Brain-lung crosstalk

Denise Battaglini: Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy

Denise Battaglini is Consultant in Intensive Care at San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Genoa, Italy. Dr Battaglini is attending a PhD in Translational Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain. She attended two research fellowhips in pneumonia and respiratory physiotherapy at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and in neurological and pulmonary critical care at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is involved in several research projects regarding critical care management of patients with pulmonary and neurological diseases, neurological complications of COVID-19 ARDS, ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory physiotherapy, and lung-and-gut microbiota in neurocritically ill patients.

Chiara Robba: Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy

Chiara Robba is a Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care at Policlinico San Martino, Genova. She worked for many years at Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge and she got a PhD in Neuroscience under the supervision of Prof Marek Czosnyka. She is currently Chair-Elect of the Neuro Intensive Care section of the ESICM. Her research interests are mainly on Neuromonitoring, autoregulation and mechanical ventilation.
 

James A. Town: Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Dr Town is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington.  He works in the Intensive Care Units at Harborview Medical Center where he is also the Director of the Medical ICU.  His clinical and academic interests are in quality improvement, post-cardiac arrest care, bedside ultrasound and medical education.