News of an inspirational achievement for Family Doctors who would like to but hesitating to make a research education and PhD career. EGPRN is proud to announce that Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli who is sixty years old successfully defended his doctoral dissertation and got his PhD degree.

Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, PhD proved that research education is possible at any age in any geographic area, any distance, any country any climate, if you are willing to.
 

Ferdinando Petrazzuoli is an Italian family doctor who lives and works in a rural village, Ruviano, in Southern Italy. He has been working in his solo practice since 1984. The thesis was completed during the years 2013-2019 at the Center for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Sweden. He was member of EGPRN executive board for the last nine years.