Pope
names new personal physician
(Vatican
Radio) The Holy Father has named as his personal physician Dr Fabrizio
Soccorsi, Chief emeritus of Hepatology at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome, and
Consultant for the Department of Health and Welfare of the Governorate of the
Vatican City State.
Dr
Soccorsi was born 2 February 1942 in Rome, where he still resides. He graduated
with a degree in Medicine and Surgery from “La Sapienza” University in Rome in
1968, and the following year attained the requisite qualifications for the
exercise of his profession. He has had a full professional and teaching career,
culminating in his position as Chief of the Department for Hepatology and
Director of the Department for Illnesses of the Liver, the Digestive System and
Nutrition and of the Department of Internal and Specialized Medicine at the San
Camillo Forlanini Hospital in Rome.
Dr
Soccorsi has taught Immunology at the Scuola Medica Ospedaliera of Rome and of
the Region of Lazio, taking ongoing education courses in pathologies of the
liver at the San Camillo Hospital. He held the Chair of Clinical Medicine and
Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at “La Sapienza” University
in Rome. He has also developed several partnerships and consultancies in the
public sector, with hundreds of publications and scientific contributions. He
is a Consultant for the Department of Health and Welfare of the Governorate of
Vatican City State, and a peritus (expert) of the medical committee of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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