Dr. Staffieri is graduated, in Veterinary Medicine, at the University of Bari, Italy in 2002. In 2005 he discussed his PhD thesis about biotechnology applied to organ transplantation and integrated cellular therapies in oncology. From 2005 to 2009 he completed a residency program in veterinary anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA. Since 2005 he is assistant professor of veterinary anesthesia at the University of Bari, Italy. He is full time dedicated to the clinical and experimental research. His main fields of research are: pain and its treatment in small and large animals, locoregional analgesia, experimental animal models of ALI/ARDS, pulmonary atelectasis and its treatment during anesthesia in small and large animals, non invasive ventilation in small animal patients.