Neonatology A Practical Approach to Neonatal Diseases

Giuseppe Buonocore is Full Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Siena, Italy, and Director of the Unit of Neonatal Pediatrics at the Univerisity Hospital in the same city. As a visiting scholar and professor he’s been teaching in many different universities in Europe and the US (Pennsylvania Medical School, Florida College of Medicine, University of Oulu, Drexel University in Philadelphia, among the others). He is Secretary of the Working Group on Neonatal Hematology within the Italian Society of Neonatology and President of the international foundation Europe Against Infant Brain Injury (EURAIBI). He has published more than 500 articles, including reviews and chapters in textbooks on Neonatology. His research interests are in the mechanisms of cell damage in the neonatal brain, with special reference to hypoxia, the role of oxidant radicals in neonatal diseases and in babies with birth asphyxia.

Rodolfo Bracci, is Professor of Neonatology and was Head of the Neonatology Unit at the University Hospital of Siena from 1988 to 2001. In addition to the numerous lessons he was invited to hold in various cities throughout his long career (Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berkeley, Budapest, Charlottesville, Luzern, Moscow, Montreal, Oslo, Orlando, Stockholm, Washington, and others), he taught as visiting professor at the Brown University in Providence, at the Toronto University and at the Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is author of more than 500 publications (journal articles, books, chapters, abstracts).

Michael Weindling is Professor of Perinatal Medicine and consultant neonatologist at the University of

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. He is Head of the School of Paediatrics at Mersey Deanery, and he is also credited with the training of many leading neonatologists and neonatal nurses throughout the NHS. Professor Weindling helped to set up the Neonatal Unit at the former Liverpool Maternity Hospital in Oxford Street in the 1980s. He had previously worked as a research fellow in neonatal medicine at Oxford after early training in London. He was appointed Consultant in Neonatal Medicine at Oxford Street hospital and Fazakerley Hospital in 1985 and senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool. He became a Professor in 1998. He is Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and Head of the Postgraduate School of Paediatrics. He is also Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee in the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR). His main research interests focus on neonatology, tissue oxygenation, and prevention and treatment of acquired brain damage.