About

Tommaso Scquizzato is a doctor, researcher and innovator in the fields of cardiac arrest, resuscitation, and emergency and critical care medicine. He works in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy, where he leads the cardiac arrest research and innovation activities.

Dr. Scquizzato’s clinical and research work focuses on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, improvement of the chain of survival for cardiac arrest, refractory cardiac arrest, and extracorporeal life support. He has authored several scientific publications and book chapters, and he has been invited to present at national and international conferences.

Currently, Dr. Scquizzato leads various multidisciplinary research and innovation projects with clinicians, researchers, and engineers to develop and study innovative treatments and strategies throughout the entire continuum of care for cardiac arrest. These projects focus on preventing cardiac arrest, early recognition, reducing time to CPR and defibrillation, and providing patient-tailored advanced resuscitation through cutting-edge clinical and translational studies, as well as the development of novel artificial intelligence algorithms, apps, and devices.

Dr. Scquizzato is an active member of several international panels and steering committees responsible for developing guidelines and consensus documents for cardiac arrest treatment. He currently serves on the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). He also served on the 2025 Guidelines Working Groups for BLS, ALS, and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). He authored the 2025 ERC guidelines on BLS and ALS.

He is an editorial board member and social media editor for Resuscitation and Resuscitation Plus, and a reviewer for numerous high-impact international journals in the field of resuscitation and critical care medicine.

Dr. Scquizzato has a deep interest in technology and innovation, having learned to code at age 12. Since then, he has developed several apps, software, and websites, and he continues to integrate and teach these skills in his research. In 2014, he was honored with the title of Alfiere della Repubblica Italiana (Standard Bearer of the Italian Republic) by the President of the Italian Republic for developing a smartphone application to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cases of cardiac arrest.

His work and dedication to cardiac arrest patients have been frequently covered in the media, and he has been invited to various TV programs. Dr. Scquizzato actively engages in scientific and public awareness communication through his social media accounts on X (@tscquizzato), Facebook, Instagram (@tscquizzato), and LinkedIn.

He is married to an intensive care nurse and has a son, and in his free time, he enjoys experimenting with new high-tech gadgets and spending time in the tranquility of the mountains with their dog.

Clinical and research interests

  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)
  • Post-resuscitation care and long-term outcomes after cardiac arrest
  • New technologies in cardiac arrest
  • Pre-hospital emergency medicine
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesia and intensive care

Selected publications

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  • Scquizzato T, Grunau B, Fernando S, Chia YW, Leong C, D’Arrigo S, Møller JE, Brunner S, Henriques JP, Scandroglio AM, Berg K, Drennan IR, Skrifvars MB; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Advanced Life Support Task Force. Temporary mechanical circulatory support after return of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2025 Nov 11:110893. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110893. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41232590
  • Soar J, Böttiger BW, Carli P, Jiménez FC, Cimpoesu D, Cole G, Couper K, D’Arrigo S, Deakin CD, Ek JE, Holmberg MJ, Magliocca A, Nikolaou N, Paal P, Pocock H, Sandroni C, Scquizzato T, Skrifvars MB, Verginella F, Yeung J, Nolan JP. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Adult Advanced Life Support.Resuscitation. 2025 Oct;215 Suppl 1:110769. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110769. PMID: 41117572.
  • Monaco F, Lei C, Bonizzoni MA, Efremov S, Morselli F, Guarracino F, Giardina G, Arangino C, Pontillo D, Vitiello M, Belletti A, Ajello V, Licheri M, Nigro Neto C, Barucco G, Bukamal NA, Faustini C, Mantovani LF, Oriani A, Santonocito C, Mucchetti M, Federici F, Gerli C, Porta S, Scandroglio AM, Zhang H, Pieri M, Osinsky R, Lazzari S, Leonova E, Calabrò MG, Amitrano D, Turi S, Prati P, Fresilli S, D’Amico F, D’Andria Ursoleo J, Labanca R, Marmiere M, Pruna A, Scquizzato T, Kırali K, Monti G, Carmona MJC, Tanaka K, Likhvantsev V, Ti LK, Bove T, Paternoster G, Singh K, Gürcü ME, Lomivorotov V, Landoni G, Bellomo R, Zangrillo A; ANH Study Group. A Randomized Trial of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Cardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jun 12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2504948. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40503713.
  • Sandroni C, Scquizzato T, Cacciola S, Bonizzoni MA, West S, D’Arrigo S, Soar J; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation ILCOR Advanced Life Support Task Force. Does cardiopulmonary resuscitation before donor death affect solid organ transplant function? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2025 May 21:110654. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110654. PMID: 40409674.
  • Bonizzoni MA, Scquizzato T, Pieri M, Delrio S, Nardelli P, Ortalda A, Dell’Acqua A, Scandroglio AM; ECPR-CARE Collaborators. Organ donation after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a metropolitan cardiac arrest centre in Milan, Italy. Resuscitation. 2024 Apr 10:110214. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110214.
  • Drennan IR, Berg KM, Böttiger BW, Woon Chia Y, Couper K, Crowley C, D’Arrigo S, Deakin CD, Fernando SM, Garg R, Granfeldt A, Grunau B, Hirsch KG, Holmberg MJ, Kudenchuk PJ, Lavonas EJ, Kah-Lai Leong C, Vlok N, Morley PT, Moskowitz A, Neumar RW, Nicholson TC, Nikolaou NI, Nolan JP, O’Neil BJ, Ohshimo S, Parr M, Pocock H, Sandroni C, Scquizzato T, Soar J, Welsford M, Zelop CM, Skrifvars MB; Advanced Life Support Task Force Collaborators. Advanced Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulation. 2025 Oct 21;152(16_suppl_1):S72-S115. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001360. Epub 2025 Oct 22. PMID: 41122842.
  • Scquizzato T, Calabrò MG, Franco A, Fominskiy E, Pieri M, Nardelli P, Delrio S, Altizio S, Ortalda A, Melisurgo G, Ajello S, Landoni G, Zangrillo A, Scandroglio AM; ECPR-CARE Collaborators. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: 10-year experience in a metropolitan cardiac arrest centre in Milan, Italy. Resusc Plus. 2023 Dec 11;17:100521. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100521. PMID: 38130976; PMCID: PMC10733689.
  • Scquizzato T, Sofia R, Gazzato A, Sudano A, Altizio S, Biondi-Zoccai G, Ajello S, Mara Scandroglio A, Landoni G, Zangrillo A. Coronary angiography findings in resuscitated and refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2023 Jun 9:109869. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109869. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37302683.
  • Scquizzato T, Bonaccorso A, Swol J, Gamberini L, Scandroglio AM, Landoni G, Zangrillo A. Refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A meta-analysis of randomized trials. Artif Organs. 2023 Mar 16. doi: 10.1111/aor.14516.
  • Schroeder DC, Semeraro F, Greif R, Bray J, Morley P, Parr M, Kondo Nakagawa N, Iwami T, Finke SR, Malta Hansen C, Lockey A, Del Rios M, Bhanji F, Sasson C, Schexnayder SM, Scquizzato T, Wetsch WA, Böttiger BW; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. KIDS SAVE LIVES: Basic Life Support Education for Schoolchildren: A Narrative Review and Scientific Statement From the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Circulation. 2023 May 17. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001128. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37194575.
  • Forti A, van Veelen MJ, Scquizzato T, Dal Cappello T, Palma M, Strapazzon G. Mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation in microgravity and hypergravity conditions: A manikin study during parabolic flight. Am J Emerg Med. 2021
  • Scquizzato T, Landoni G, Paoli A, Lembo R, Fominskiy E, Kuzovlev A, Likhvantsev V, Zangrillo A. Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: A systematic review. Resuscitation. 2020 Dec;157:241-247. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.10.020.

Other activities

  • Invited to speak at 33 national and international conferences
  • 42 abstracts accepted and presented at national and international conferences
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Resuscitation and Resuscitation Plus journals and reviewer for 10+ journals
  • Member of European Resuscitation Council (ERC), European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM), Italian Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists (ITACTA), Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC), and Italian Red Cross (CRI)

Research portals

ORCID: 0000-0002-1394-8402
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAN-5554-2020
Scopus ID: 57205742216

Media Coverage ↗

Tommaso Scquizzato appeared in more than 20 news articles for their work in the fields of cardiac arrest and resuscitation

Awards

40 Under 40 for Cardiac Arrest
UniSR Talents ↗
Title of “Alfiere della Repubblica Italiana”
5 Awards at Conferences