Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP

Vice President for Research, Institutional Official & Research Integrity Officer

Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
School or College
School of Medicine
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP

Education & Affiliations

MD, University of Rome School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University of California, San Francisco & University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Biography

Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP, is responsible for enhancing Tulane’s research mission across all fields including the humanities, neuroscience, environmental science, infectious diseases and more. In addition to his role as vice president for research, he is professor of medicine in the School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Piedimonte has also received training in healthcare management and managed care and capitation from the University of Miami School of Business, training in health policy and management from Harvard School of Public Health, training in healthcare finance and accounting from Baldwin Wallace University, and training in population health from Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Piedimonte’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for more than 30 years. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator for more than 40 research projects funded by the NIH, the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the American Lung Association, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and the pharmaceutical industry. He holds 18 U.S. and international patents. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, monographs, editorials and abstracts. His articles have been published in the country’s leading scientific journals, and he has authored a number of op-eds on healthcare policy and leadership topics in national newspapers and online media. He is an internationally renowned physician, researcher and healthcare executive. Dr. Piedimonte brings to Tulane a passion for impactful research of all forms, and a special interest in collaborations that bring together scholars from disparate perspectives and areas of expertise.

Research

Research/Academic Interests: Respiratory infections, environmental pollution, airway inflammation and neurobiology, and the developmental origins of pulmonary diseases like asthma, bronchiolitis, and BPD.As a physician scientist focused on pulmonary diseases, Dr. Piedimonte has a passion for impactful research of all forms, and a special interest in collaborations that bring together scholars from disparate perspectives and areas of expertise.

Respiratory syncytial virus induces β2-adrenergic receptor dysfunction in human airway smooth muscle cells