Dr. Patrizia is a senior consultant intensivist and head of department in Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC). After graduating and specializing in Anesthesia and Intensive Care in Milan (Italy), she worked for fourteen years in the University Hospital of Milan (Italy) and then in the biggest governative Hospital in Milan (Italy) for ten years, with a specific competence in acute respiratory failure, transplants and major post-surgical cases. She was teaching in the Intensive Care Residency Program and Master in Milan University and she was Visiting Professor for six months in 2015 in Kampala (Uganda). She has authored/co-authored 24 scientific papers.