Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief

Pierfrancesco Fusco

Chief Anesthesiologist, Intensive Care & Pain Management Avezzano Hospital, Italy

E-mail: PFusco@asl1abruzzo.it | ORCID

Pierfrancesco Fusco was born in Borgorose Rieti(Italy) in 1969. He studied Medicine and Surgery at the University of Chieti. He graduated with in 1996. He attended the specialization school in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the University of L’Aquila, gaining expertise in anesthesiology and intensive care. He earned his specialization diploma in 2001, with a thesis entitled " Role of VAP in critically ill patients: our experience”. In 2001, he was hired by the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at S.Maria Terni Hospital. In 2002, he was hired by the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at San Salvatore Hospital L’Aquila. In 2004 he was hired by the helicopter rescue (HEMS) with operating in L’Aquila. In 2023 he completed a specialization course in "Management for the Administration of Complex Healthcare Structures" at the University of L’Aquila. In 2023 Chief Anesthesiologist, Intensive Care & Pain Management Avezzano Hospital, Italy. To date, he is the author of 103 scientific publications and author of 19 books as an author or editor. he has participated in numerous national and international conferences as speaker, scientific director or president. In 2021, he obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the position of Associate Professor in the Competition Sector 06/L1 - Anesthesiology. His areas of interest range from Anesthesia, locoregional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain therapy, helicopter rescue.

 

Domenico Pietro Santonastaso
Department of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy

E-mail: domenicopietro.santonastaso@auslromagna.it | ORCID

Domenico Pietro Santonastaso was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere in 1981. He studied Medicine and Surgery at the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" graduating in 2007 with a thesis entitled "Role of Opioids in Labor Epidural Analgesia." He then attended the specialization school in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," gaining expertise in anesthesiology and intensive care. During his specialization period, he spent 16 months at the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Policlinico “A. Gemelli" in Rome, where he deepened his knowledge of regional anesthesia and anesthesia in obstetrics and gynecology. He earned his specialization diploma in 2012 with a thesis entitled "Tap block in pain management after cesarean section”. In the same year, he was hired by the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at M. Bufalini Hospital in Cesena. In 2022, he completed a specialization course in "Operating Room Management" at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Policlinico “A. Gemelli” in Rome. To date, Dr. Santonastaso is the author of 57 scientific publications and has participated in numerous national and international conferences as a speaker, scientific director, or president. In 2024, he obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the position of Associate Professor in Anesthesiology (Competition Sector 06/L1). His areas of interest include anesthesia, operating room management, regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain therapy, and the management of trauma patients.

 

Deputy Editor

Andrea Strada
Department of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Ravenna, AUSL Romagna
E-mail: andrea.strada@auslromagna.it | ORCID

Andrea Strada was born in Bologna in 1967. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1992 and specialized in Internal Medicine, specializing in Emergency Medicine in 1999 at the University of Bologna, discussing the thesis entitled "Prognostic stratification of unstable angina using Holter and markers of myocardial damage". In the years 2000-2017 he worked in the Emergency Department and Emergency Medicine, first in Imola (BO) then in Ravenna. He dealt with time-dependent clinical pathways (e.g. STEMI), took care of educational aspects for cardiorespiratory emergencies and the triage of patients in the emergency room. In 2014 he obtained the Managerial Training Certificate from the Managerial Training Course for Manager of Complex Structures organized by the Emilia-Romagna Region at the University of Ferrara. From 2017 to 2021 he directed Emergency Medicine (Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine) at the University Hospital of Ferrara. From 2022 to today he has been Director of the Emergency, Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department of Ravenna in ASL Romagna. He has participated in numerous conferences as a speaker on emergency medicine topics. His areas of interest are cardiorespiratory emergencies, ECG teaching, health management and philosophy.

Vanni Agnoletti
Department of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy

E-mail: vanni.agnoletti@auslromagna.it | ORCID

 

Editorial board

Fausto Catena
Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy
 
Jordi Riera del Brio
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
 
Emiliano Gamberini
Infermi Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy

Maurizio Menarini
Head of ‘118 Territorial Emergency System’, Piacenza, Italy

Boris E. Sakakushev
RIMU/Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria; UMHAT St George Plovdiv, First Clinic of General Surgery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Nabil Shallik
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha; Weill Cornell Medical College, Al Rayyan; Qatar University, Doha, Qatar