Salvatore Maurizio MAGGIORE

I am Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.

I graduated in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (cum laude) from the University of Bari, Italy, and obtained a Ph.D. in Respiratory Physiology (cum laude) at the Paris XII University. I worked first as a senior physician, then as Assistant Professor in the General ICU of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Italy. Since 2015, I was Associate Professor and, since 2018, I am Professor at the "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, working at the SS. Annunziata Hospital of Chieti, Italy. Since 2020, I am the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine of the same hospital.

My professional career has been involved in several research programs focusing on acute respiratory failure, respiratory mechanics, invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, the cardiovascular effects of mechanical ventilation, and ethics in intensive care. I published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, editorials and book chapters on these subjects. I have been honored with several awards from national and international scientific societies and I am regularly invited at the main international meetings in critical care medicine.

I am Member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA), and the Italian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). I was Chair of the Acute Respiratory Failure and Respiratory Support Section of SIAARTI, I have been a former Deputy Editor of the journal “Intensive Care Medicine”, and Chair of the ESICM Editorial and Publishing Committee and Member of the ESICM Executive Committee from 2011 to 2014. I am President of the Italian College of Professors of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Chair-Elect of the Congress Committee of ESICM.