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  • Area Medica
    Asthma and Allergology
  • Ruolo
    Head of Section

Me at Humanitas

Medical Area
Allergology
Personal Publications on PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=heffler+e&sort=date

Diseases Treated
Asthma; Nasal polyposis; Allergic rhinitis; Drug allergy; Food allergy; Urticaria; Atopic dermatitis; Anaphylaxis; Mastocytosis; Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)

Medical Areas of Interest
Allergology, particularly:

  • Respiratory allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis (especially with nasal polyps), and asthma. Special interest in non-invasive evaluation of airway inflammation (using methods like fractional exhaled nitric oxide—FeNO—and nasal cytology) and in personalized and precision therapies such as allergen-specific immunotherapy and biological drugs.
  • Cutaneous allergic diseases, including chronic urticaria, atopic dermatitis, and allergic contact dermatitis. Particular interest in innovative therapeutic approaches, such as the use of biological drugs.
  • Systemic allergic manifestations, such as anaphylaxis, food allergy, drug allergy, and allergy to hymenoptera venom.
  • Rare diseases in the field of allergology, such as systemic mastocytosis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome).

Research Areas of Interest

  • Severe asthma: phenotyping and endotyping, underlying immunological mechanisms, and biological therapies
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: phenotyping and endotyping, underlying immunological mechanisms, and biological therapies
  • Non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation: measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), nasal cytology
  • Real-life studies on chronic allergic and respiratory diseases
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Mastocytosis
  • EGPA (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)
  • Drug allergy

Hospital Role
Section Head

Education

University
University of Turin
Specialization
Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Date of Specialization
22/12/2008

Previous Experience

Country
Italy
From
21/07/2009
Province
CT
Municipality
Catania

Previous Position and Description
Outpatient Allergology Specialist at ASL-TO3 (Pinerolo Hospital) and ASL-AL (Valenza, Casale Monferrato, and Acqui Terme Hospitals).
Outpatient clinical-assistance activity in Allergology.

Second-to-Last Work Experience
Contracted Outpatient Specialist
Municipality
Pinerolo, Valenza, Casale Monferrato, Acqui Terme
Country
Italy
Province
TO and AL
Until
31/01/2015

Institution
University of Catania
From
01/03/2015
To
30/04/2017
Most Recent Role and Description
Fixed-term Researcher (RTD-A) in Respiratory Diseases (scientific-disciplinary sector: MED/10) at the University of Catania.
Teaching, research, and clinical-assistance activities.

Institution
ASL-TO3 and ASL-AL
Academic Role
Previous Role
Fixed-term University Researcher (RTD-A) in Respiratory Diseases from 01/05/2017 to 28/02/2020 at Humanitas University
Current Role
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine / Director of the Residency Program in Allergology and Clinical Immunology
From
01/03/2020
Institution
Humanitas University
Activity Description
Teaching, research, and clinical activities in the field of allergology, with a particular focus on respiratory allergic diseases.
To
Present

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