Massimiliano Sorbello, MD, FEAMS / European Airway Management Society-President
Affiliation
Direttore UOC Rianimazione PO Giovanni Paolo II – Ragusa, Italy
EAMS – European Airway Management Society – President
ESAIC COVID-19 Task Force – Industry Liason Officer- Anaesthesia
SIAARTI Airway Management Study Group Task Force – Chair
EU Commission Expert Panel- Respiratory System, Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care
PUMA – Project for Universal Management of Airways – Working Group
Honorary Senior Lecturer – Charles University in Prague
Topic
Plenary session
– Human factor in airway management
Airway session
– PUMA guidelines
Biography
Born in Catania, Italy, September 10, 1973
Massimiliano is an airway enthusiastic anesthesiologist heading the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department in a metropolitan hospital in Ragusa, Italy, within the baroque valley, UNESCO site, the Mediterranean sea and centuries of history.
He has been working in different Specialties in Operatory Room and in ICU, and he was also in charge for Airway Management teaching programs in postgraduate School in Anesthesia and Intensive Care in University of Catania. He is chair of the Italian national Society of Anesthesia Airway Management research group, past chair of ESAIC SC11, task force member of ESAIC COVID19 task force and member of the ESAIC Industry Liason Officer board, task force member of EACTA thoracic subcommittee and President of European Airway Management Society. He is also part of ASA Task force for difficult airway guidelines and member of the working group of Project for Universal Management of Airways (PUMA) and ESAIC Task Force for Neuromuscular blockers guidelines and preoperative evaluation guidelines. Speaker in many congresses, workshops and scientific meeting in Italy and worldwide, where he enjoys in meeting international airway experts and friends and enthusiastic people which whom to share knowledge and experiences.
He is also author or co-author of more than 160 scientific papers (H-index 26), books, websites modules and e-learning platforms.When he is not working or sitting in front of his Mac, you could find him travelling or diving down deep his beloved Mediterranean Sea. And now, hugging his small princess Sofia together with his beloved wife Ivana.
