FACULTY

Ricci Z.

Zaccaria Ricci matured experience in critical care during his period from 2001 to 2006 as a staff clinician in the Intensive Care Unit of the Policlinico Umberto I at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy. His areas of interest included pharmacological strategies and renal replacement therapies for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. His interest and expertise on extracorporeal therapies and blood purification developed in collaboration with the Department of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, Vicenza, Italy, directed by professor Claudio Ronco. In particular, he has focused its main interest in Renal Replacement Dose Delivery and Information Technology applied to new generation machines for acute dialysis. From 2006 to February 2021 he is has been an anesthesiologist of the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Bambino Gesù Hospital. His work has been devoted to the care of pediatric renal dysfunction in the perioperative care of children with congenital heart diseases. He is currently the head of Anesthesiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Meyer, Florence and Associate Professor at the University of Florence