Giampaolo R. Perna MD PhD, Humanitas University
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Giampaolo R. Perna MD PhD, Humanitas University
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Humanitas University
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Via Rita levi Montalcini 4
Pieve Emanuele Milan
Lombardia
20072  Italy
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+393478070293 (Phone)
Psychiatrist
  MD, PhD, Prof. Dr. med
  Italy
  http://www.giampaoloperna.com
  English, Italian
  Yes
  Psychiatrist, Researcher
  I have more than 30 years of experience in treating patients with anxiety and emotional disorders. I have a continuous clinical career in well-known Italian hospitals. At the age of 36, I became deputy head of the Department of Clinical and Scientific Anxiety Disorders at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and at the age of 44, head of a 75-bed psychiatric rehabilitation unit with 8 psychiatrists and 15 psychologists. Since 2013, I'm the chair of the clinical neurosciences department of Villa San Benedetto Menni – Hermanas Hospitalarias with a 75-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit, a day clinic, 2 outpatient facilities near Como and in Milan and a research centre. From 1st January 2025, I'm the head of mental health area, Sisters Hospitaller in Italy - ETS branch (Third-Sector Institution) including 3 centres in Italy for with more than 200 psychiatric beds, day care and day hospital units and outpatients’ facilities. From 1 June 2019, I'm the chief of the “Centre for Personalized Medicine for Anxiety and Panic Disorders” at Humanitas San Pio X Hospital in Milan and scientific director of Psico Medical Care at Humanitas Medical Care. From February 2025 he has been appointed as head of the mental health center of Humanitas Group (8 general hospitals, 23 out-patient facilities).
  Adolescents/Teens, Adults
  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Therapy, Intensive Exposure Therapy Protocols, Medication Management, Pyschopharmacology
  Agoraphobia, Anxiety, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks/Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Anxiety Disorder
  In Office, Telehealth
  Yes
  Humanitas SanpioX, via nava 31, Milan, Italy
  Accepts Credit Cards