Alessandro Castiglioni

Alessandro Castiglioni is an Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. He specializes in structural heart disease surgery, particularly mitral valve repair and transcatheter aortic valve interventions (TAVI). His roles include leadership in the Aortic Team Project and TAVI Project, and he serves as Secretary and Associate Professor in the University's Cardiac Surgery School of Specialization.

• Affiliations: IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital (Cardiac Surgery Unit Head), Humanitas Mater Domini (Consultant Cardiac Surgeon), and Guido Salvinii Public Hospital (Consultant).
• Education: MD from University of Milan (1993), Specializations in Thoracic Surgery (1998) and Cardiac Surgery (2007), National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor (2017).

Research focuses on valve disease management, surgical innovation (e.g., ReverseTWO cardioplegia system), and multidisciplinary aortic aneurysm care. He actively reviews for the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and participates in major professional associations.

Teaching includes courses on hybrid myocardial revascularization, cardiac surgery in elderly patients, and ischemic cardiopathy techniques at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.