Roberto Lorusso MD, PhD

Dr. Lorusso studied medicine at the University of Milan, Italy and graduated in 1987 Magna cum Laude. He worked at the University Hospital Maastricht in 1990 at CTC research and in 1996 and 1997 at the academic Hospital of Leuven, Belgium and graduated in Maastricht in 1998. He was a staff member of Cardiac Surgery and head of the Experimental Lab at Brescia Community Hospital in Italy.

Furthermore, he was scientific secretary of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery (2007-2008), director of the EACTS (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) School (2008-2012) in Bergamo (Italy) and Windsor (UK), is now President of Euro-ELSO, the European part of ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) and member of the ELSO Executive Committee.