Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD, FELSO

is a Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Extracorporeal Life Support at the Maastricht University Medical Centre and Maastricht University,with research interests encompassing computational and in-vitro models, pre-clinical as well as clinical studies on temporary mechanical circulatory and respiratory support. He is the ELSO Research Committee Chair, Honorary Secretary of EuroELSO, Editor-in-Chief of the MultiMedia Manual of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and the Chair of the Cardiovascular Surgery Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology.