Dr. Stefano Palermi is a PhD student at the Public Health Department, University of Naples Federico II, in Italy. His skills and expertise include preparticipation evaluation, athlete’s heart, rehabilitation, cardiovascular imaging, sports injuries, sports medicine, arthrosonography (musculoskeletal ultrasound), exercise prescription, and corporate wellness. He has 78 publications with 576 citations and an h-index of 15 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
Dr. Simona Sperlongano is a medical doctor in translational medical sciences and cardiology at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. She has been pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli since 2019. She worked at the Monaldi Hospital, University of Campania, "Luigi Vanvitelli", as a resident in cardiology from 2016 to 2020. Her research interests include echocardiography, stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, heart valve diseases, and transcatheter structural heart interventions.
Dr. Giulia Elena Mandoli is a medical doctor at the Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Italy. She serves as an editorial member and reviewer for several internationally reputed journals. Her skills and expertise include echocardiography, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, chronic heart failure, cardiac function, clinical cardiology, hypertension, cardiac echocardiography, acute heart failure, and cardiac imaging. She has 129 publications with 1528 citations and an h-index of 22 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
Dr. Maria Concetta Pastore is a researcher at the Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena (Siena, Italy), and a technician/assistant at the Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont (Novara, Italy), and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in medicine. Her research interests include heart failure, acute heart failure, valvular heart disease, echocardiography, and advanced echocardiography.
Dr. Giovanni Benfari has completed his cardiological training at the University of Verona in Italy. His clinical and research expertise is mainly in the echocardiographic field, including transthoracic and transesophageal approaches. His research focuses on valvular heart disease, with a particular interest in combined/multivalvular heart disease. His research training included a fellowship in advanced echocardiographic research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and he currently holds a research collaborator position at the Mayo Clinic. He has 124 publications with 1974 citations and an h-index of 22 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
Dr. Federica Ilardi is a cardiologist, currently employed as a research fellow at the Department of Advanced Biomedical Science of the Federico II University Hospital in Naples, Italy. She earned her medical degree from the Federico II University of Naples, and she trained in echocardiography at the Echo Department, Heart Valve Clinic of the University of Liège, in Belgium. At Federico II University, she completed the international PhD program in cardiovascular pathophysiology and therapeutics. Her field of interest is cardiovascular imaging, applied to the study of ischemic and valvular heart disease, and advanced echocardiographic techniques. She is also interested in translational medicine, gaining experience in the study of platelet function. She has been involved in several research projects focusing on the application of basic and advanced echocardiography in the diagnosis and prognosis of valvular and ischemic heart disease and other cardiomyopathies. She is a Nucleus Member of the Italian Cardiologist of Tomorrow (ICOT), a young community of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC), and an active member of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the Council on Valvular Heart Disease, the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease, and the Cellular Biology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Dr. Alessandro Malagoli is a medical doctor at the Department of Nephro-Cardiovascular, Division of Cardiology at Baggiovara Hospital (University of Modena) in Italy. His skills and expertise include echocardiography, cardiac function, transesophageal echocardiography, chronic heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction. He has 44 publications with 387 citations and an h-index of 11 (Scopus, 25 October 2023). He is a nucleus member of the research group of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) and an active member of the Echocardiography Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC).
Dr. Vincenzo Russo is an assistant professor at the Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” in Italy. He graduated in medicine and surgery from the Second University of Naples (SUN) in 2005. His specialist training in cardiology was undertaken at Monaldi Hospital in Naples, the largest specialist heart and lung hospital in Italy. He achieved a specialization degree in cardiology in 2010. He obtained the degree of master in clinical training and management in cardiology at the University of Padua in 2011. He earned a PhD degree in pathophysiology of the cardio-respiratory system from the Second University of Naples in 2013. Since 2010, he has served as a consultant cardiologist at Monaldi Hospital in Naples and as an honorary fellow in cardiovascular diseases at the School of Medicine—University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. He has 305 publications with 4089 citations and an h-index of 32 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
Dr. Matteo Cameli is an associate professor at the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, and a director at the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, University of Siena in Italy. His skills and expertise include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, echocardiography, hypertension, heart, cardiology, transesophageal echocardiography, cardiovascular system, transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac function, and electrocardiography. He has 314 publications with 7010 citations and an h-index of 40 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
Antonello D’Andrea has been a first-level medical assistant in the discipline of cardiology since May 2005, with permanent contracts in the Division of Cardiology at the Second University of Naples (Director: Prof. R. Calabro) of the AO Monaldi Naples. Besides, he is also the head of the ICU in the cardiology department of the Second University of Naples (Italy). In addition, he is also a director of the Departmental Unit of the Integrated Diagnostic Cardiology—Hospitals AORN Hills–Monaldi–Naples. In the management of these activities, he is devoted to the performance of the entire noninvasive diagnostic cardiology in acute and chronic patients, including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, three-dimensional echo, transcranial ultrasound, the peripheral vascular echo-color-Doppler, the physical and pharmacological stress echocardiogram, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and cardiac magnetic resonance. He is currently a director of the Complex Unit of Cardiology—Umberto I Hospital Nocera Inf (ASL Salerno). He has 376 publications with 10227 citations and an h-index of 52 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).
