FACULTY

Lorusso R.

Graduation in 1987 as medical doctor at the University of Milan, Italy, and degree of cardiovascular surgeon in 1993; -Fellowship at the University of Alabama, Leuven (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) -PhD in1998 at the Maastricht University on surgical alternatives to heart transplantation in dilated cardiomyopathy; -EACTS Young Investigator’s Award in 1995 and Lillehei Award in 1998; -Scientific Secretary of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery (2007-2009) -Director of the EACTS School from 2007 to 2012, founder of the EACTS Young Membership and Committee; -Editor-in-Chief of the EACTS MultiMedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (since 2016); -Associate Editor of Artificial Organs, Journal of Cardiac Surgery, European Heart Journal – Case Report; -Deputy Director and Head of Service of the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department of the Maastricht University Medical Centre; -Founder and Past-President of EuroELSO; -Past-Member of the ELSO Executive Board; -Chair-Elect of the Cardiovascular Surgery Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology; -His areas of interest are mechanical circulatory support, acute cardiac failure and arrest, valve and coronary surgery, education and training, pre-clinical and clinical research, innovation and multidisciplinary research.