Eugenio Neri was born in Siena on November 1, 1963. After graduating from the Medical School at the University of Bologna and completing his postdoctoral studies in Cardiac Surgery at the University of Siena, he spent two years in France as a clinical fellow in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Caen University Hospital.
During this period, his interest in thoracic aortic surgery grew, leading him to dedicate his clinical and research practice to aortic pathology, particularly aortic dissection and arch surgery.
In the late 1990s, he published the first clinical series on axillary artery cannulation in acute dissection. Throughout his professional and educational journey, he focused on the challenges of residual dissection in patients who survived initial operations. In this context, he conceived and designed a graft for the replacement of the aortic arch using the Elephant technique, which he named “Siena” in honor of his hometown, where he currently works and teaches.
Married to Carla and father to Achille and Emma, he has also been actively involved in the administrative life of his city, running for mayor and serving as a city councilor. In his spare time, he enjoys sailing and building traditional wooden boats.
