Icro Maremmani, MD graduated at the Medical School of the University of Pisa and specialized in Psychiatry cum laude at the University of Pisa. At present he is “Qualified full professor of Psychiatry”, Professor of Addiction Medicine at the University of Pisa, and Director of the II Level Master in Addiction Medicine at Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences (UniCamillus), in Rome, Italy, EU
His expertise field is agonist opioid treatment of heroin addicts, especially patients with dual disorders.
He is founding member and Past President of Italian Society of Addiction Medicine (SITD) and Founding member and President of the European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association – EUROPAD. He is Founding President of World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (WFTOD), NGO with Special Consultative Status with United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), based in New York, NY, USA. He is founding member and secretary of World Association on Dual Disorders (WADD). He received Dole and Nyswander Award in 1994; Chimera Career Award in 2004, SEPD Award in 2015, and ISAM fellowship award in 2016, Dole and Nyswander Award chair in 2019. He serves also as editor in chief of Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, Journal of Clinical Medicine, section of Psychiatry and Italian Journal of Addiction. Up to present has published more than 600 scientific and professional papers and 20 books. Presently taking part, as active member, more than 500 scientific meetings.