The prof. Giuseppe Speziale holds the positions of the National Coordinator of Cardiac Surgery of GVM Care & Research, the Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Anthea Hospital and Città di Lecce Hospital, and Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Santa Maria Hospital. He works at the Cardiological Clinical Institute (ICC) and San Carlo di Nancy Hospital in Rome. Since 2011 he has also held the position of Vice President of GVM Care & Research. In 2012 he occupied the charge of President of Confindustria Puglia, Health Section, and since 2018 he is Vice President of Aiop Puglia (Italian association of private hospitals). The prof. Speziale is a cardiac surgeon specializing in the minimally invasive surgical treatment of valve diseases, expert in minimally invasive repair of the mitral valve, in On and Off Pump myocardial revascularization, in thoracic aortic surgery. He is Co - Founder and President of the Scientific Committee of Mitral Academy, an independent association born from the passion for mitral surgery and the desire to pursue and share excellence in restorative surgery, with particular attention to minimally invasive techniques and the evaluation of potential therapeutic treatments deriving from the use of new technologies. Until 2016 he was elected Director of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery. He is part of the following associations: AATS (American Association for Thoracic Surgery), Italian Society of Cardiology Accredited Hospital, SICOA (active member), ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery). Since 2004 he has held the position of Scientific Director of the Italian Cardiopathic Association onlus.
In the field of scientific research, he focuses on new approaches, applicable in the field of minimally invasive and non-invasive mitral, aortic, cardiac arrhythmias and tricuspid surgery. He was the coordinator and researcher of the various projects of the National Research Council on Myocardial Infarction, on the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, on new technologies for carrying out coronary, cardiopulmonary and normothermic bypass. He was an adjunct professor at the Sapienza University of Rome where he held the Chair of Cardiology II, and at the University of Ferrara, where he teaches Cardiac Surgery. He has presented numerous scientific papers at national and international congresses of cardiology and cardiac surgery.
Bibliography: He is co-author of 6 books known nationally and internationally. The most recent one is Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases, publisher Springer International Publishing, 2018.
He is Reviewer and author of over 90 publications of multiple journals, such as Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal on Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery etc.
Awards: “Top Doctors Awards”, 2021
Mostrar másThe prof. Giuseppe Speziale holds the positions of the National Coordinator of Cardiac Surgery of GVM Care & Research, the Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Anthea Hospital and Città di Lecce Hospital, and Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Santa Maria Hospital. He works at the Cardiological Clinical Institute (ICC) and San Carlo di Nancy Hospital in Rome. Since 2011 he has also held the position of Vice President of GVM Care & Research. In 2012 he occupied the charge of President of Confindustria Puglia, Health Section, and since 2018 he is Vice President of Aiop Puglia (Italian association of private hospitals). The prof. Speziale is a cardiac surgeon specializing in the minimally invasive surgical treatment of valve diseases, expert in minimally invasive repair of the mitral valve, in On and Off Pump myocardial revascularization, in thoracic aortic surgery. He is Co - Founder and President of the Scientific Committee of Mitral Academy, an independent association born from the passion for mitral surgery and the desire to pursue and share excellence in restorative surgery, with particular attention to minimally invasive techniques and the evaluation of potential therapeutic treatments deriving from the use of new technologies. Until 2016 he was elected Director of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery. He is part of the following associations: AATS (American Association for Thoracic Surgery), Italian Society of Cardiology Accredited Hospital, SICOA (active member), ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery). Since 2004 he has held the position of Scientific Director of the Italian Cardiopathic Association onlus.
In the field of scientific research, he focuses on new approaches, applicable in the field of minimally invasive and non-invasive mitral, aortic, cardiac arrhythmias and tricuspid surgery. He was the coordinator and researcher of the various projects of the National Research Council on Myocardial Infarction, on the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, on new technologies for carrying out coronary, cardiopulmonary and normothermic bypass. He was an adjunct professor at the Sapienza University of Rome where he held the Chair of Cardiology II, and at the University of Ferrara, where he teaches Cardiac Surgery. He has presented numerous scientific papers at national and international congresses of cardiology and cardiac surgery.
Bibliography: He is co-author of 6 books known nationally and internationally. The most recent one is Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases, publisher Springer International Publishing, 2018.
He is Reviewer and author of over 90 publications of multiple journals, such as Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal on Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery etc.
Awards: “Top Doctors Awards”, 2021
En 1995 se graduó en la Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía de la Universidad de Catanzaro “Magna Grecia”, donde, en 2001, se especializó en Medicina Interna. En 2006 asistió al curso “State of the Art in AFIB and HF Treatments” dirigido por el Dr. Carlo Pappone. En 2014 asistió al Heart Rhythm Management Center Universitair Ziekenhuis en Bruselas y obtuvo la certificación para los procedimientos de tratamiento de la fibrilación auricular mediante crioenergía (Cryoballon Training Program). En 2015, fue certificado para procedimientos de implantación de marcapasos sin cables MICRA-TPS en el Medtronic Training Center en Minneapolis (MICRA-TPS Training Program).
El Dr. Iacopino es miembro de importantes sociedades científicas nacionales e internacionales como el American College of Cardiology, la European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, la European Heart Rhythm Association y la European Society of Cardiology. Dirige varios proyectos de estudio, aplicables con gran beneficio para el paciente en la identificación de síndromes raros asociados con arritmias e insuficiencia cardíaca, como el síndrome de Brugada o el síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White. Recientemente probó, por primera vez en Italia, CardioInsight, una innovadora chaqueta de alta tecnología para el mapeo 3D de las alteraciones del ritmo cardíaco. Ha participado y presentado numerosos congresos médicos en todo el mundo, proporcionando preparación teórica y práctica para los diversos procedimientos intervencionistas destinados a electrofisiólogos y técnicos en electrofisiología de toda Italia y del extranjero (Reino Unido, Alemania, España, Rusia). Fue miembro del Registro Nacional de Electrofisiología y Ablación de la AIAC, del Registro Nacional de Extracción de Cables de la AIAC y del Registro Nacional de Marcapasos y Desfibriladores Implantables de la AIAC.
Es autor o coautor de varias publicaciones e intervenciones en revistas médicas de prestigio (factor de impacto total: 169.098).
Ha sido galardonado con diferentes becas:
- Fellowship ANMCO (Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos Hospitalarios), Florencia, 3 de junio de 2007;
- Fellowship ESC (Sociedad Europea de Cardiología), Munich, 1 de septiembre de 2008;
- Beca ACC (American College of Cardiology), Atlanta, 1 de febrero de 2010
Mostrar másEn 1995 se graduó en la Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía de la Universidad de Catanzaro “Magna Grecia”, donde, en 2001, se especializó en Medicina Interna. En 2006 asistió al curso “State of the Art in AFIB and HF Treatments” dirigido por el Dr. Carlo Pappone. En 2014 asistió al Heart Rhythm Management Center Universitair Ziekenhuis en Bruselas y obtuvo la certificación para los procedimientos de tratamiento de la fibrilación auricular mediante crioenergía (Cryoballon Training Program). En 2015, fue certificado para procedimientos de implantación de marcapasos sin cables MICRA-TPS en el Medtronic Training Center en Minneapolis (MICRA-TPS Training Program).
El Dr. Iacopino es miembro de importantes sociedades científicas nacionales e internacionales como el American College of Cardiology, la European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, la European Heart Rhythm Association y la European Society of Cardiology. Dirige varios proyectos de estudio, aplicables con gran beneficio para el paciente en la identificación de síndromes raros asociados con arritmias e insuficiencia cardíaca, como el síndrome de Brugada o el síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White. Recientemente probó, por primera vez en Italia, CardioInsight, una innovadora chaqueta de alta tecnología para el mapeo 3D de las alteraciones del ritmo cardíaco. Ha participado y presentado numerosos congresos médicos en todo el mundo, proporcionando preparación teórica y práctica para los diversos procedimientos intervencionistas destinados a electrofisiólogos y técnicos en electrofisiología de toda Italia y del extranjero (Reino Unido, Alemania, España, Rusia). Fue miembro del Registro Nacional de Electrofisiología y Ablación de la AIAC, del Registro Nacional de Extracción de Cables de la AIAC y del Registro Nacional de Marcapasos y Desfibriladores Implantables de la AIAC.
Es autor o coautor de varias publicaciones e intervenciones en revistas médicas de prestigio (factor de impacto total: 169.098).
Ha sido galardonado con diferentes becas:
- Fellowship ANMCO (Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos Hospitalarios), Florencia, 3 de junio de 2007;
- Fellowship ESC (Sociedad Europea de Cardiología), Munich, 1 de septiembre de 2008;
- Beca ACC (American College of Cardiology), Atlanta, 1 de febrero de 2010