Elena Bignami

Research interests: Perioperative medicine and anesthesia

Since 2000, Prof. Bignami has regularly taken part in the conception, design and execution of mono-centric and multicentre randomized controlled trials (mRCT), under Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and she is Principal Investigator of many trials (see list: www.clinicaltrials.gov).

Prof. Bignami has also been conducting meta-analysis studies in numerous topics related to Cardiovascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (especially about cardiac and renal protection in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery). At the moment, she is also collaborating in the creation of a network of 30 Italian cardio-surgical centres that participate to multicentre randomized controlled trials (mRCT).

Since 2000, Prof. Bignami has attended and still do many courses in clinical research, in particular for “mRCT”; “Statistics in medicine”; “Study coordinator”; and “Organization of investigators meetings”. She has a considerable experience Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Medicineand machine learning strategies.

The clinical and research interest in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care has resulted in about 200 scientific publications and invitations in national and international congresses. Prof. Bignami regularly involved in the conception, design and execution of mono-centric and multicentre randomized controlled trials as well as in conducting meta-analysis studies in numerous topics related to Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, also in AI setting.

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Terms of Appointment: October 2021 - September 2023