The High-risk Surgical Patient

Paolo Aseni works at the Department of Emergency at the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy. He worked in the General Surgical Department and Abdominal Transplant Center of the same Hospital, where he was mainly involved in abdominal organ transplantation, abdominal surgery and emergency surgery. At the same hospital, he is currently responsible for basic surgical training for the emergency medical team. At the University of Medicine of Milan, he holds the position of Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Human Macroscopic Morphology. 

Antonino M. Grande is an attending surgeon in Cardiac Surgery – Heart and Lung Transplant Department at the IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia. His clinical interests include heart failure, heart/lung transplants and mechanical circulatory support. He did a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., and he was an Assistant Professor of Surgical Anatomy at the University of Pavia, Italy.

Ari Leppaniemi is the Chief of Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the Helsinki University Hospital Meilahti, Finland. His research interests include abdominal trauma, peritonitis, pancreatitis, abdominal compartment syndrome, open abdomen, and complex reoperative and abdominal wall surgery. He is an honorary fellow of the ACS, President of the Finnish Society of Surgery and President of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery.

Osvaldo Chiara has been an American College of Surgeons ATLS instructor and Director of American College of Surgeons ATOM courses in Europe. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Shock Trauma Center, State University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA. His research interests include shock, trauma surgery, open abdomen, and non-operative management in trauma. He is Director of the Trauma Team and Scientific Coordinator of the Trauma Center at the Niguarda General Hospital in Milan, and a Full Professorof Emergency and Trauma Surgery at the State University of Milan.