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Dott.ssa Filomena Costanza

CV

Qualification

Legal Doctor

Current assignment

MD Medical Manager at Clinical Risk Management

Title of qualification awarded

Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence: 22/10/2014 with vote 110/110 with honours

Other qualifications awarded

Specialisation in Forensic Medicine at the University of Pisa: 19/11/2019 with discussion of the thesis "Rereading for forensic purposes of clinical radiological images: usefulness in the assessment of crimes against the person".  Vote 110/110 with praise

Positions held
  • Medical Director at U.O. Medicina Legale e Gestione Integrata del Rischio of the Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi (September 2020 - December 2024)
  • Replacement of the Chairman of the Civil Invalids Commission at the AUSL in Montecatini (February 2020)
  • Collaboration with AUSL 5 of Pisa for the evaluation of the effectiveness and utility of the CCA PLUS route (EtG in urine) in the diagnosis of alcohol-related disorders (review of the case history since its introduction, April 2018 - November 2019)
  • 4 months of Erasmus Plus Traineeship in Salzburg (Austria) with active participation in the daily activity of the sector room, accompanied by histological investigations; attendance of the Toxicology laboratory with in-depth analysis of issues related to alcohol abuse and driving; participation in the course "Quality Work Management" with focus on laboratory procedures; 2-month internship at AUSL 5 of Pisa with active participation in the Civil Disabled and Licensing Committees; to the Claims Management Committees and drafting protocols for business activities, relating to aspects of Risk Management
Languages

Italian: mother tongue
English: level C1
German - level B2 (holder of the Goethe Certificate from the Deutsches Institut Florenz in January 2018)

Technologies

Good knowledge of the main Microsoft Office programs: Word; Excel, with database creation; Power Point, with presentation and poster creation; One Drive

Scientific activities
  • Posters and conference presentations: POSTER "Interstitial pneumonia and sudden infant death (SUDI). Medico-legal implications", IALM (Venice 21-24 June 2016); POSTER "Utility of the Virtopsy for the diagnosis of arterial embolism in sub", IV National Meeting COMLAS (Rome 10-11 November 2018); PRESENTATION "Special activities in case of electrocution through carbon fiber conductor" presented at the Summer School of the Young Forensic Medicine Clinic (Elba October 2017); PRESENTATION "The new CCA PLUS route for the diagnosis of alcohol-related disorders" at the V National Congress of the Comlas Scientific Society (Rome, November 2018); PRESENTATION "Sudden Infant Death in a new born from drug-dependent parents: the usefulness of hair analysis" presented at the 71st International Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Science (Baltimore 18-23 February 2019)
  • Scientific publications: "Suicidal Intra-Oral Gun-Shot with Labial Laceration", article published in the online journal Austin Journal of Forensic Science and Criminology (2017); "The future of clinical risk after COVID-19" and "A companion for my new professional journey", E&P 2021, 45 (1-2) January-April, pp.20-21
Clinical and/or Scientific interests

Strong interest, in addition to the management of health litigation, for issues relating to clinical risk management, quality and safety of care as well as forensic psychiatry.