MARIA IRENE BELLINI

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Part I – General Information
Full Name:Maria Irene BELLINI
Citizenship:Italian, British
Part II – Education
University graduation 2007 University of Tor Vergata Rome 110/110 cum laude and Hippocratic oath reading during graduation.
Specialty 2014 University of Tor Vergata, Rome 70/70 cum laude, General Surgery
PhD 2016 University of Tor Vergata, Rome Excellent cum laude PhD in Biotechnological Innovations and Technologies applied in Surgery
Post-doc studies 2017-19 Imperial College London, UK Real time continuous point of care monitoring of human kidney function. Responsible for the machine perfusion clinical program.
Medical Licence 2008- Ordine Provinciale di Roma dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri, IT Full Licence to practice
Medical Licence 2013- General Medical Council, UK Full Licence to practice
Fellowship 2016- American College of Surgeons (ACS), USA International Associate Fellow
Fellowship 2016- Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Brussels, BE Diplomas in organ retrieval and kidney transplantation
Fellowship 2017- Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Brussels, BE Diploma in pancreas transplantation
Qualification 2020-29 ASN- MIUR Italian National Qualification to Associate Professorship
Part III – Appointments
IIIA – Academic Appointments
2025 Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, IT, Associate Professor of Surgery
2022-25 Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome,IT, Assistant Professor in tenure track – Ricercatrice di tipo B t.d.- t.pieno (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10)
2021-22 Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome,IT, Assistant Professor – Ricercatrice di tipo A t.d.- t.definito (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10)
2020-21 Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome,IT, Attending Researcher
2018-2019 Imperial College London Qualified expert, General Surgery Examiner,Faculty of Medicine
31/07/2013-06/10/2015 Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford Visiting Research Fellow
23/04/2019-Transplant International Social Media Editor
2/09/2021-Transplant International Assistant Chief Editor
10/09/2021-Transplant International Special Issue Editor
1/06/2020-Biomed Research International Academic Editor
2/12/2017-20/06/2019 Biomed Research International Guest Editor
1/12/2018-01/12/2019 International Journal of Medical Research Guest Editor
1/01/2019-31/12/2022 World Journal of Transplantation Associate Editor
01/03/2021-Transplantology Topic Editor
IIIB – Other Appointments
14/01/2022-Italian College of Surgeons (CIC), Committee for gender equity Board Member
28/12/2021-ACS Italia Chapter Women in Surgery Board Member
10/09/2021-Italian Ministry of Health Panel of experts on planning, research and education on General Surgery Board Member
26/10/2020-21/12/2021:San Camillo Forlanini Hospital Rome, IT Dirigente Medico I Livello Dipartimento Medicina d’accettazione e Chirurgia d’Urgenza
05/08/2019-01/08/2020 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, IT Locum Consultant Transplant and Dialysis Access Surgeon
19/10/2015-31/07/2019 Imperial College Healthcare Trust Senior Research and Clinical Transplant Fellow
2015-17 Carrel Club, British Transplantation Society for trainees Education and IT Representative
2017-21 European Society of Kidney Transplantation (EKITA)Board member
2017-22 Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI)Lead of the working group and the Society Section
2019-22 Education Committee, European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Board member
2019-22 Transplant Live, the European Society of Organ Transplantation e-learning platform Scientific Coordinator
2019-European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Brussels, BE Vanguard Board member and responsible for the surgical curriculum. Examinator.
2019-21 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR),UK Grant reviewer
2022-European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Grant reviewer
2019-European Medicines Agency (EMA)Core member of the expert group on European Society for Organ Transplantation(ESOT)working group on clinical trial design and endpoints in kidney transplantation
2020-21 Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK Contributor to the Diversity and Inclusion review
Part IV – Teaching experience
2021/2022 UniverSalus, Rome, IT Scientific Coordinator Master in “Prevention and Integrate and Innovative Therapies” in Oncology
2021/2022 Sapienza University of Rome, IT Emergenze Medico Chirurgiche, Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia C
2021/2022 Sapienza University of Rome, IT Infermieristica clinica in area chirurgica, Infermieristica, Corso di laurea A
2021 Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli, IT Dalla Chirurgia Maggiore alla Chirurgia Mininvasiva, Ph.D. in Humanities and Technologies: an integrated research path XXXIV-XXXV-XXXVI ciclo Profilo Giuridico
2021 Sapienza University of Rome, IT Epidemiologia, Diagnosi Clinica e Strumentale delle patologie neoplastiche e infiammatorie intestinali/Master Univeristario di terapia Enterostomale
2021 European Society for Organ Transplantation(ESOT)Hesperis course – online event (Faculty)
2020 European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Brussels, BE Online 12th Preparatory Course for UEMS Transplantation Diploma (Faculty)
2019/2020 Queen’s University Belfast, UK Clinical Skills course; second year Medical Student (Faculty)
2020 Gender Equity in the Medical Profession Book editor. Book used in 92 Universities among which Harvard, Yale, Brooklyn College NY.
2018 European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Brussels, BE 10th Preparatory Course for UEMS Transplantation Diploma, Lisboa, PT (Faculty)
2018 Imperial College, London, UK Vascular Simulation and Careers Day (Faculty)
2017 Carrel Club, British Transplantation Society, UK Carrel Club Education Day (Faculty)
2017 Imperial College London, UK Advanced Medical Communication Skills Course
2017 Imperial College London, UK Training the Trainers Course
2016 Carrel Club, British Transplantation Society, UK Carrel Club Education Day (Faculty)
Part V – Clinical Activity
26/10/2020-21/12/2021 (on leave) Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, IT.In my previous role, I was responsible for providing emergency treatment in terms of first support to patients accessing the hospital.
05/08/2019-01/08/2020 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon I have been responsible for the service provision of dialysis access and kidney transplant to the regional end stage renal disease population
19/10/2015-31/07/2019 Imperial College NHS Trust. During my fellowship, I practiced the day-to-day ward management of transplant recipients, including regular ward round and clinics. I learned to manage all the aspects of perioperative and long-term post renal transplants.
01/08/2014-18/10/2015 Oxford University NHS Trust. Regular duties: Ward rounds of transplant patients and vascular access patients; weekly outpatient clinics and on call at registrar level
31/07/2013-31/07/2014 Oxford University NHS Trust. Regular duties: Ward rounds of HPB surgical patients, coordination of the weekly elective operating list and urgent cases, weekly outpatient clinics seeing both new and follow-up patients, weekly on call at registrar level.
01/04/2010-30/07/2013. Policlinico Tor Vergata.Training as a senior registrar in General Surgery
20/03/2008-31/03/2010 S.Eugenio Hospital/Policlinico Tor Vergata. Training as a first job in Surgical Specialty
Part VI - Society Memberships, Awards and Honours
2021 Recognition for outstanding efforts as Social Media Editor for Transplant International, the official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
2020 BJS Certificate of excellence in reviewing
2019 Make a Difference Award for excellence in clinical care. Imperial College London, UK.
2017 European Society for Organ Transplantation Trusted Partner(ESOT)Congress 2017, Barcelona, Spain
2017 European Society of Organ Transplantation Educational Scholarship: Living Donor Nephrectomy Course attendance. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2017 British Transplant Society Educational Bursary 2017: Travel grant for the National Congress, Glasgow, UK.
2016 British Transplant Society Educational Bursary 2016: Travel grant for the National Congress, Leeds, UK.
2014 Best Presentation Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS) National Conference, Brighton,UK.
2013 European Association of Endoscopic Surgery Travel grant for the National Congress, Brussels, Belgium.
2007 Best graduated medical student Raeli award, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
2001-07 University of Rome Tor Vergata scholarships
Part VII - Funding Information
2017 Learning from the Dutch Living Kidney Donation Program – Principal Investigator European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Study Scholarship € 2000
2018 Real time continuous point of care monitoring of human kidney function. Investigator UK Innovations Funding Service £ 99979
2018 Multicentre, open label randomised trial of superficial wound drain on surgical site infection in high body mass index kidney transplant recipients. Investigator National Institute for Health Research, UK
2018 Combining Static Cold Storage (SCS) with End-HMP with oxygen in kidneys (POMP), part of the international Consortium for Organ Preservation in Europe (COPE).Investigator FP7-HEALTH
Part VIII – Research Activity
Transplantation: responsibility for the machine perfusion clinical program at Imperial College London, UK; Collaborator of the COPE-POMP trial (EU funded);Core member of the Normothermic Regional Perfusion of ESOT experts; member of the ESOT-European Medicines Agency (EMA)interaction.
Thyroid cancer: ongoing activity on poorly differentiated nodules and prognosis.
Education and Training: Lead for the ASGBI Women in Surgery working group and Board member Italian College of Surgeons Committee for Gender Equity; Vanguard Fellow of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
International Meeting Scientific Organization: 12
Invited lectures at meetings: 14
Selected Oral Meeting presentations: 9
Chair at International Meetings: 7
Total Impact Factor: 234.58
Average Impact Factor per Product: 3.846
Total Citations: 654 (sum of the selected citation values of each single indexed paper either from Web of Science or Scopus)
Average Citations per Product: 9.083
Hirsch (H) index: 15
Normalized H index*: 1.000