The Open Anesthesia Journal

Raffaele Costantini, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor, habilitated to Associate Professor, of Surgery at the Institute of Surgical Pathology of the “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti, Italy. He was visiting fellow/researcher at the International Transplant Center in Pittsburgh, USA (1983, 1990 and 1991) and Centre of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Essen, Germany (2012). He performs surgical work and research in pain, particularly regarding surgery for visceral pain conditions in patients with and without musculoskeletal pain and headache and experimental models of viscero-visceral hyperalgesia. He has authored/co-authored over 100 publications in international journals and books.

Dr. Kazuo Higa graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan, in 1973 and received his medical training at Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. He has chaired the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, from 1999 to 2014. Professor emeritus of Fukuoka University and manager of Fukuseikai Minami Hospital as of November 2017, his areas of interest include clinical management of patients and treatment of chronic pain, especially zoster-associated pain.

Dr. Maria Beatrice Passavanti received her Medical Degree in 1986. She graduated in the Special Training in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in the year 1989, and in the Special Training in Cardiology in the year 1994. Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy. She has successfully completed her Administrative responsibilities as Secretary of the Residency Program in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care.

Dr. Safronov is graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, USSR; received his PhD in Membrane Biophysics from the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, USSR, and did habilitation in Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Germany. At present, he is a Principal Investigator and a Group Leader at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Portugal. Actual research interest of Dr. Safronov is focused on organisation of spinal nociceptive processing circuitries, as well as on biophysics and pharmacology of ion channels. His long-term objective is to understand complex and diverse principles of sensory, i.e. nociceptive, processing in the spinal cord.

Dr. Fiore obtained his Degree in Medicine and Surgery in 2007 at the Second University of Naples and then obtained his MSc degree (Hepatology) at the University of Padua in 2012. Dr. Marco Fiore is resident of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy. Specialist in Infectious Diseases. He specializes in life tethering infections in patients with end-stage liver disease. Currently he is interested in the systematic review of literature in topics of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Reanimation and Intensive Care.

Dr. Ali Jabbari is a board certificated anesthesiologist (MD, MPH, fellowship of cardiothoracic anesthesia). He Serves as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical care medicine at Golestan University of Medical Sciences (GOUMS) and; attending physician at the University hospitals of GoUMs, besides simultaneously doing his research projects in the ischemic disorder research center. Previously, he worked as an Assistant professor and attending physician in the Rajaee Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center and Pediatric Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Stefano Tamburin obtained his Ph.D. degree (2004) in Neuroscience from University of Verona, Italy. He then did specialization (2000) in Neurology (50/50 and Praise) from the same university. Currently, he is Researcher of Neurology at the Department of Science, Neurology Section, University of Verona. His research activity mainly concerns the fields of Neuropathic pain, physiology and pathophysiology of motor system and motion disorders, stroke outcomes, and functions cognitive therapy in patients with neurological disorders and chronic pain. Dr. Tamburin is author/co-author of over 90 articles in various international journals, with around 1,300 total citations, and also of 5 book chapters.

Prof. Dr. Akmal Nabil Ahmad El-Mazny, MD, FICS; pursued his masters and MD in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of Cairo, Egypt. He currently serves as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. His sub- specialties include assisted reproduction and gynecologic endoscopy. He was also a peer reviewer and Associate Editor for many renowned journals like F&S, EJOGRB, UOG, ARCH, JGO, MEFS etc. He contributed over 60 international publications to the world of scientific community.

Dr. Vincenzo Pota received his Degree in Medicine (1999-2005), degree of specialization (2006-2010), and Doctorate degree in Biotechnologies applied to Medical-Surgical Sciences (2011-2014) from the University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”. He currently serves as a Consultant at the Intensive Care Unit of University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli” from 2016. He won the EULAP Young Researcher Award Budapest in 2016 and V. Pasqualucci Award in 2007.