Antonio  Filippo  Arcadipane,Profof Medicine, Chief  of  Anesthesia Department. ISMETT UPMC-Personal statment: I retired  from  Germany  after residency.  Before joining  ISMETT’s  team, for  three years I  worked in  Palermo  at  Villa Maria Eleonora’s  Hospital as a  cardiothoracic  consultant.
At  ISMETT I contributed to  the  development of  the  entire program in  liver transplantation,  abdominal  surgery and thoracic  surgery. I  focused my  activity  mainly to  cardiac surgery and  to  solid organ  transplants with a particular  dedication to  extra corporeal support, ECMO. My  fundamental  role  has been involved in  the  structural organization and in the  electro medical systems  of all the  critical areas of  our  hospital. The  realization  of  the Hybrid  Room  was  one  of my goals such  as the  increase  of beds in  intensive  care  unit.
Since  2009 I  am a  referent in  the  RESPIRA  system AccademicPosition:May 2000 – May 2003:  Anesthesiology Instructor University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of  Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine May 2003 – May 2004: Adjunct Instructor in Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center  Jan 2005 – Present: Visiting Lecturer in Anesthesia University of Palermo Dec 2011 – Present: Visiting Clinical Associate Professor in Anaesthesia of the Department of Anesthesiology University of  Pittsburgh Medical Center  Nov 2009- Present: Regional Representative for the National ECMO-net “Rete Respira”2016 – Present   National Coordinator of Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery anaesthesia study  group of  SIAARTI FIELD OF INTEREST AND AREA OF RESEARCH Extracorporeal support for the failing organ/Protection of Ischemia and reperfusion injury/Optimization of anesthesia technique in organ transplantation-telemedicine