FACULTY

VIA G.

Senior Consultant Intensivist & Anesthesiologist. Dept. of Cardiac Anesthesia & Intensive Care Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland Dr. Via is a founding member of the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS), International Director of the WINFOCUS Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Training Program, Director of WINFOCUS Academy and currently serves as WINFOCUS President. He is international faculty of the WINFOCUS US-Basic and US-Advanced Life Support and Lung Ultrasound courses. Dr. Via is a passionate educator, international speaker, author and co-author of peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters in the field of critical care ultrasound. His main education and research interests include focused cardiac ultrasound, trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography, lung ultrasound and point-of-care ultrasound in the critically ill patient.