Cardiovascular Department – Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery
Children Hospital “Bambino Gesù”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hospital or Affiliated Institution appointments

6/2019-actual Director, Institute for Heart Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy
6/2019-actual Director, Heart Surgery Department, Hospital “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy
2013-5/2019 Director, Heart Surgery Department (Adult, Congenital, Heart Transplant, Hospital “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy
2008-5/2019 Director, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Hospital “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy
2007-2008 Senior Associate, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
1997-2007 Staff Surgeon, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
1996-1997 “Chef du Clinique”, Congenital Heart Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Cardiothoracic Hospital “Marie Lannelongue”, Plessis Robinson, France
1994-1996 Junior Surgeon, The Aldo Castaneda Institute for Congenital Heart Disease. Clinique du Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland
1993-1994 “FFI Etranger”, Congenital Heart Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Cardiothoracic Hospital “Marie Lannelongue”, Plessis Robinson, France

Academic Appointments

2020-present Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
2016-2020 Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Brescia, Italy

2011-16 Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, II Level Master, University of Milano “Bicocca”, Italy
2007-11 Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Siena, Italy
1998-2007 Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (date of membership)

1996 The “Aldo Castaneda” International Society, Member
1999 European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Member
2000 Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member
2002 Spanish Society for Pediatric Cardiology, Member
2006 Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery, Member
2007 Italian Society for Paediatric Cardiology, Member
2013 American Association for Thoracic Surgery

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

2021-24 EACTS, Guidelines Committe, Board
2020-23 EACTS, Educational Committe, Board
2020-22 SICCH, President
2018-21 EACTS, Congenital Domain, Chairman
2018-20 SICCH, Elected President, Vice President
2016-18 SICCH, Dominio Chirurgia Cardiopatie Congenite, Board Member
2014-16 EACTS, Congenital Heart Surgery Domain, Board
2012-16 Congenital Heart Surgery Domain, Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery, Chair
2012-16 Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery, Board
2010- Scientific Committee, International Heart School, Hospital Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
2004-7 Congenital Heart Surgery Working Group, Spanish Society for Pediatric Cardiology, General Secretary
2004-07 Board, Spanish Society for Pediatric Cardiology, Member

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

2017-22 Domain Editor, Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
European Journal for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Journal
European Heart Journal
Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
J Cardiovasc Medicine