of elastography on their systems. She is member of the scientific editorial board of European Radiology, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Ultrasound, and she's the subspecialty Editor on Elastography for the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. She has been the lead author of WFUMB guidelines on liver elastography and has been involved on several international guidelines on elastography. See less