Marco Ripa

Marco Ripa is a Fixed-Term Researcher in Medicine (MED/17) at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. He is affiliated with the Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at San Raffaele Hospital. His research focuses on infectious diseases, particularly infective endocarditis, bloodstream infections, nosocomial infections, sepsis, and antibiotic treatment strategies. He holds an MD from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (2012) and completed specialist training in Infectious Diseases (2018).

Research interests include diagnostic tools for infective endocarditis (e.g., cerebral thrombus analysis), antimicrobial therapy optimization, and management of device-related infections. He has contributed to studies on antibiotic stewardship, fungal infections in hematologic malignancies, and emerging trends in gonorrhea resistance.

His work emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches, such as CT imaging for endocarditis assessment and collaborative analyses of antibiotic efficacy. He has authored over 80 publications, with recent works addressing critical topics like Stenotrophomonas maltophilia management and cefiderocol utilization.

He is actively involved in teaching infectious diseases courses for medical students (Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery) and has held academic roles since 2019. His ORCID ID is 0000-0002-6380-0377.