Prof. Massimo Chello
Curriculum
Born in Naples on 18/10/1956, in July 1980 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery with 110110/1980 cum laude. In December 9090 he obtained the professional qualification ().
In July 1986 he won the FMGEMS (USA).
He obtained specializations in General Surgery (1985) and Cardioangiosurgery (1990).
From 1981 to 1987 he was assistant at the Institute of Cardiac Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of Naples - Federico II. From January 1987 to 2000 he was a confirmed researcher (F09X) at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Catanzaro.
From 2000 to 2002 he was a Confirmed Researcher (MED23) at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
From November 2002 to May 2012 he was Confirmed Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery (MED 23) at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
June 2012 to present: Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery (MED 23) at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
Abroad experiences
07/ 1988- 07/1989:Clinical Fellow - Dept. of Cardiac Surgery - Baylor College of Medicine of Houston, Texas.
07/1989-12/90: Clinical Fellow - Dept. of Cardiac Surgery - Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
01/1990-07/90 : Senior Resident - Dept. of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
07/90- 04/91:Exchange Research Fellow - Dept. of Cardiac Surgery -Texas Tech University Health Science Center - Lubbock, Texas
08/92-10/92 Clinical Fellow - Dept. of Cardiac Surgery , Deborah Heart & LungCenter of Browns Mills, New Jersey.
Teaching activity
Degree in Medicine and Surgery.
- Coordinator of the Integrated Course of Medical-Surgical Emergencies, Degree course in Medicine and Surgery, Campus BioMedico University of Rome (2005 to date).
- Teaching of Cardiac Surgery in the integrated course of Systematic and Integrated Medical-Surgical Pathology 1, Degree course in Medicine and Surgery, Campus BioMedico University of Rome (2005 to date).
Research activity.
1. Holder of MIUR research funds in the academic years 1990/91, 91/92, 92/93, 93/94, 94/95, 96/97, 98/99.
2. Honorary consultant in the NIH grant : A multilayered hybrid Scaffold engineered for cardiovascular stem cell therapy ( study section Tissue engineering Feb-Mach 2008).
3. Coordinator of the PRIN project (October 2012) Engineering of organ models of physiological and pathological interest for the investigation of disorders related to ageing. (MIND).
Editorial Board of :
• Journal of Geriatric Cardiology
• The Open Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Journal
• Journal of Vascular Medicine
• World Journal of Translational Medicine
•World Journal of Cardiology
*World Journal of Hypertension
* Vessel Plus
Chief Editor of:
World Journal of Surgical Procedures
He is a member of the following national and international scientific societies:
1) Italian Society of Vascular Pathology
2) DeBakey International Surgical Society
3) DA Cooley International Surgical Society
4) Castaneda Pediatric Surgical Society
5) Fellow of the American College of Angiology
6) Fellow of the International College of Angiology
PUBLICATIONS
Author of 120 publications in international journals indexed in ISI, PubMed and Scopus.
