The teacher Dott.ssa Fiamma Ferraro. Personal and Professional experience with Buteyko Breathing Method
My parents are bot doctors; their work entailed living in different countries, hence why i lived in Ireland for over 16 years.
My mother heard of the Buteyko Breathimg Method purely by chance the year I was studying for my Leaving Certificate. Years later, during my last year in medical school, she spotted a book about the method and it was “interest at first sight”.
She subsequently trained as a Buteyko Practitioner with one of Buteyko’s Russian practitioners.
In 1998 my nother was no longer living in Ireland and I had started my post-graduate training; that year she wrote the first book in Italian which I duly checked for “technical errors” from a medical perspevtive.
The book was published in 1999 and turned out to be a success.
I carried on with my training and there followed my mother’s second book.
In 2001 I moved back to Italy where I finished my post-graduate training in 2004. I have been teaching the method since 2003, having taken over the reins from my mother; in 2004 I started training Buteyko practitioners.
There was no denying the thereapeutic successes in “diligent” patients.
I had never thought it possible, but I was able to reduce or wean both adults and children off cortisone and/or bronchodilator nedication.
In 2005, I started personalizing the method for every patient in accordance with: age, clinical condition, level of fitness, work, lifestile and psychological status; I no longer believe in a standardized approach. The results were, and continue to be extremely satisfactorty.
In 2008 I wrote my first book; by 2021 the fourth edition was published. The book continues to be a great success and has also been translated into French.
A personalized Buteyko Breathing approach constitutes a significant part of my work.
I also train practitioners and represent Italy in the Buteyko Breathing Educators Association (www.buteykoeducators.org).
Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum Dr. Fiamma Ferraro
Languages in order of fluency: English, Italian, German
Primary Qualifications:
- MB BCh BAO
- Bachelor of Medical Science
- 1998 University College Dublin
Post-graduate training:
1998-2001: St. Vincent’s Hospital Dublin, St. Columcille’s Hospital Co. Dublin, Wexford General Hospital, St. Brendan’s Psychiatric Hospital Dublin.
2002-2004: Training in General Medicine, European School of General Medicine in Florence and Siena General Hospital.
Professional Registrations:
- Irish Register of Medical Specialists #22416
- Medical Council Siena #3912 (Italy)
Additional Qualifications 2001-2021:
- Master in Paediatric Allergology
- Master in Psychoneuroimmunology
- Master in Phytotherapy (Italian Universities in Rome and Siena).
- Courses in Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine, Nutrition, Analgesic Mesotherapy, Orthomolecular Medicine and Chelation Therapy (In Italian and German Universities).
- Long-distance courses Harvard University.