Francesco Onorati is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Verona. He received his Ph.D. in Laboratory Diagnostics from the Second University of Naples in 2010. His research interests include minimally invasive valve surgery; mechanical assist devices and transplantation; aortic dissection; congestive heart failure surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting; arrhythmia surgery; myocardial protection; and cardiopulmonary bypass. His scientific output includes 284 publications, corresponding to 4694 citations (h-index 35) (Scopus, 22 November 2023).