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Luigi Viola, MD

Anesthesiologist

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia

Phone: 513-636-4408

Email: luigi.viola@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric regional anesthesia; acute pain management; difficult airway; intensive care medicine; sedation

Biography

Luigi Viola, MD, graduated in 1991 at Catholic University of Rome Medical School. After completing residency in pediatrics, Dr. Viola started as clinical instructor in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. In 2002 he became assistant professor of the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Viola's achievements include the completion of his fellowship in Neonatology and Italian certification of anesthesiologist.

In 2006, Dr. Viola started his Anesthesia Residency Program at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), completed in 2010. He also completed a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2011.

Education and Training

MD: Catholic University of Rome, Medical School, 1991.

Residency: Pediatrics, Catholic University, Rome, 1995; Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University, 2006; Anesthesiology, Shands Hospital at University of Florida, Gainesville, 2010.

Fellowship: Neonatology, Catholic University, Rome, 1998; Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2011.

Publications

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Chiaretti A, Antonelli A, Genovese O, Pezzotti P, Rocco CD, Viola L, Riccardi R. Nerve growth factor and double certain expression correlates with improved outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma. 2008 Jul; 65(1):80-5.

Viola L, Langer A, et al. Serious Pseudomonas Aeruginosa infection in healthy children: case report and review of the literature. Ped Internat. 2006;48:330-33.

Pulitano S, Viola L, et al. Miller-Fisher syndrome mimicking intracranial hypertension following head trauma. Child’s Nerv Syst. 2005; 21:473-76.

Piastra M, Pietrini D, Caresta E, Chiaretti A, Viola L, Cota F, Pusateri A, Polidori G, DiRocco C. Hemispherectomy procedures in children: hematological issues. Child’s Nerv Syst. 2004; 20:453-58.

Chiaretti A, DeBenedictis R, Della Corte F, Piastra M, Viola L, Polidori G, DiRocco C. The impact of initial management on the outcome of children with severe head injury. Child’s Nerv Syst. 2002; 18:54-60.

Piastra M, Curro V, Chiaretti A, Viola L, Tortorolo L, Polidori G. Intracranial hemorrhage at the onset of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in an infant: therapeutic approach and intensive care management. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001; 17(1):42-5.

Chiaretti A, Viola L, et al. Preemptive analgesia with tramadol and fentanyl in pediatric neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst. 2000;16(2):93-9.

Tortorolo L, Chiaretti A, Piastra M, Viola L, Polidori G. Surfactant treatment in a pediatric burn patient with respiratory failure. Ped Emerg Care.1999;15(6):410-11.

Velardi F, DiChirico A, DiRocco C, Fundarò C, Serafina R, Piastra M, Viola L, Pietrini D, Pusateri A, Stoppa F. No Allogeneic Blood Transfusion protocol for the surgical correction of craniosynostoses. I. Rationale; II. Clinical Application. Child’s Nerv Syst. 1998;14:722-39.

Viola L, Chiaretti A, et al. Acute hydrocephalus as a sequence of mumps meningoencephalitis. Pediatric Emergency Care.1998;14(3):212-14.