Brief biodata Paolo Biban, MD

In 1983 I graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Padua. In the following years I did complete three residency programs, in Pediatrics-Puericulture and in Pediatrics-Neonatology at the University of Padua, in Anesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Verona, respectively.

I am clinically involved in pediatric and neonatal intensive care since 1988. In 1997 I was appointed to establish a new multidisciplinary PICU in Verona. Since 2004 I am the Director of the Division of Pediatrics, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Emergency Care, at the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona. 

In the last twenty-five years I have had several collaborations with national and international societies and working groups, mainly in the field of pediatric emergency and intensive care:  co-founder and President of AMIETIP, the Medical and Nursing Academy of Emergency and Pediatric Intensive Care; Vice-President of SIMEUP, the Italian Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Past National Coordinator of Permanent PALS Commission, SIMEUP; President of the SIN, Italian Society of Neonatology in the Veneto Region; Vice-President of IRC, Italian Resuscitation Council; SIN Triveneto Coordinator of Neonatal Resuscitation Program; President of Board Directors of Paediatrics Divisions in Veneto Region; Chief-coordinator of Paediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support Training Centre "Scaligero" in Verona; Member of SIN Neonatal Pneumology Working Group; Course Coordinator-Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals, American Academy Pediatrics; Member of the "Working Group of Paediatric Life Support Course", European Resuscitation Council (ERC); Member of the ERC International Course Coordinator (ICC) for Neonatal Life Support (NLS). In addition, I had the privilege to serve the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) for many years, in the roles of executive committee member, treasurer, secretary, vice-president and President of the Society. I am serving the World Federation of Pediatric and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) since 2011, presentluy being the Past President. I performed as Lecturer and Instructor at several courses on Neonatal Resuscitation in Delivery Room, PALS/EPALS and PBLS courses. I have delivered more than two hundreds invited lectures at national and international conferences on issues of pediatric and neonatal emergency and intensive care. I have authored or co-authored about 200 publications and abstracts published in national and international journals. Presently, I am serving as a peer-reviewer for more than 10 specialized journals and as Editorial Board Member for the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal, the Intensive Care Medicine Journal and Frontiers in Pediatric Critical Care.

Niranjan "Tex" Kissoon, MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, MCCM, FACPE

Vice President, Medical Affairs, British Columbia (BC) Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre

Niranjan Kissoon is Professor, BC Children’s Hospital and UBC Global Child Health Department of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of British Columbia. Niranjan Kissoon is Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS); Professor, Pediatric and Surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. He holds the UBC BC Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Acute and Critical Care for Global Child Health is Vice Chair, Global Alliance for Sepsis (GSA), co-Chair, World Sepsis Day, International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative, and the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline Committee.

In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Kissoon was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Career Award by the AAP for his contribution to the society and discipline; in 2015 he was awarded the SCCM Master of Critical Care Medicine Award and the BNS Walia PGIMER Golden Jubilee Oration Award in India. In 2016 Dr. Kissoon received the UBC Canada Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence and in 2018, Dr. Kissoon has for the 7th time received a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the Society (this was previously awarded to him in 2001, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2017).

Dr. Angelo Mikrogianakis

Dr. Angelo Mikrogianakis is currently appointed as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, and Chief of Pediatrics at McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Prior to his relocation to McMaster in December 2018, Dr. Mikrogianakis was appointed Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, where he also served as Section Chief and Medical Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Alberta Children's Hospital since 2009. Dr Mikrogianakis earned his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1997 and completed his pediatric residency in 2001 and fellowships in pediatric emergency medicine and trauma in 2003 with the University of Ottawa at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Dr Mikrogianakis’ clinical and teaching skills have established him nationally as an expert in pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care transport, pediatric trauma management and pediatric disaster response. He also has made ongoing contributions to research as a principal investigator, co-investigator, collaborator, enabler and builder of research teams and infrastructure within the emergency department of Alberta Children's Hospital, and plans to continue this in his new role at McMaster University / McMaster Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Akash Deep

Dr Akash Deep is the Director of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU) at King's College Hospital, London and Reader in Paediatric Intensive Care at King’s College London. This hospital is one of the largest liver transplant centres in the world.

Dr Deep is the Chair for the Critical Care Nephrology Section of European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Society (ESPNIC). He has organised and taught on several national and international meetings.

Dr Deep is the Chair for the Science and Education Committee of Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) of UK.

Dr Deep is the key medical advisor to the UK Sepsis Trust Executive Committee and the main author for the National Paediatric Sepsis Toolkits for Paediatrics. Dr Deep has co-authored the safety netting leaflet for sepsis awareness for parents in the UK. He is the spokesperson on sepsis for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the All Party Parliamentary Group on sepsis.

Dr Deep represents NHS England in the core Panel Group to standardise pathways for the care of acutely unwell children in the Emergency Departments.

Dr Deep has organised many national and international congresses on CRRT and hosted the prestigious 8th International Conference on CRRT in London and the 9th International Conference on CRRT in Orlando, USA. He will be organising Chairman for 2019 U.K’s national Paediatric Intensive Care congress in collaboration with America’s Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS)

He has authored several research articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and written chapters for leading publishers. He is the Chief Editor for the first ever book published by Springer on ‘’Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement therapy in Children’’

He is an invited national and international speaker in major (U.K, European and world congresses) Paediatric and Paediatric Intensive Care conferences.

He was awarded the National Bronze award in 2016-17 for his exemplary contribution to the NHS.

Special interests include acute liver failure, acute kidney injury, CRRT, haemodynamics in septic shock, sepsis awareness campaigns and liver assist devices in liver failure.

Zaccaria Ricci

Personal Information

First name/Surname: Zaccaria Ricci
Address: Via Arangio Ruiz 19 00165, Rome, Italy
Telephone: +39 0668592449
Fax: +39 0668592670 – Mobile: +39 3393799848                              
E-mail:  zaccaria.ricci@opbg.net
Nationality:   Italian
Date of Birth: 11 June 1973
Gender: Male
CODICE FISCALE: RCCZCR73H11A944E

Work Experience

Date: July 2006 – today
Name of Employer: Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy
Occupation: Anesthesiologist and Intensivist – Cardiac Surgery
Main activities and responsibilities: Anesthesia and Intensive care in the field of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Date: October 2001 – June 2006
Name of Employer: Policlinico Umberto I – Università degli Studi di Roma – La Sapienza
Occupation: Anesthesiologist and Intensivist – Intensive Care Unit, General Surgery
Main activities and responsibilities: Anesthesia and Intensive care

Education and Training
Date:  1991 - 1997                  
Title of qualification awarded: Medical Graduation

Date:  1997 – 2001
Title of qualification awarded:  School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Personal Skills and Competences
Mother tongue: Italian
Other languages:  English
Self-assessment:  Good understanding, good speaking

• Anesthesia and Intensive Care in Adult Intensive Care and general anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Intensive care for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery
• Expert in Renal Replacement therapy

Additional Information - Teaching activities and Research

Achieved the license to work as Associate Professor in 2012. Achieved the license to work as Full Professor in 2019. Currently collaborating as a peer reviewer with more than 10 indexed journals in the area of Critical Care and Nephrology. From October 2009 to December 2015 Associated Faculty Member of F1000. In the Editorial Board of the journal “Blood Purification” since 2009. From 2010 to 2014 in the editorial board of the journal “Heart Lung and Vessels”. From October 2013 to December 2018 Associate Editor of the journal “BMC Anesthesiology”. Since January 2014, Associate Editor of “Pediatric Critical Care Medicine” and “PLOS ONE”.

Scopus:
Ricci, Zaccaria - IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Rome, Italy
Author ID: 6603919258

• h-Index: 30
• Documents by author: 245
• Total citations: 4021

Additional Information – Course as attendant

• Corso Base di Ventilazione Artificiale. Milan, SMART, May 2000.
• Corso Avanzato di Ventilazione Artificiale. Milan, SMART, May 2000.
• Corso di Equilibrio Acido-Base. Milano, SMART, May 2000.
• Corso Advanced Life Support Provider. Rome, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, April 2003.
• Corso Advanced Life Support Istruttore. Rome, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, November 2003.
• Corso Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider. Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, April 2005.
• Course on Statistics applied to Biomedical Research. Bergamo, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, June to November 2005.
• Certificato Microsoft Access, 2005
• Advanced Course on Clinic Research Methodology. Roma, Gruppo Italiano per la Medicina Basata sulle Evidenze. Ospedale Bambino Gesù di Roma, May to September 2008.
• Workshop “Observational Studies: planning, conduction, analysis and reporting”, Fondazione GIMBE, Bologna 2011
• Transesophageal Training, Pisa 2013, Cardiac Surgery department, Prof. F. Guarracino
• Master on “VENIPUNTURA ECOGUIDATA NEL NEONATO E NEL BAMBINO”, Roma 2014, Ospedale Gemelli
• PALS, 2016

Additional Information – Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS

• P Piccinni, Z Ricci and C Ronco. “Dose d’Hemofiltration nel testo Circulations extra-corporelles en réanimation“, autori O Bastien (Lyon), R Robert (Poitiers) e P Honoré (Ottignies-LLN).
• Z Ricci, C Ronco. “Quantifying the Dose of Acute Kidney Replacement Therapy” nel testo “Management of Acute Kidney Problems”, autore Achim Jörres, Charité University, Berlino edito da Springer.
• C Ronco, Z Ricci. “Renal Replacement Therapies In The Critically Ill Patient” nel testo “Critical Care 4th Edition”, autori Civetta, Taylor, and Kirby, edited by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
• Z Ricci, C Ronco. “Renal Replacement Therapy” nel testo “Core topics in cardiothoracic critical care”, authors A Kline, A Vuylsteke and SAM Nashef, edited by Cambridge University Press.
• Z Ricci, C Ronco. “Dose Adequacy and assessment” in“CRRT Handbook” autori J Kellum, R Bellomo and C Ronco.
• D Cruz, Z Ricci, S Silva and Claudio Ronco. “Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies”, in “Therapy in Nephrology and Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner & Rector's The Kidney”, authors C Wilcox et al edited by Saunders.
• C Ronco, Z Ricci “Hemo(dia)filtration”, in “Oxford desk reference: critical care”, autori C Waldmann, N Soni, and A Rhodes, edited by Oxford University Press.
• Z Ricci, C Ronco “Renal replacement therapies” nel testo “Miller's Anesthesia 7th Edition” autori Ronald D. Miller MD, Lars I. Eriksson, Lee A. Fleisher MD, and Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, edito da Churchill Livingston.
• C Ronco and Z Ricci. “Renal Support Therapy”. The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care SECOND EDITION Edited by Marco Tubaro, Pascal Vranckx, Susanna Price and Christiaan Vrints.
• Z Ricci and Goldstein SL. “Pediatric CRRT”. Acute Nephrology for the clinician Edited by S. Bagshaw, L. Forni, A.B.J. Groeneveld, M. Joannidis, H.M. Oudemans. Springer eds.
• C RONCO, JA KELLUM, BELLOMO R AND RICCI Z: EDITORS OF THE CRITICAL CARE NEPHROLOGY BOOK, 3RD EDITION, ELSEVIER
• Ricci Z and Romagnoli S, Increased intensity of renal replacement therapy to reduce mortality in patients with acute kidney injury in “Reducing mortality in patients with AKI”, Springer
• Chelazzi C, Ricci Z, and Romagnoli S, Tight glycemic control in “Reducing mortality in ICU”, Springer
• Ricci Z, Garisto C, Sedation in pediatric Critically Ill Patients in “CRITICAL CARE SEDATION”, Springer
• Garisto C, Ricci Z, CRRT in a child in cardiac ICU in Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children Akash Deep, Stuart Goldstein (Eds.), Springer

INDEXED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (last 2 years)

• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S. Pediatric Renal Replacement: From Deadly Rescue Therapy to Life-Saving Support. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Jan;20(1):87-89.
• Garzotto F, Zaccaria M, Vidal E, Ricci Z, Lorenzin A, Neri M, Murer L, Nalesso F, Ruggeri A, Ronco C. Choice of Catheter Size for Infants in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Bigger Is Not Always Better. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 Dec 7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001825.
• Giorni C, Pezzella C, Bojan M, Ricci Z, Pouard P, Raisky O, Tourneur L, La Salvia O, Favia I, Borgel D, Cogo P, Carotti A, Lasne D. Impact of heparin or non-heparin coated circuits on platelet function in pediatric cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Nov 2. pii: S0003-4975(18)31550-9.
• Vidal E, Cocchi E, Paglialonga F, Ricci Z, Garzotto F, Peruzzi L, Murer L, Ronco C. Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodialysis Using the Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency MachineTM: First Clinical Experiences. Blood Purif. 2018 Oct 31:1-7. doi: 10.1159/000494437.
• Ankawi G, Neri M, Zhang J, Breglia A, Ricci Z, Ronco C. Extracorporeal techniques for the treatment of critically ill patients with sepsis beyond conventional blood purification therapy: the promises and the pitfalls. Crit Care. 2018 Oct 25;22(1):262. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2181-z
• Digvijay K, Neri M, Fan W, Ricci Z, Ronco C. International Survey on the Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies: Year 2018. Blood Purif. 2018 Sep 28:1-7. doi: 10.1159/000493724.
• Romagnoli S, Ricci Z, Ronco C. CRRT for sepsis-induced acute kidney injury. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2018 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000544. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ricci Z, Benegni S, Cies JJ, Marinari E, Haiberger R, Garisto C, Cairoli S, Di Chiara L, Goffredo B. Cefoxitin Prophylaxis During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Retrospective Exploration of Postoperative Trough Levels. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002179. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ricci Z. A renal angina index to overcome the silence of the kidneys. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018 Feb;2(2):83-84.
• Husain-Syed F, Ricci Z, Brodie D, Vincent JL, Ranieri VM, Slutsky AS, Taccone FS, Gattinoni L, Ronco C. Extracorporeal organ support (ECOS) in critical illness and acute kidney injury: from native to artificial organ crosstalk. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Sep;44(9):1447-1459.
• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S.  Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Supportive Measures. Nephron. 2018;140(2):105-110. doi: 10.1159/000490500.
• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S. The 11th pitfall: thiamine deficiency. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Jun 22. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5271-0. [Epub ahead of print]
• Nadim MK, Forni LG, Bihorac A, Hobson C, Koyner JL, Shaw A, Arnaoutakis GJ, Ding X, Engelman DT, Gasparovic H, Gasparovic V, Herzog CA, Kashani K, Katz N, Liu KD, Mehta RL, Ostermann M, Pannu N, Pickkers P, Price S, Ricci Z, Rich JB, Sajja LR, Weaver FA, Zarbock A, Ronco C, Kellum JA. Cardiac and Vascular Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: The 20th International Consensus Conference of the ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) Group. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun 1;7(11). pii: e008834. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.008834.
• Romagnoli S, Ricci Z. Patients, families and ICU-staff members: from sedation strategies to global interaction for stress control. Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 May 15. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.18.12961-0.
• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S, Ronco C, La Manna G. From Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies to Multiple Organ Support Therapy. Contrib Nephrol. 2018;194:155-169. doi: 10.1159/000485634.
• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S. Technical Complications of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Contrib Nephrol. 2018;194:99-108. doi: 10.1159/000485607.
• Garisto C, Ricci Z, Tofani L, Benegni S, Pezzella C, Cogo P. Use of low dose dexmedetomidine in combination with opioids and midazolam in paediatric cardiac surgical patients: randomized controlled trial. Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 Mar 7. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.18.12213-9.
• Romagnoli S, Amigoni A, Blangetti I, Casella G, Chelazzi C, Forfori F, Garisto C, Mondardini MC, Moltrasio M, Pasero D, Principi T, Ricci Z, Tarantino F, Conti G. Light sedation with dexmedetomidine: a practical approach for the intensivist in different ICU patients. Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 Feb 5. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.
• Ricci Z, Romagnoli S. Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis and Classification in Adults and Children. Contrib Nephrol. 2018;193:1-12.
• Fragasso T, Ricci Z, Goldstein SL. Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury. Contrib Nephrol. 2018;193:113-126
• Ricci Z, Benegni S, Garisto C, Favia I, Haiberger R, Chiara LD. Endotoxin Activity in Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Cohort Study. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Jan;9(1):60-67.

Ayse Akcan Arikan

General Biographical Information
A. Personal
Ayse Akcan Arikan

B. Education
Undergraduate Education:
Istanbul American Robert College, Istanbul 1983-1990

Medical Education
Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty - Istanbul 1990-1996
Doctor of Medicine (English Curriculum)

Postgraduate Training
Resident, Pediatrics
Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty - Istanbul, Turkey
1996–2000

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, Texas
2001-2004

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, Texas
2004-2006, 2011-2012

Resident, Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, Texas
2009-2011

C.  Academic Appointments
1.   Faculty Position(s) at BCM
Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure
2018-present
Joint Appointment: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine & Pediatric Renal Services
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Joint Appointment: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine & Pediatric Renal Services
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
2012 - 2018

2.   Previous Faculty Position(s) at Other Institutions
Pediatric Intensivist
Johns Hopkins Anatolian Medical Center - Gebze, Turkey
2006-2009

Consultant in Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Anatolian Medical Center - Gebze, Turkey
2009-2012

D. Other Advanced Training/Experience (include locations, dates and sources of support)
1.   Formal Sabbatical Leave: N/A
2.   Other Specialized Training Following Academic Appointment
Harvard Business School Value Based Healthcare Delivery Executive Education Course - May 2016, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
Harvard Medical School Global Clinical Research Program 2018-, Boston, MA

E.  Other Information
1.   Honors/Awards

2019 Best Abstract Award Annual Dialysis Conference Dallas, TX
2018 Best Abstract Award Annual Dialysis Conference Orlando, FL
2016 Norton, Rose & Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award, Teaching and Evaluation,
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX
2016 Best Abstract Award Annual Dialysis Conference Seattle, WA
2016 American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Presentation Award Baltimore, MD
2016 Top abstract International Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury Symposium Cincinnati, OH
2015 Best Abstract Award Annual Dialysis Conference New Orleans, LA
2015 Best Abstract Award Pediatric CRRT Conference London, UK
2005, 2006 Baylor Fellows’ Research Day, Poster of Distinction
2001 Vehbi Koc Foundation & Texas Children’s Hospital training grant for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship - $180,000
1996 Valedictorian, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty

2.   Board Eligibility/Certification
American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certified
American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Critical Care Medicine, Board Certified
American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Nephrology, Board Certified

3.   Other Non-academic Positions

Medical Director, Critical Care Nephrology
Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, TX
2016-Present
Medical Director, Extracorporeal Liver Support
Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston, TX
2014-Present