Marco Falcone

Dr Marco Falcone is assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at University of Pisa (Italy). He is also a consultant Infectious Diseases physician at Pisa University Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Roma “Sapienza”. His research focuses on the clinical and molecular epidemiology of infections with multi-drug resistant (MDR) organisms, with the intent of translation of knowledge into optimal prevention and treatment of these infections. He has participated as principal investigator in national and international clinical studies on anti-infective agents, and has published several studies on endocarditis, bacteremia, pneumonia, and other infectious syndromes caused by MDR microrganisms. Invited speaker in several national and international conferences and congresses. To date he published more than 130 indexed articles, with an overall impact factor of more than 700 points. Co-recipient in 2014 of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Emanuel Wolinsky Award for the better article published on 2013 in Clinical Infectious Diseases (Clin Infect Dis 2013;56:1261-8.). The same paper has been considered as the most influencing paper of 2013 from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. Co-author of the guidelines endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) on the management of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria in hospitalized patients. He is member of the board of the Italian Society of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (SIMIT) and of the ESCMID Study Group for the Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE).