Prof. Dr. Gabriele Luigi Gasparinia, cardiologist at Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Italy.

EDUCATION

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery with full marks ( 110/110 ), at the University of Milan. Since June 2000 he enrolled at the Professional Register of the Provincial Order of Physicians and Dentists in Milan.

In October 2004, he graduated in Cardiology with full marks ( 50/50 cum laude) at the University of Verona.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since November 2004, he has been working as an Interventional Cardiologist at the Humanitas Research Hospital.

The work done by Dr. Gasparini in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is to investigate ischemic heart disease in its various forms and the interventional treatment of coronary angioplasty with stent implantation. He is a member of the team of Interventional Cardiologists specialized in primary angioplasty in the setting of acute myocardial infarction.

Dr. Gasparini has significant experience at national and international level in the percutaneous treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions by both antegrade that retrograde approach . Since 2008 he has performed as first operator more than 500 CTO PCI procedures.

Inside the Humanitas Research Hospital Dr. Gasparini is also engaged in Clinical Cardiology at the Department of Invasive Cardiology, First Aid and the 'Coronary Intensive Care Unit , as well as ambulatory activity both as a freelance and in agreement with the National Health Service.

MEMBERSHIPS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr. Gasparini is the author and co-author of numerous scientific papers plubished in national and international journals. He is also part of the Scientific Committee of the TOBI, full member of the EuroCTO Club, Course Director of the ABCTO course, SOS Complex PCI course and he is often involved in several Live Cases during CTO meetings. He has written the ABCTO Handbook, focused on percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusions, now in its 2nd edition. He is a contributor author of Manual of CTO Interventions, written by E. Brilakis. He is also lecturing and proctoring at several institutions in Italy.