Curriculum

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

Personal information

 

 

First name(s) / Surname(s)

Marco Mura

 

Address(es)

Ferrara, Italy

 

Telephone(s)

0039 392-4171378

 

 

 

E-mail

marco.mura@unife.it

 

 

 

 

Nationality

Italian

 

 

 

 

Date of birth

14/10/1975

 

 

 

 

Gender

Male

 

 

 

 

Occupational field

Ophthalmology, General Oncology

 

 

 

 

Work experience

 

 

 

 

 

Dates

2022 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Direttore Clinica Oculistica

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Academic and administrative officer

 

Name and address of employer

Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara (Italy)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2019 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Full Professor

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Clinical and translational research; lecturer

 

Name and address of employer

Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara (Italy)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2019 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Visiting Professor

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Clinical and translational research; lecturer

 

Name and address of employer

University of Illinois, Chicago (USA)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2015 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Chairman

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Administrative officer

 

Name and address of employer

Retinal Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2018 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Associate Chief Clinical Services Officer

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Administrative officer

 

Name and address of employer

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Type of business or sector

Medicine and Surgery

 

 

 

 

Dates

2015 - Present

 

Occupation or position held

Chairman

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Administrative officer

 

Name and address of employer

Retinal Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2015 - 2017

 

Occupation or position held

Associate Professor

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Clinical and translational research; lecturer

 

Name and address of employer

John Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2006 - 2015

 

Occupation or position held

Associate Professor

Director of Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Fellowship Program

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Clinical and translational research; lecturer

 

Name and address of employer

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Dates

2007 - 2015

 

Occupation or position held

Director

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Administrative officer

 

Name and address of employer

Retina Division, Zonnestraal Eye Hospital, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

 

Type of business or sector

Ophthalmology

 

 

 

 

Education and training

 

 

 

 

 

Dates

2005-2006

 

Title of qualification awarded

Fellow

 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Vitreo-retina surgery

 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

 

 

 

 

Dates

2003-2004

 

Title of qualification awarded

Fellow

 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Retina

 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (United Kingdom)

 

 

 

 

Dates

2003-2004

 

Title of qualification awarded

Research Fellow

 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Retina

 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN (USA)

 

 

 

 

Dates

1990

 

Title of qualification awarded

Resident in Ophthalmology

 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Ophthalmology

 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Cagliari Medical School, Cagliari, Italy

 

 

 

 

Dates

2001

 

Title of qualification awarded

MD

 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Cagliari Medical School, Cagliari, Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal skills and competences

 

 

 

 

 

Mother tongue(s)

Italian

 

 

 

 

Other language(s)

 

 

Self-assessment

 

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

European level (*)

 

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

 

English

 

 

C2

 

C2

 

C2

 

C2

 

C2

 

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

 

 

 

 

 

Social skills and competences

Educational Program Building/Leadership

1/07 – 8/15 Founder/Director, Retina Division, Zonnestraal Eye Hospital. I am responsible for teaching residents and mentoring junior staff members

1/12 – 8/15 Retina Fellowship Director, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. In my capacity, I am responsible for the teaching of local and international fellows in clinical and surgical settings. I am responsible for establishing fellows goals and monitoring their achievements for quality of delivered care, patient satisfaction and surgical competences.

1/14 – 1/15 Retina Fellowship Director, European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO), University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano (CH). In my position I was responsible for selection, training and mentoring of international fellows recruited through international competitive programs via ESASO organization.

2015 – 2017 Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy. I am responsible for retina teaching of residents in ophthalmology.

 

 

 

 

Organisational skills and competences

Research Program Building / Leadership

1/06 – 8/15 Retina Fellowship Director, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. In my capacity, I am responsible for the teaching of local and international fellows. I mentor them and take care of their scientific production

1/07 – 9/15 Director, Research Retina Center, Zonnestraal Eye Hospital. I serve as advisor for the establishment of clinical trials and lead the scientific production

1/11 – 1/13 Member, The Dutch Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Study Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1/14 – 1/15 Retina Fellowship Director, European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO), University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano (CH). In my position I was responsible for selection, training and mentoring of international fellows recruited through international competitive program via ESASO organization

2012 – 2015 Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Cagliari School of Medicine, Cagliari, Italy. Joint research projects with University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2015 – 2016 Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy. Joint research projects with University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

System Innovation and Quality Improvement Program Building/Leadership: 2013 - 2015 Chair, percent effort: 20%, Development and implementation of dedicated Electronic Patient Dossier, Zonnestraal Eye Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2013 - 2015 Chair, percent effort: 25%, Development and implementation of quality assurance and improvement system, Zonnestraal Eye Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Formal digitalized audit system that monitors surgeon complications and benchmarks them digitally with colleagues and international literature. In the last 2 years the program has allowed significant improvements in several surgical outcomes

2015 – 2019 Chair, percent effort: 25%. Development, implementation of quality assurance and improvement system, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. New digitalized prescription and protocol monitoring system to allow efficient and safe administration of expensive intraocular drugs. Done in cooperation with IT and Pharmacy department of the Hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Administrative Appointments

2006 - 2014 Member, Selection committee for residency program, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2006 - 2015 Director, Surgical Retina Fellowship program, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2015 - 2016 Member, Promotion Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2015 - 2016 Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2015 – 2016 Member, Operative and Other Invasive Procedure Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2018 – present Chair, Utilization Review Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2018 – present Chair, Credentialing Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2018 – present Vice Chair, Performance Improvement Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2018 – present Member, Medical Executive Committee, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

2018 – present Associate Chief Clinical Services Officer, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

 

Editorial Activities

Editorial Board appointments

2018 – present Journal of Ophthalmology

2018 – present Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology

Journal Peer Review Activities

2009 - present Retina

2012 - present American Journal of Ophthalmology

2012 - present British Journal of Ophthalmology

2012 - present Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

2015 - present Journal of Ophthalmology

Professional Societies

2005-present Member, Dutch Ophthalmological Society

2005-present Member, Dutch Vitreoretinal Society

2008-present International Member, American Society of Ophthalmology

2009-present Member, Association for Vision and Eye Research (ARVO)

2010-present Member, European Society of Retina Specialists (Euretina)

2013-present Member, American Society of Retina Specialists

2013-present Member, ClubVit

Conference organizer

12/08 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12/10 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2/12 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12/12 Amsterdam Retina Debate and Live Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9/13 1st International Congress on Artificial Vision, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10/13 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Age related macular degeneration, The Netherlands

5/14 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Retinal electrical stimulation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6/14 Surgical treatment of Coats disease, Amc/Vu refereeravond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12/14 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

5/15 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Intravitreal injections, The Netherlands

Session Chair

12/08 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10/10 European Association for Vision and Eye Research Vitreoretinal surgery in Diabetes, Crete, Greece

12/10 Management of tractional retinal detachment with 25 gauge surgery,Vitreo 2010, Naples, Italy

12/10 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2/12 Amsterdam Reginal Meeting, The Netherlands

2/12 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Small gauge surgery: expanding indications, The Netherlands

4/12 Advancement in vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

6/12 Diabetes: ocular complications and management, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

12/12 Amsterdam Retina Debate and Live Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3/13 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Retinal detachment update, The Netherlands

9/13 Vitreoretinal Expert Meeting, Vitrectomia in casi complessi, Ancona, Italy

9/13 Scientific Program Committee, 1st International Congress on Artificial Vision, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10/13 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Age related macular degeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4/14 Retina and vitreous meeting, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

5/14 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Retinal electrical stimulation. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6/14 Surgical treatment of Coats Disease. Amc/Vu refereeravons, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10/14 Traumas in ophthalmology, Dutch Traumanet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12/14 Amsterdam Retina Debate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1/15 10th Pan-Hellenic Vitreoretinal Congress, Vitrectomy for AMD, Athens, Greece

3/15 Modern Technologies in Vitreoretinal Pathology Treatment, MNTK, Moscow, Russia

5/15 Amsterdam Regional Meeting, Intravitreal injections, The Netherlands

1/16 Retina, Red Sea Ophthalmological Society, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

3/16 Frankfurt Retina meeting, Heads-up surgery, Frankfurt, Germany

3/16 3rd Epomec, Dubai, Euroretina Symposium, United Arab Emirates

3/16 3rd Epomec, Dubai, 3D session on challenging surgical retina cases, United Arab Emirates

5/16 XIII International Congress of the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology, Advanced Vitreoretinal

Surgical Techniques, Bahrain

5/16 XIII International Congress of the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Challenges:

KKESH experience, Bahrain

2/17 Technical advances in vitreoretinal surgery, Vitreex, Rovigo, Italy

12/17 Retina Days, Montpellier, France

9/26/19 RetinArt, Ravenna, Italy.

 

 

Technical skills and competences

Production of guidelines and/or protocols:

1/12 – 8/15 Chair, Treatment Protocols, medical and surgical retina disease, joint protocol committee, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Free University and Zonnestraal Eye Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1/13 – 8/15 Co-Chair, National Guidelines, Anti-vegf treatment for age-related macular degeneration, Medische retina werkgroep, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1/13 – 8/15 Co-Chair, National Guidelines, Anti-vegf treatment for macular edema in diabetic retinopathy, Medische retina werkgroep, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10/15 – present King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Guidelines for anti-VEGF use in macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusion.

10/15 – present King Khaled eye Specialist Hospital Guidelines for clinical use of verteporfine in Saudi population

10/15 – present King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Guidelines for treatment of Neovascular Glaucoma

Publication of 118 peer-reviewed articles (Scopus), H-index: 24, total number of citations: 1747.

 

Additional information

Awards

-      2004 Research Prize, Le Bonheur Children Medical Center, Memphis, USA

-      2005 Best Research Prize, Irish Society of Ophthalmology, Dublin, Ireland

-      2005 Best Research Prize, International Retina Research Foundation, Birmingham, USA

-      2011 - 2012 “Best ophthalmologist in the Netherlands,” by Mednet Toparts, issues 01/12 - 01/13

-      2012-present Honorary professor, University of Cagliari, Italy

-      2013-present Honorary member, Romanian Society of Ophthalmology, Bucharest, Romania

-      9/2015 Mrs Kamala Sundaram public endowment award, Mumbai, India

-      2015-2016 Honorary professor, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy.

 

Surgical techniques

-      2005 - Shadow casting technique in endoscopic retinal detachment repair

-      2005 - Perfluoron-air exchange in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

-      2006 - Large chorioretinectomy in perforating posterior segment trauma

-      2009 - Limited 25 gauge vitrectomy for treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

-      2011 - Intraocular optical coherence tomography guided retina surgery

-      2011 - Peduncolated retinal pigment epithelium and choroid transplant in humans

-      2013 - T-shaped macula buckle procedure

-      2015 - Vitreous biopsy under air

-      2016 - Nitinol basket for lens fragmentation

 

 

 

 

Funding and grants

Research Extramural Funding - Current

11/1/15 – 10/31/16 Retinal stem cell transplantation device

WKF16075438

Sponsor: king Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

$300,000

PI: S. Rashaed/ M. Singh

Co-investigator

Research Extramural Funding -Previous

1/1/13 –3/31/14 Argus 2 retinal prosthesis functional evaluation in the Netherlands

OZZ01

Sponsor: stichting oogheelkunde zonnestraal

€ 300000

PI: 30%

6/1/14 - 7/31/15 Multicenter trial of drug Ocriplasmin in treatment of vitreomacular traction

M-13-056

Sponsor: Alcon

€ 80000

PI: 15%

10/1/11 - 5/31/15 Development of an intraocular optical coherence tomography probe

AMR

€ 375000

PI: M Bruijn

Co-PI: 10%

Previous:

2006 - 2015 Surgical retina research fellowship grant

Alcon NL NV

€ 15000

Role: PI: 10%

HORIZON Action Grant for Research and Innovation Actions for Digital and

Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITALEMERGING-01)

Year 2022-2025

GEYEDANCE

Total Funding: €2,717,717.50, UNIFE: €280,512.50