Ahmad Kantar

Specialty:
Profession:
Pediatrician
Languages:
EN
IT
AR

Biography

Dr. Ahmad Kantar is the Head of the Pediatrics Department at Policlinico San Pietro.

In 1991, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Laboratory of Fluorescence Dynamics at the University of Illinois in the United States and a Visiting Doctor at the Department of Child Health at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

He began his academic career in 1994 as a Contract Professor for the course "New Biochemical Methodologies of Clinical Chemistry Interest" at the University of Camerino and as a Contract Professor for the course "Respiratory Inflammation in Childhood" at the University of Ancona. He continued to teach various university courses until 2008 at both universities.

From 2006 to 2012, Dr. Kantar served as the Health and Scientific Director of the Center for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Childhood Asthma at the Istituto Pio XII in Misurina.

He is a member of prestigious national scientific societies, such as the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP) and the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology (SIAIP), as well as international scientific societies, including the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).

Education

University of Bologna
Second level Master in "Pediatric Allergy and Immunology" - 2012

University of Verona
Doctorate in Medicine - 1991

University of Ancona
Specialization in Pediatrics - 1987

American University of Beirut-Lebanon Arts and Science
Degree in Medicine - 1977

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Publications

Latest publications

Why chronic cough in children is different.
Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2019 Mar 6. pii: S1094-5539(18)30309-2
Kantar A, Seminara M.
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Macrophage phagocytosis and allergen avoidance in children with asthma.
Front Pediatr 2018 Aug 2;6:206. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00206. eCollection 2018.
Kulkarni N, Kantar A, Costella S, Ragazzo V, Piacentini G, Boner A, O'Callaghan C.
Prevalence of Arnold nerve reflex in adults and children with chronic cough.
Chest 2018 Mar;153(3):675-679. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.019. Epub 2017 Nov.
Dicpinigaitis PV, Kantar A, Enilari O, Paravati F.
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ERS statement on protracted bacterial bronchitis in children
Eur Respir J 2017 Aug 24;50. pii: 1602139. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02139-2016.
A. Kantar, Chang AB, Shields MD, Marchant JM, Grimwood K, Grigg J, Priftis KN, Cutrera R, Midulla F, Brand PLP, Everard ML.
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A reappraisal of the mucoactive activity and clinical efficacy of bromhexine
Multidiscip Respir Med 2017;12:7.
A. Zanasi, M. Mazzoleni, A. Kantar.
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Phenotypic presentation of chronic cough in children.
J Thoracic Dis 2017;9:907-913.
A. Kantar.
Treating acute cough: wet versus dry - have we got the paradigm wrong?
ERJ Open Res 2015;23;1(2). pii: 00055-2015.
Morice AH, Kantar A, Dicpinigaitis PV, Birring SS, McGarvey LP, Chung KF.
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Update on Pediatric Cough.
Lung 2016;194(1):9-14.
A. Kantar.
Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: clinical measurement is the key to progress
Eur Respir J 2015;45(5):1509-1510.
Morice AH, Millqvist E, Belvisi MG, Bieksiene K, Birring SS, Chung KF, Dal Negro RW, Dicpinigaitis P, Kantar A, McGarvey LP, Pacheco A, Sakalauskas R, Smith JA. Eur Respir J 2015;45(5):1509-1510.
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Expert opinion on the cough hypersensitivity syndrome in respiratory medicine
Eur Respir J 2014;44(5):1132-1148.
Morice AH, Millqvist E, Belvisi MG, Bieksiene K, Birring SS, Chung KF, Dal Negro RW, Dicpinigaitis P, Kantar A, McGarvey LP, Pacheco A, Sakalauskas R, Smith JA.
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