Dr. Dante Picarelli holds a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Uruguay, got the title as a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon. He got the fellowship at the University Renée Decartes Paris V, France. Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades. He was Head of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Unit at the American Hospital in Uruguay. He is in charge of the Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit at Instituto Cardiovascular Integral of Uruguay. He is member of the Governing Council of the World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and International member of the Society of Thoracic Surgery. He has published several articles on his research field in the most prestigious Journals of Congenital and Cardiac Surgery. He usually attends European and American Congress of his field.

Neonatal Cardiac Surgery. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Single Ventricle physiology. Medical Education, Clinical trials.