🏆 An International Recognition
In 2024 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. I am also President of the VENESCO 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
ACOI 2026 — 44th ACOI National Congress "Surgery between Art and Technology"
🇮🇹 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 Prossimità Nuove"
🇮🇹 Melfi (PZ), Italy
Speaker, Session III (Fri May 15, 12:10) — "Guidelines, best practices and risk management in vascular access" (quality standards, benchmarking and professional accountability)
BD Greek Clinical Advisory Board FY26
🇬🇷 Kifissia, Athens, Greece
Scientific coordinator, together with Prof. Katsoulas, of Workstream A "VAT Creation & Stabilization Guideline"
1st MENAT VAM Summit (Becton Dickinson)
🇪🇬 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 — "Choosing the right vascular access: from theory to practice"
🇮🇹 Turin, Italy
👑 Congress President (VENESCO) — opening address, lecture on "Echo-ECG guided placement techniques", moderation of the "Patient perspective" session and closing summary
WoCoVA 2026 — World Congress on Vascular Access
🌐 Venue and dates to be confirmed
The Turin Vascular Access Team (University of Turin / SIAV), which I coordinate, had 9 abstracts accepted as posters at the congress
2025
MACOVA 2025 — Multidisciplinary Advanced Course on Vascular Access
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Speaker, Wednesday June 11, 15:30-15:50 — "Considerations for VAD selection in a cancer patient"
GreCoVA 2025 — Greek Congress on Vascular Access
🇬🇷 Athens, Greece
Invited speaker (Certificate of Appreciation)
2024
INS International Conference — Infusion Nurses Society
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, USA
🏆 Only Italian speaker among 80+ speakers from 6 countries • 543 healthcare professionals attending
XXVI AIOM National Congress
🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
Speaker, Special Session "Appropriateness and efficiency in CVC placement for oncology patients" (Fri Nov 8, Sala Botticelli, 16:45-17:00) — "The implanting physician's perspective"
2023
MACOVA@23
🌐 Virtual conference
Opening (Sep 5) and closing (Sep 7) Chair + Speaker (Sep 6, 16:55-17:15) — "The journey from a PICC team to VAT: The experience of a centre that places over 7000 devices per year"
2022
MACOVA 2022 — Multidisciplinary Advanced Course on Vascular Access
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Scientific consultant (Becton Dickinson)
💼 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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