The Ethics Committee (EC) is inspired by the values and founding principles of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where it was established in 1988 and, today with the establishment of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, it wants to be even more an integrative service of the clinical-assistance work to achive excellence in the care of every person who is a guest and user of our facilities.
The EC is an advisory body, whose members, from different areas of expertise and experience, are mainly called upon to assess the ethical conditions of trial protocols and to verify that the safety, integrity and rights of patients participating in the studies are safeguarded.
The aims of the Ethics Committee can be traced back to 3 main directions:
Finally, our Ethics Committee is reconstituted in accordance with Ministerial Decree 08/02/2013 (Official Gazette No. 96, 24/04/2013), which introduced new criteria for the composition and functioning of ethics committees.
Prof. Andrea Bacigalupo
EC President - Hematologist
Prof.ssa Stefania Boccia
Vice President - Biostatistician
Prof. Dario Sacchini
Bioethics expert
Prof. Emilio Bria
Clinical
Prof. Alessandro Caruso
Clinical
Prof.ssa Ketty Peris
Clinical
Prof. Camillo Marra
Clinical
Prof. Sebastiano Filetti
Clinical
Dott. Michele Lepore
Doctor of general medicine
Prof. Riccardo Ricciardi
Pediatrician
Prof. Giacomo Pozzoli
Pharmacologist
Dott.ssa Barbara Meini
Pharmacologist SSR1
Dott. Alessio De Luca
Pharmacologist SSR1
Prof.ssa Nadia Mores
Permanent substitute for the Medical Director
Prof. Giovanni Scambia
Scientific director
Danilo Gallitelli
Expert in legal and insurance matters or Legal Doctor
Prof.ssa Fiorella Guerrieri
Genetics expert
Dott. Francesco Filidoro
Medical device expert pharmacist
Dott. Antonello Cocchieri
Representative of the health professions area
Prof.ssa Giuseppina Loffredi
Representative of the Voluntary Service \ Patient Protection Association
Dott. Don Paolo Bonini
Bioethics expert
Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Mele
Nutrition expert
Prof.ssa Maria Antonietta Gambacorta
Clinical expert in relation to the study of new technical-diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Ing. Lorenzo Leogrande
Qualified professional figure in relation to the surgical medical area under investigation with the medical device
Filippo Elvino Leone
Research Service Manager