Alberto Barchi is a Medical Doctor at the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, and Digestive Endoscopy Unit of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He received his medical degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma. Before his current role, he was a Resident at the UOC of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza and Vita and Salute San Raffaele, Milan. His research interests include Eosinophilic Esophagitis, High-Resolution Manometry, Achalasia, Gastroparesis and Upper-GI Endoscopy. Recently, he has been involved in several translational and basic science projects on Eosinophilic Esophagitis pathogenesis at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan.
Dr. Edoardo Vespa is a Gastroenterologist at the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit of the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2017 at the University of Catania and subsequently specialized in Gastroenterology in 2022 at Humanitas University. At the end of his specialization, he carried out a period of training and research at the Esophageal Center of the Northwestern University of Chicago, a pioneer center in the field of esophageal diseases and high-resolution esophageal manometry, studying the most recent techniques for identifying esophageal motility, including EndoFLIP. His clinical activity, in addition to the main gastroenterological pathologies, focuses with particular interest on diseases of the esophagus, such as achalasia, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatus hernia, esophageal motility disorders, dysphagia, and swallowing. In addition to performing diagnostic and operative esophagogastroduodenoscopies and colonoscopies, he takes care of the diagnostic outpatient activity of the Digestive Physiopathology Functional Unit (high-resolution manometry, 24-hour pH-impedance measurement). He is the author and co-author of more than 30 scientific articles (Scholar) published in indexed journals. He constantly participates as a speaker at national and international conferences and conferences in the sector.
Dr. Sandro Passaretti is responsible for the Functional Unit of Digestive Physiopathology at the Operational Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy of the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and collaborates at the Casa di Cura La Madonnina in Milan. He is also a contract professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1980 at the University of Milan and subsequently, at the same institute, specialized in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy in 1984 and 1988 in Pharmacology for Medicine. Over the years, he has carried out training periods abroad at the Academisch Ziekenhuis of the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, at Creighton University of Omaha, and the University of Sheffield. From 1988 to 2001 he was the “instructor and co-director” of the post-graduate courses on esophageal pathology organized at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. As regards clinical activity, he deals with gastro-esophageal reflux disease, achalasia, eosinophilic esophagitis, dyspepsia, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome. From a research point of view, he deals with all pathologies related to aspects of digestive pathophysiology. He is the author and co-author of over 120 indexed articles published in national and international journals, 3 books on digestive pathologies and their diagnostics, and 2 books on the use of the internet in medical sciences. His h-index is 20.
Giuseppe Dell'Anna is a Gastroenterologist at the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit of the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. He also collaborates with the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit of the IRCCS Policlinico San Donato and with the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Service of the Policlinico San Marco in Zingonia. In 2018, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Vita Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, and in 2023, he specialized in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy. He is a member of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED), the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and the Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE).
Dr. Mona Rita Yacoub is a coordinator of the Allergology Area at the Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergology, and Rare Diseases Unit of the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 2002, she specialized in Allergology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pavia in 2006. After obtaining a master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences with the Clinical Research option at the University of Montreal in 2006, undertaken as part of a one-year Fellowship, she obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in 2012. Her research interests mainly include allergies, immunology, inflammation, asthma, and drug allergies. She is the author of 80 scientific publications, most of which were published in peer-reviewed journals in these fields, and her h-index is 20 (source from Scopus). She constantly participates as a speaker at national and international conferences in her sector.
Dr. Luca Massimino has a position as a Bioinformatics Staff Scientist and is currently working at the Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. He integrates molecular biology, omics, and advanced Biostatistics to comprehensively understand disease pathogenesis. He received his B.Sc. in Experimental Psychology, an M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine–Neuroscience from the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. His research interests mainly include irritable bowel syndrome, dysbiosis, microbiota, microbiome, and the gut–brain.
Dr. Federica Ungaro has a position as a Head of the Experimental Gastroenterology Unit at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Her research interests mainly include Immunofluorescence staining, neurodegenerative diseases, neurodegeneration, PCR, flow cytometry, cell culture, modeling, neuroscience, biochemistry, and metabolism. She is the author of 78 scientific publications, most of which were published in peer-reviewed journals in these fields (sourced from ResearchGate).
