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The association's board and founding members, its honorary presidency, and the committees of the V International Conference DONARTE 2026.

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Board and founding members

11 members

The association's governing body, and the eleven members who founded it in Messina on 21 May 2024. Seven of the founders hold an office on the board.

The Italian founding members around the table of the notary's office, on the day the association was constituted
The Italian founding members at the constitution of the association, before the notary Rosa Torre.
Anna Teresa Mazzeo

Founding member · President

Prof. Anna Teresa Mazzeo

Director, Anesthesia Unit, AOU Policlinico Gaetano Martino · Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Messina

Messina, Italy

annateresamazzeo@unime.it
Deepak Gupta

Founding member · Vice-President

Prof. Deepak Gupta

Professor of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Associated JPN Apex Trauma Centre

New Delhi, India

Founding member · Secretary

Dr Enza La Monaca

Founding member · Board member

Dr Francesco Puliatti

Founding member · Treasurer

Dr Giuliana Mazzeo

Messina, Italy

Founding member · Board member

Dr Olivia Rosaria Rita Penna

Founding member

Dr Salvatore Micalizzi

Messina, Italy

Founding member

Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea

Ghana

Founding member

Prof. Takashi Araki

Japan

Thomas Alan Nakagawa

Founding member · Board member

Prof. Thomas Alan Nakagawa

Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, retired · Associate Medical Director, Honorbridge, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Vincenzo Francesco Tripodi

Founding member

Dr Vincenzo Francesco Tripodi

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Messina · Anesthesia Unit, AOU Policlinico Gaetano Martino

Messina, Italy

vincenzofrancesco.tripodi@unime.it

Honorary presidency

2 members

The parents of Nicholas Green, after whom the congress is named.

Reginald Green

Honorary President

Reginald Green

Nicholas Green Foundation

United States

Maggie Green

Honorary President

Maggie Green

Nicholas Green Foundation

United States

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Scientific committee

Chairs the V International Conference, shapes its programme and reviews the abstracts.

  • Anna Teresa Mazzeo
  • Deepak Gupta
  • Vincenzo Francesco Tripodi
  • Gaetano Burgio
  • Roberto Cacciola
  • Amit Sharma
  • Iolanda Russo Menna
  • Azhar Rafiq
  • Thomas Alan Nakagawa
  • Takashi Araki
  • Samuel Kaba Akoriyea
  • Francesco Puliatti
  • Enza La Monaca
  • Giuliana Mazzeo
  • Olivia Rosaria Rita Penna

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Transplant Games committee

Organizes the Transplant Games and the UNIME Games on Sunday 4 October.

  • Alessandra Bitto
  • Giovanni Ficarra
  • Salvatore Micalizzi
  • Roberto Galletta
  • Abdul Raouf Mastan
  • Nadia Stagni
  • M.C. Domenica Randazzo

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Premio DONARTE jury

Judges the entries to the Premio DONARTE 2026.

Figurative arts

  • Giuseppe Giordano
  • Caterina Di Giacomo
  • Richard B. Woodward
  • Simone Caliò
  • Flavia Vizzari
  • Risalua Campanella
  • Silvana Currò

Literary arts

  • Maria Florinda Minniti
  • Maria Francesca Tommasini

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Public awareness evening

  • Rachele Gerace
  • Lieutenant Fedele De Caro
  • Band of the Aosta Mechanized Brigade
  • Nadey Hakim
  • Agostino Mallamace
  • Liliana Nigro
  • Spirito Santo “Annibale Maria di Francia” school
  • Sylvia Mazzeo
  • Sophia Sorrenti
  • Carlo Briguglio
  • Gianluca Di Bella
  • Abdul Raouf Mastan
  • Anna Teresa Mazzeo

Testimonials

  • Michele Rizzardini
  • Family of Maestro Arena
  • Agostino Mallamace
  • Gaetano Mammana

Page last checked 5 September 2026