Camillo Peracchia is a professor emeritus of pharmacology and physiology at the University of Rochester. In 1962, he received an M.D. degree summa cum laude from the University of Milan (Italy). His research has focused on the regulation of cell-to-cell communication via gap junction channels. He has 100 publications with a total citation of 3766 and an h-index of 35 (Scopus, 4 December 2023). Has served as a Member of the Cell Biology and Physiology Study Section (CBY-1, NIH, 1990-94), and is a member of the Marquis Who’s Who. He taught respiratory physiology to medical students and was awarded the Manuel D. Goldman Prize (1998), the Edward F. Adolph Medal (2004), and five commendations.