Organizing Committee Members Series of - Rheumatology Conferences
International Committee
Valeria Tonini
Surgeon
Department of General Surgery and Transplantation University of Bologna
Italy
Valeria Tonini(Biography)
"She teaches general surgery at the University of Bologna. She conducted several postgraduate and undergraduate surgery courses (4th year and 5th year of the degree course). She has an active role in the residency training program. She taught general surgery to general surgery, thoracic surgery, and radiotherapy residents, as well as neurophysiology technicians and obstetricians. She is a tutor for general surgery residents. She was a consultant surgeon for hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery at Perrino Hospital in Brindisi, where she has performed a large number of HBP operations. She has performed, as the first surgeon, more than 7,000 operations of general surgery at the Department of Surgery of the University of Bologna. The documentation relating to the surgery she has performed has been certified by the director general of the hospital and by the head of the Department of Surgery. This documentation is available for examination on request. The fields of major interest are hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, oncological colorectal surgery, and emergency surgery.She has membership in the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), Società Italiana di Chirurgia, and Società Italiana di Chirurgia Oncologica."
Valeria Tonini(Research Area)
"She has done scientific research on many topics, with a particular focus on gastrointestinal and hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery. Many publications are government-funded (MURST funds). She was awarded two European grants for liver surgery research. She has been invited as a lecturer or chairman to several national or international congresses. She was the author or co-author of 204 scientific papers. She has written two chapters for scientific texts. She has made 180 presentations to international or national congresses (130 were published in the congress proceedings, 88 as full papers)."
Giovanni Ussia
Professor
Professor of Surgery University of Bologna
Italy
Giovanni Ussia(Biography)
"Giovanni Ussia is Professor of Surgery and Consultant in General and Thoracic Surgery of the University of Bologna, Medical School, Bologna Italy. He was Registered with the Order of Physicians and Dentists of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy from 1974-1982 and registered with the Order of Physicians and Dentists of Bologna, Bologna, Italy # 9663 from 09.11.1982 until today. He was also registered with the General Medical Council UK # 7165293 from 04.09.2013. The scientific research was in line with this addressing various areas of investigation, including surgery of the liver, liver transplantation, acute liver failure, liver regeneration, the study of liver preservation awaiting transplant the pathophysiology of acid bile, portal hypertension, tissue reactivity to synthetic materials such as sutures, the use of human fibrin, the study of tissue reactivity for vascular prostheses, the effects of the laser beam, and the agnostic insulinoma problems. He carried out important studies in the field of laparoscopic surgery. Vascular surgery and the prevention of arterial thrombosis has been a very interesting area of study that were then published on the Journal of Vascular Surgery ; recently we have been dedicated to clinical research in preventive and protective medicine using high-tech equipment and combining the clinical, laboratory, genetic and imaging data to make prevention programs tailored to healthy individuals. Publications / Articles (see detailed list attached ) Author of 150 scientific papers: Proceedings of the XXIII Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research (English), Karger, Zurich, 1988. New radiological imaging and intervention in General Surgery, Masson Italy SPA, 1989. CD ROM on laparoscopic sutures with Prof. AWattiez, published in 2003. He is also a member of following Associations Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Member of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery Member of the Italian Society of Surgery"
Giovanni Ussia(Research Area)
Surgery
John Horowitz
Professor
University of Adelaide Australia
Australia
John Horowitz(Biography)
Professor John Horowitz received his medical studies in Adelaide before going on to the University of Melbourne for his clinical and research training in cardiology and clinical pharmacology. He worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, from 1980 to 1982. He was appointed Professor of Cardiology at Adelaide University and Director of Cardiology at Adelaide's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1988. His main areas of interest in cardiovascular disease, including myocardial ischemia, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, aortic valve stenosis, and takotsubo syndrome, include their pathogenesis and prospective treatments. His particular pharmacological/therapeutic interests are the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine and the heart metabolic regulator perhexiline's potential use.
John Horowitz(Research Area)
cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology
Thomas Schmitz-Rixen
Director & Professor
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Goethe University of Frankfurt
Germany
Thomas Schmitz-Rixen(Biography)
1973: Humanistic High School on Emil Fischer High School in Euskirchen. 1973- 1980: Study of medicine at the Albertus Magnus University in Cologne. 1980-1981: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier). 1981-1982: military service as a medical officer of the Armed Forces at Army and Air Force in Munster, Cologne-Wahn and Nörvenich. 1982-1985: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Reichmann). 1985-1987: Research Fellow and House Officer in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA (Abbott, Darling, Brewster). 1987 -1992: ward physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Rehm). 1992-1998: senior physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, since 1996 Hoelscher). Since 1998: Univ.-Professor of Vascular Surgery at the JW Goethe University. 1998-2007: Head of the center of gravity and vascular Endovascularchirurgie clinical center at the University of Frankfurt am Main JWGoethe. Since 2004: in addition gGmbH chief physician of vascular surgery at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, teaching hospital of the JW Goethe University. Since 2004: Konsiliarius of Vascular Surgery at the German Clinic for Diagnostics, Wiesbaden. Since 2007: Director of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the Hospital of the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Thomas Schmitz-Rixen(Research Area)
Endovascular Surgery, Vascular surgery
Alejandro De La Parra-Solomon
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder
Quantum Brain Research Institute
Estonia
Alejandro De La Parra-Solomon(Biography)
Mr. De la Parra-Solomon is an entrepreneur focused on Information Technology, Education and Health. He is creative, results-driven and has 16+ years of Digital Strategy experience in architecture and implementation. Mr. De la Parra-Solomon is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of the Quantum Brain Research Institute (www.quantumbrain.institute), a HealthTech initiative established in Tallinn, Estonia focused on Mental Health and Information Technology solutions.
Alejandro De La Parra-Solomon(Research Area)
Quantum Brain Research Institute
Panos Zavos
Founder & Director
The Andrology Institute of America, USA
USA
Panos Zavos(Biography)
Zavos, an internationally known American andrologist, and reproductive specialist provide a wide range of therapies for problems related to reproduction, with a focus on male factor infertility and other reproductive disorders. He is acknowledged as a top researcher and an authority in the fields of male reproductive medicine, gamete physiology, male infertility, and andrology, as well as other ART/IVF treatments, and he has been practicing for about 40 years. In numerous affiliated Centers around the world, he has pioneered thousands of procedures. For treatment of problems with reproductive health, patients go from all over the US and the world. Panos Zavos has spent more than 40 years working in education, health care, and research.His ground-breaking contributions to the field of human reproductive medicine's cutting-edge technologies have had an impact on the entire world. Prof. Zavos has four college degrees and has had significant training in all areas of assisted reproduction, including reproductive medicine. In addition to numerous other honors, he was given the first-ever Honorary Professorship by the China Academy of Sciences to an American Professor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award and Graduate Teaching Award from Emporia State University, the Student Leadership Award from the University of Minnesota, and more.
Panos Zavos(Research Area)
Reproductive Physiology, Biochemistry and Statistics
Susanna Uusmaa
CEO
Quantum Brain Research Institute, Estonia
Estonia
Susanna Uusmaa(Biography)
Biomedical scientist Ms. Susanna Uusmaa has extensive training in both international business and medical sciences. She is motivated to combine cutting-edge smart technology into making significant contributions to the biomedical industry and holds an MSBS degree. Ms. Uusmaa, who proudly graduated from Tallinn University School of Natural Sciences and Health and Tallinn University of Technology (CALTECH) and conducted research in neuroscience and oncology, adopts an evidence-based approach to both her professional goals and those of a passionate healthy lifestyle entrepreneur.
Susanna Uusmaa(Research Area)
Information Technology, Gene Technology, Biotechnology, Biology, Medicine, Genetics, Genomics, Mobile Health, Telemedicine, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Digital Health
Wagih El-Masry
Clinical Professor of Spinal Injuries
Keele University, UK
UK
Wagih El-Masry(Biography)
Clinical Professor of Spinal Injuries at Keele University, Consultant Spinal Injuries at the Hunters Moor Neurorehabilitation Center in Birmingham, and Emeritus Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Injuries is Professor W. S. El Masri, FRCS Ed; FRCP. Agnes Hunt Orth. Hospital, Robert Jones between 1971 and 1983, received training in the field of spinal injuries at Stoke Mandeville, Oxford, Guys Hospitals, and the USA. 10,000 individuals with catastrophic spinal cord injuries have been personally treated to date. between 1983 and 2014, developed and oversaw the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI).Assumed responsibility for the treatment of the wounded spine, the multisystem malfunction, and the full range of medical, non-medical, and physical repercussions of the cord injury in the acute, subacute, and rehabilitative phases as well as over the long term. in both developed and underdeveloped nations, lectured. 140 publications have influenced the literature. compiled data on the neurological healing signs after traumatic spinal cord injuries.
Wagih El-Masry(Research Area)
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Douglas P. Slakey
Chairman
Department of Surgery, Tulane University
USA
Douglas P. Slakey(Biography)
Dr. Slakey is a professor of surgery and a clinical professor of urology and pediatrics. He was the director of the Tulane Center for Abdominal Transplantation from 1998 until 2006, when he became chair of the Tulane Department of Surgery. He received his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of California at Berkeley. His Masters in Public Health had a focus on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and healthcare administration. His medical school and general surgery residency were at the Medical College of Wisconsin. While there, he was the Administrative Chief Resident, and he maintained an active research program studying aspects of transplant immunology. He has received several awards for his research and has presented his results across the United States and in several countries around the world. He has experience in both adult and pediatric transplantation, including advanced procedures such as living-related and split liver transplantation. He has an active hepatobiliary surgical practice treating patients with benign and malignant diseases. Dr. Slakey's interests also extend to advanced laparoscopic surgery. He was the first surgeon in the south-eastern United States to perform laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy for renal transplantation. In addition, he was one of the first surgeons to perform major laparoscopic liver resections. Dr. Slakey is very active in the transplant community. In addition, he has continued his research interest in clinical and basic science studies in transplant immunology, advanced laparoscopy, and other aspects of advanced surgical science.
Douglas P. Slakey(Research Area)
-Hernias -Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplantation - Complex Liver and Pancreas Surgery
Vikas Dhawan
Associate Professor
Hand and Microsurgery University of Kentucky
USA
Vikas Dhawan(Biography)
Vikas Dhawan is Associate Professor for Hand and Microsurgery in the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Kentucky. He has full specialist training at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute of Hand and Microsurgery, affiliated with the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He has completed an AO Foundation fellowship in hand surgery at the University of Bern in Switzerland and a clinical fellowship in brachial plexus surgery at the University of Yamaguchi in Japan. He also completed a tissue engineering research fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He specializes in hand surgery, microsurgery, and brachial plexus surgery.
Vikas Dhawan(Research Area)
Hand and Micro Surgery; Brachial plexus Surgery; -Tissue Engineering
Mojtaba Mafi
Medical Doctor/ Physician
School of Medicine, Tehran university
Iran
Mojtaba Mafi(Biography)
I am Dr. Mojtaba Mafi, M.D., a medical doctor and physician who graduated from Tehran university, School of Medicine with honor I studied in neurosurgery ward and graduated with an A with a thesis on Meningioma brain tumor during 6 years With continuing my practice with special consideration on psychosomatic disorders, I completed many post graduate courses on health psychology, addiction medicine, and sexual disorders therapy successfully. I passed many post graduate courses in neurology, approved by Medical sciences university. As well, I have been passed post graduate courses on Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, obesity treatment, and diabetes are approved by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. I successfully passed more than 10 programs with certificates and membership in Iranian Association of gastroenterology and hepatology. Having honor of working as associate of Iran Hepatitis Network and Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Middle East Liver Diseases Center (MELD) This strong study background enabled me to successfully earn certificates in three programs: Updates of skin and treatment from Tehran university (2015) and course on skin care updates from Iranian society of practitioners on 2016, and during 2 years, I had passed Beauty and Skin care courses in South Korea and certified from Sunghuwan co Ltd for the use and working of beauty technology, RF and IPL. I have been the director of fatty liver and related metabolic disorders study among Iranian families since 2015 and currently publishing the results of our study and research about fatty liver and hyperlipidemia, diabetes and nutrition as study director and clinician associate member of the Iran Hepatitis Network. I am reviewer and associate editor of Hepatitis Monthly Journal and reviewer of journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. I am editorial board member of International Journal of Psychology and Neurosciences. I am certified graduate, verified reviewer and certified mentor of Publons academy in the field of Clinical Medicine and Hepatology.
Mojtaba Mafi(Research Area)
1. Recurrent Meningioma 2. Trigeminal neuralgia 3. Radiation-induced meningioma 4. Behavioral change in Brain Tumors 5. DVT prevalence and management among patients with meningioma
Bruno Nardo
Associate Professor
Medical and Surgical Sciences Russian MeUniversity of Bolognadical Academy of Postgraduate Education
Italy
Bruno Nardo(Biography)
Bruno Nardois is an associate professor of medical and surgical sciences at the University of Bologna Medical School, Bologna, Italy.
Bruno Nardo(Research Area)
Surgery