Lorenzo Pelagatti, MD, is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Careggi University Hospital and a PhD candidate in Clinical Sciences at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Florence in 2018 and completed his specialization in Emergency Medicine in 2024. His clinical and research interests include emergency medicine, severe pneumonia, rapid molecular diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, bronchoscopy, and point-of-care ultrasound. He is the principal investigator of several clinical studies in emergency medicine and received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2024 SIMEU National Congress and the Best Abstract Award at the 2026 SIMEU National Congress.