Born on march 22nd, 1962, in Bari, Italy. Nationality italian Married since September 1996 Work address : Azienza Ospedaliera “Riuniti”- Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 71100 Foggia, Italy - Tel +39 0881 732387 - Fax +39 0881 732387 Present Position: Full Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Director of the Dept of Anesthesia and Intensive care Programme Director of the School for Nurses Faculty of Medicine University of Foggia, Italy Rector's Delegate for Special Needs Students EDUCATION • 1980-86, Graduate: M.D. Degree, University of Bari, Medical School with honors (GPA: 110/110) 1986-89: Residency in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Bari, Italy, with honors (GPA: 50/50) 1994-98: Residency in Pneumology University of Bari, Italy, with honors (GPA: 50/50) 2000: Certificate in Epidemiological Methodology - University of Bari, Italy, FELLOWSHIP • 1989: Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hopital H. Mondor, University Paris XII - Val de Marne, France. POSITIONS • 1989-1999: Staff Physician of the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Dept Policlinico Hosp, Bari, Italy. • 1999: Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care- University of Bari, Italy. • 1999-2004: Assistant Prof of Anaesth and Int Care, Univ of Foggia, OO.Riuniti Hosp, Foggia, Italy. • 2005-2019: Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - University of Foggia,. 2019- present: Full Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - University of Foggia • Since 2017: Director of the Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - Policlinico "OO.Riuniti" Hospital - University of Foggia, Since 2019 Head of Department of Emergency - Policlinico "OO. Riuniti" Hospital Foggia ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES • Member of the University Administrative Board - University of Foggia, 1999-2001. • Coordinator Socrates/Erasmus program - University of Foggia, 2000-2010. • Rector delegate for Scientific research - University of Foggia, 2000-2005. • Member of the Academic Senate - University of Foggia, 2002-2004. • Rector delegate for the work group CRUI on the 6° FP of European Community – 2002-06. • Director of the Residency School in Geriatrics, University of Foggia, 2005-06. • Director of the Residency School in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Univ. of Foggia, 2007-2010. • Graduate Programme Director of the Master in Nursing, University of Foggia, 2008-2012 • Programme Director of the School for Nurses, University of Foggia, since 2012 PEER REVIEWER ACTIVITIES Reviewer for international journals Intensive Care Medicine, Minerva Anestesiologica, Journal of Inflammation, Critical care medicine, American Heart Journal Grants Reviewer 2004-2006: European Commission 6th framework program – NEST and MARIE CURIE actions. 2005: European Commission 6th framework program – eTEN actions. 2007: Piedmont Region (Italy), Bando per Progetti Strategici di Ricerca Industriale. 2008-present: National research projects (PRIN) Italian Governement. 2012: Joung investigator grants (Futuro in Ricerca) Italian Governement. 2012: European Commission 7th framework program: HEALTH.2013 theme: Comparative effectiveness research (CER) in health systems and health services interventions 2013: European Commission 7th framework program: HEALTH.2013 theme: Innovation 2013: European Commission eCOST activity, Trans-domain proposal 2015-15: European Commission Horizono 2020: health and innovation Research quality reviewer since 2012: Referee for the Italian Government in the VQR (Quality of Research evaluation) activity RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Memberships Società Italiana di Analgesia, Anestesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI); European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). Multi-centre Studies: 1992-to today: local investigator for the epidemiology studies launched from the Mario Negri Institute, Milano, Italy on behalf of the Gruppo Italiano Valutazione Interventi in terapia Intensiva (GiViTi). investigator in the multicenter studies conducted by the European Society of Anesthesiology: 2010-2012: National coordinator of the PAIN OUT (postoperative pain research project), a prospective multicenter international 2011-2012: Local coordinator of PROHVILO study (Protective ventilation during general anaethesia for open abdominal surgery) 2011-12 National coordinator of LAS VEGAS (Local assessment of ventilator management during general anesthesia for surgery and affects on postoperative pulmonary complications) Since 2013 Steering committee of PROBESE (protective ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients),