Dr Matteo Di Nardo was born in Marino (Rome) Italy on 26th November 1977. He graduated in General Medicine and Surgery in 2001 and specialised in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care in 2006 at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart. He worked for one year in the service of Adult Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care of the European Hospital of Rome. After this experience, he started working in the paediatric intensive care unit of the Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesù of Rome. Since 2013, he has been responsible of the Respiratory ECMO program at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital. He is also the coordinator of the neonatal and Paediatric ECMO transport for the Centre and South of Italy in the “Rete Respira ECMO Project” of the Italian Minister of Health. Since 2014, he has been an active member of the EuroELSO Steering Committee. His scientific activities and interests are related to the prevention of ventilator-induced lung injury and to the use of extracorporeal life support in children.