๐ An International Recognition
In 2025 I was the only Italian speaker selected for the Annual Conference of the Infusion Nurses Society in Las Vegas, among 80+ speakers from 6 countries and in front of 543 healthcare professionals, and I was also a speaker at the following edition, INS 2026 in Louisville. I am also President of VENESCO, the patient association and chaired the congress "Choosing the right vascular access: from theory to practice" (Turin, January 2026). I regularly take part as speaker, moderator and scientific consultant at leading international congresses on vascular access (MACOVA, WoCoVA, GreCoVA) and oncologic/colorectal surgery (AIOM, ACOI).
2026
II Congresso Nazionale SIAV
๐ฎ๐น Italy
INFUzja 2026 โ 2nd Congress of the Polish Society of Infusion Nursing (PTPI)
๐ต๐ฑ Toruล, Poland
ACOI 2026 โ 44th ACOI National Congress "Surgery between Art and Technology"
๐ฎ๐น Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy
Three scientific contributions presented, including one selected among the congress's "best contributions":
"Clinical and statistical analysis of the ALPITUBE device in colorectal surgery: comparison with traditional ileostomy and predictive factors"
"Chyme reinfusion in patients with high intestinal diversion"
"Psychological impact of vascular access devices in young patients on parenteral nutrition: a meta-analysis"
Conference "L'Era delle Prossimitร Nuove"
๐ฎ๐น Melfi (PZ), Italy
Speaker, Session III (Fri May 15, 12:10) โ "Guidelines, best practices and risk management in vascular access" (quality standards, benchmarking and professional accountability)
BD Greek Clinical Advisory Board FY26
๐ฌ๐ท Kifissia, Athens, Greece
Scientific coordinator, together with Prof. Katsoulas, of Workstream A "VAT Creation & Stabilization Guideline"
1st MENAT VAM Summit (Becton Dickinson)
๐ช๐ฌ Cairo, Egypt
Speaker, 4 lectures: "Considerations for VAD Selection in Oncology Patients", "Vascular Access Teams: The Future in every hospital", "Multidisciplinary Team Approach in VAD Selection" and "VAD: Case Studies" (with Stephen Church)
VENESCO Congress โ "Choosing the right vascular access: from theory to practice"
๐ฎ๐น Turin, Italy
๐ Congress President (VENESCO) โ opening address, lecture on "Echo-ECG guided placement techniques", moderation of the "Patient perspective" session and closing summary
WoCoVA 2026 โ World Congress on Vascular Access
๐ช๐ธ Valencia, Spain
The Turin Vascular Access Team (University of Turin / SIAV), which I coordinate, had 9 abstracts accepted as posters at the congress
INS 2026 โ Infusion Nurses Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition
๐บ๐ธ Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Speaker โ accepted submission on "Psychosocial impact of vascular access devices in young patients receiving parenteral nutrition" (session date and time to be confirmed)
2025
MACOVA 2025 โ Multidisciplinary Advanced Course on Vascular Access
๐ณ๐ฑ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Speaker, Wednesday June 11, 15:30-15:50 โ "Considerations for VAD selection in a cancer patient"
INS International Conference โ Infusion Nurses Society
๐บ๐ธ Las Vegas, USA
๐ Only Italian speaker among 80+ speakers from 6 countries โข 543 healthcare professionals attending
GreCoVA 2025 โ Greek Congress on Vascular Access
๐ฌ๐ท Athens, Greece
Invited speaker (Certificate of Appreciation)
2024
XXVI AIOM National Congress
๐ฎ๐น Rome, Italy
Speaker, Special Session "Appropriateness and efficiency in CVC placement for oncology patients" (Fri Nov 8, Sala Botticelli, 16:45-17:00) โ "The implanting physician's perspective"
2023
MACOVA@23
๐ Virtual conference
Opening (Sep 5) and closing (Sep 7) Chair + Speaker (Sep 6, 16:55-17:15) โ "The journey from a PICC team to VAT: The experience of a centre that places over 7000 devices per year"
2022
MACOVA 2022 โ Multidisciplinary Advanced Course on Vascular Access
๐ฉ๐ช Berlin, Germany
Scientific consultant (Becton Dickinson)
๐ผ Speaking Invitations and Collaborations
I am available for lectures, moderations and scientific collaborations at national and international events on vascular access, oncologic surgery, proctology and wound care.
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