Curriculum

CURRENT POSITION:

Fixed-term researcher, full-time, letter b), art. 24, paragraph 3, Law December 30, 2010, no. 240 (06/L1 - MED/41) at the Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna, University of Ferrara.

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Master’s degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari. Thesis title: “Alveolar micromechanics studied through Synchrotron radiation computed tomography: an animal model study.” Degree awarded on March 30, 2015.

  • Specialization diploma in Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management obtained at the Department of Morphology, Surgery, and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara. Thesis title: “Regional hysteresis in patients affected by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: an electrical impedance tomography study.” Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Alberto Volta. Degree awarded on November 10, 2020.

 

TRAINING OR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT QUALIFIED ITALIAN OR FOREIGN RESEARCH INSTITUTES

  • Visiting Research Fellow from 01/10/2016 to 01/10/2017 at Hedenstierna Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Akademiska Sjukuset, Uppsala (Sweden). Research activities on ventilator-induced lung injury and causes of hypoxia during general anesthesia.

  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France): Visiting researcher (2017) at the ID-17 beamline of the ESRF European research center. Research support during experimental projects on high-resolution imaging using synchrotron light.

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Teaching activities in the degree courses of Medicine and Surgery, Physiotherapy, Orthoptics, Nursing Sciences, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Techniques, Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, and in the specialization school of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management. Coordination of medical residents affiliated with the specialization school of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management.

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial board member for the following international journals:

  • Associate Editor for Journal of Medical Case Reports (BMC, as a part of Springer Nature)
  • Associate Editor for BMC Pulmonary Medicine (BMC, as a part of Springer Nature)
  • Associate Editor for BMC Anesthesiology (BMC, as a part of Springer Nature)

Scientific reviewer activity for various international journals, including:

  • Critical Care
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • BMC Anesthesiology
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • Clinical Medicine Insight: Circulatory Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Diagnostics
  • Frontiers in Medicine

 

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES

As a speaker:

  • Speaker at the 4th regional congress “Anesthesia and Intensive Care in the Land of Motors.” Talk title: “Management of the patient with severe pneumonia in intensive care.” Modena, September 14, 2018.

  • Speaker at the event “Mechanical ventilation during general anesthesia: update on physiology and clinical practice.” Talk title: “Future perspectives: influence of age on gas exchange during general anesthesia.” Ferrara, September 26, 2018.

  • Speaker at the PLuG working group meeting (European working group on esophageal pressure, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, ESICM) held during the 32nd Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, September 30, 2019. Talk title: “Personalized PEEP in ARDS: regional ventilation distribution vs. transpulmonary pressure.”

  • Speaker at the Ninth Hedenstierna Laboratory: Annual research brainstorming. Talk title: “Injurious flow during mechanical ventilation.” Uppsala, October 12, 2019, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala (Sweden).

  • Speaker at the congress “Sepsis in Obstetrics” organized by the University Hospital of Ferrara. Talk title: “Management of respiratory failure in pregnant women with COVID-19 and sepsis.” Aula Magna Arcispedale Sant’Anna, Ferrara, May 20, 2022.

  • Speaker/Moderator at the 35th Annual Congress (LIVES) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) (Paris, October 22-26, 2022). Talk title: “Blackboard lecture - Interstitial lung disease: acute presentation in the ICU.”

  • Speaker at the congress “Trauma: Update and Organization” 17th edition. Talk title: “Role of electrical impedance tomography in advanced monitoring of thoracic trauma.” Bologna, May 10-11, 2023.

  • Speaker at the 33rd International SMART Congress, Milan. Talk title: “New approaches to mechanical ventilation.” Milan, May 24-26, 2023.

  • Speaker at the 1st Jordi Mancebo Symposium, Barcelona (September 28-30, 2023). Talk title: “Advanced measurements and open issues: recruitability, lung volumes, dead space and shunt, collapse and overdistension, pulmonary perfusion.”

  • Speaker and organizer at the workshop “EIT during mechanical ventilation: a standardized innovative workflow” held at the Lorentz Center in Leiden (Netherlands). April 22-24, 2024.

  • Speaker at the ESICM LIVES 2024 Congress, Barcelona, October 8, 2024. Talk title: “The greenest ICU practices competition.”

  • Speaker at the ESICM LIVES 2024 Congress, Barcelona, October 9, 2024. Talk title: “Severe hypoglycemia and neurological impairment with tight glycemic control: The perfect storm?”

  • Speaker at the “Mechanical Ventilation Days of Ferrara” II edition, held in Ferrara on November 9, 2024. Talk title: “Imaging of mechanical ventilation in obese patients: what’s new?”

As an organizer:

  • Faculty Member and organizational support for the 40th Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) (Madrid, May 12-14, 2022) LIVES 40.

  • Faculty Member at the 35th, 36th, and 37th Annual Congress (LIVES) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) (Paris 2022, Milan 2023, Barcelona 2024).

 

THIRD MISSION ACTIVITIES

  • Participation in the working group for the project “Psychological support for patients: improving quality of life in intensive care” funded by crowdfunding supported by the University of Ferrara (unifeel.it).

  • Elected NEXT Committee Member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), 2021–present.

  • Member of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2021–2023).

  • Member of the Research Committee of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2024–present).

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Best Experimental Paper 2019-2020 Award from the Swedish Society of Intensive Care (Svenska Intensivvårdssällskapet, SFAI) for the article: “The Effect of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Lung Micromechanics Assessed by Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography in an Animal Model of ARDS.”

  • Honorable Mention at the XXVII edition of the Professor Potito Petrone Medicine Award for the thesis: “Alveolar pulmonary micromechanics studied through Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography: An Animal Model Study” (2016).

 

SCIENTIFIC PROFILE

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9739-4082
Scopus Author ID: 57200518480
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAA-8136-2022
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