Dr. Fabrizio Monaco is currently head of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia at San Raffaele University Hospital in Milan (Italy). After graduating from University of Naples Federico II, Dr. Monaco completed his residency program at the same university. He spent a year as a research fellow at Edinburgh University. Upon the completion of his training in 2006, he moved to Milan, where he is a practicing cardiac anesthesiologist and intensive care physician at San Raffaele Scientific Institute. His clinical efforts have been an integral part of nationally recognized teams for better cardiac surgery outcomes.