My name is Danilo Buonsenso, I am a paediatrician with expertise in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Lung Ultrasound, Pediatric Emergency Care and Global Health.

I completed my training and medical residency at The School of Pediatrics at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy. I worked in the Pediatric Emergency Department of Bambino Gesù Children Hospital in rome from 2016 to 2018. In 2018 I joined the Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, where I am still working as a paediatrician and leading services in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Ultrasound. In 2021 concluded my PhD in Public Health and Biomolecular Sciences and, in 2022, the Post Graduate Diploma in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Oxford University. I am now doing my Msc in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Oxford University.

I daily practice in the fields of pediatric infectious diseases, lung ultrasound, and pediatric emergency care. Teh main area of clinical and research activities in pediatric infectious diseases is pediatric Tuberculosis; however, during the COVID-19 pandemic, my work included studies around the clinical impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, from acute disease to MIS-C and Long Covid, as well the indirect impact of the pandemic on child well-being, education and mental health. 

However, one of the things that make me prouder is that I am the founder and president of Surf4Children, a non-profit health project that provides people in Sierra Leone with medical support, and helps children in Italy with special needs, cystic fibrosis, and type 1 diabetes. 

Last, but definitely not least, I am husband and father. My wife, Francesca, is an Infectious Disease doctor, and I confess I often refer to her for the most difficult cases ;)

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