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Francesco Santini
Francesco Santini, M.D.
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Background
University of Padova, Cardiac Surgery Residency (1986-1991)
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Pathology, Cardiac Registry (1989)
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (1992)
Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Adult Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (1993)
Harefield Hospital, NHLI, Cardiopulmonary Transplant Fellowship (1995-1996)
University of Verona, Thoracic Surgery Residency (1992-1997)
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona (1993-2006)
Head, Intensive Care Unit, University of Verona, Italy (1998 - 2012)
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, Italy (2006 - 2012)
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Genova, Italy (2013 - 2016)
Director - School of Cardiac Surgery, University of Genova, Italy (2013 - present)
Head - Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Genova, Italy (2016 - present)
Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Genova, Italy (2017 - present)
Other Interests
Congenital Heart Disease / GUCHD
Post-operative care management / Pulmonary Hypertension / Lung protection
Cardiopulmonary Transplantation - Heart failure - VAD
Coronary artery disease
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery / Aortic - Mitral valve repair
Aortic Root and Thoracic Aortic Surgery / Connective tissue diseases
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Vascular
- Minimally Invasive
- Endocarditis
- Heart failure
- Valve disease
- Adult congenital procedures
- Great vessels