Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., M.S.

Dean and Medical Professor
Community Health and Social Medicine

About Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., M.S.

Since 2007, Dr. Trevisan has led the Health Sciences System, a statewide collaboration of Nevada higher education health sciences and professional programs.  The system, which includes eight different colleges and universities across the state, focuses on coordinating these institutions’ efforts to train and retain physicians and other health care professionals to practice in Nevada.  

Education

M.D., University of Naples Medical School, Italy, 1977
M.S. (Epidemiology), State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989

Research Interests

Publications

ARTICLES:

• Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Technologia nelle Scienze Biomediche (Italy) “Is a Healthy Mouth a Gateway to a Healthy Heart: The Link Between Periodontal and Cardiovascular Disease”.Campobasso, Italy, November 10, 2005.
• Institute for Advanced Oral and Physical Health, Winter Roundtable, “Integrating Public Health with Health Professions”, Moderator. Philadelphia, PA. February 15, 2007.
• The Scottsdale Project: “The Independent Study Initiative for Collaboration in Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Periodontal Disease Intervention”, Panelist. Scottsdale, AZ. April 10-13, 2007.
• Leadership Retreat, “Transforming the School of Medicine and Public Health: Perspectives from a School of Public Health Dean”, Guest Speaker. University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI. April 26-27, 2007.
• 50th Anniversary of the Orvis School of Nursing, “The Health Sciences System; Building a Stronger, Healthier Nevada”, Guest Speaker, University of Nevada – Reno, NV, January 26, 2008.
• Periodontal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Fact or Fiction, Guest Speaker, Nevada Cancer Institute – Las Vegas, NV, January 29, 2008.
• Division of Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Scholarship Day, “Interdisciplinary Research: Why and How”, Guest Speaker, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, NV, April 10, 2008.
• Sigma Phi Alpha, Continuing Education Lecture, “Periodontal Disease/Infection and Cardiovascular Disease,” Las Vegas, NV, April 18, 2009.
• “Periodontal Disease/Infection and Cardiovascular Disease,” University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 2009.
• “Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases,” Alexander Dawson Center, Las Vegas, NV, July 28, 2010.
• “Patterns of Wine Drinking in the USA and Europe: Implications for Health,” Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy, October 7-8, 2010

Last Updated: 8/1/11