Faculty
Carlo Savini, PhD, MD
Professor, María Cecilia Hospital – Università of Bologna
Practice area
- Mitral & Tricuspid Valve repair
- Minimally Invasive Totally Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Aorta Surgery
- Complex surgical reconstruction in Endocarditis
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
Background information
Academic Titles:
1994 Medical Degree
2001 Cardiac Surgery Specialisation
2017 Ph.D. in “Aortic Valve Treatment in High risk patients: new technologies role”
2022 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of University of Bologna
3/10/22 – Today: Director of Cardiac Surgery Dept in Maria Cecilia Hospital – Cotignola (RA)
Foreign Experiences:
1995: Emergency surgery in “Servicio de Cirugia de Urgencia” – Civil Hospital – Guadalajara. Mexico.
2000 First Half. As Cardiac Surgery Resident: “Servicio de Cirugia Cardiaca” Dir. M. Murtra
– Vall d’Hebron Hospital- Barcelona. Spain.
2000 Second Half. As Cardiac Surgery Resident: “CardioPulmonary Surgery Unit” – St.
Antonius Hospital – Nieuwegein -UT-Holland.
- As Cardiac Surgery Staff Surgeon: ”Cardiac Surgery Department” Dir. H. Vanermen,
OLV Hospital, Aalst – Belgium.
Scientific Societies
2006 – today: SICCH (Società Italiana di Cardiochirurgia) Member
2012 – today: ISMICS (International Society of Minimally Cardio-thoracic Surgery) Member
2017- today: ANMCO (Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri) member
2017-2019: ANMCO Cardiac Surgery Committee Member
2022- today: EACTS (European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) Member
2024- today: ECSC (Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeon Club) Active Member
Clinical Activity:
2001- 2002. Staff Surgeon Cardiac Surgery Dept – S.Raffaele Hospital – Milano
2002 – 2022. Staff Surgeon Cardiac Surgery Dept – IRCCS S.Orsola-Malpighi di Bologna
3/10/22 – Today: Director of Cardiac Surgery Dept in Maria Cecilia Hospital – Cotignola (RA)