Cinzia Auriti, MD, PhD
Rome, Italy
Dr. Cinzia Auriti is a neonatologist at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome. She graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome (1979), where she also earned her specialization degree in Pediatrics (1983), a specialization in Neonatology (1995) and a second Level Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (2004). She has also attained degrees in Neonatology (1985) and Pediatric Pneumology (2001) from the Sapienza University of Rome. She began her professional career as Medical Doctor Manager at the Italian Ministry of Health, in the Technical Secretariat of general manager Prof. Carlo Vetere, with duties of coordination, evaluation of research projects, organization of Conferences, participation in national working groups and technical commissions for legislation(1982-1987). She then chose a hospital career as a clinician, and began as a researcher (1987-1990), then as assistant pediatrician in the Neonatal Unit at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, from 1990 to July 1994, then senior medical doctor (1st Level, A-Band manager) in the Neonatal Intensive and Sub Intensive Care Units and Newborn Transportation Service. Since 2007 she has been the head of the section for prevention and treatment of neonatal infections in the Department of Medical and Surgical Neonatology of the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome. In addition, she has been teacher of Good Health Practices, Neonatal Medical and Nursery Care and Home Assistance at the School for Professional Nurses of the S. Spirito Hospital in Rome (from 1982 to 1997) and secretary and responsible of the operative coordination for the Committee for the Prevention of the Hospital Infections at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (from 1999 to 2005). Currently she is a member of this Committee and responsible for active surveillance of catheter related bloodstream infections in intensive and sub intensive care units. Her main research interests are: neonatal infections, surveillance, prevention and treatment, neonatal immunology, and haematological diseases in neonates. She has published more than 50 articles in Italian and International journals, 25 of which are indexed on Pubmed. All of them come from research projects funded by the Bambino Gesù Hospital and the Italian Ministry of Health (from 1995 to 2011). She is a regular reviewer for a number of International Journals, including Pediatrics, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics Today, and the Journal of Infection.