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 Marcello
Bracale was born in Naples, Italy in 1939. He received
his degree in Electronical Engineering from the University
of Naples in 1965 and his post-graduate specialisation in
Biomedical Technologies from the University of Bologna.
Academic Activities:
Since 1976 he was full professor in Applied Electronics
and from 1980 up to the present, he has been full professor
in Biomedical Engineering, directing the BME Unit at the
Electronic Engineering Dept. of the Univ. "Federico
II" of Naples. At present he is also professor in "Automation
and Organization of Health Care System". He also teaches
Biomedical courses in the Post-graduate Schools of the Faculties
of Medicine and Surgery at the Universities of Naples. He
directs in Naples the "Research Unit in Medical and
Rehabilitation Engineering" of Italian National Research
Council. He was nominated Professor Honoris Causa at the
Technical University of Cluj Napoca (Romania) Faculty of
Electronic Engineering.
Extra-Academic Activities:
He is the General Secretary of the "Associazione Italiana
di Ingegneria Medica e Biologica" (AIIMB)
Italian Member Society affiliated to I.F.M.B.E.
(International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering),
where from 1986 to 1991 he acted as Chairman of the Developing
Countries Committee and the National Secretaries Committee.
He is a board member of the "Division for Health Care
Technology Assessment".
He acted as an expert Councilor in Clinical Engineering
for Developing Countries on behalf of WHO, of Italian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and of "Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche" CNR. In 1985 and 1986 he had spent a period
in Ethiopia, Yemen and Kenya to organise and direct an International
and Technical course on the management and maintenance of
medical equipment sponsored by WHO, IFMBE, DANIDA. In 1988
he was appointed director of an Italian project supported
by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organise Clinical
Engineering Centers in Ethiopia.
He participated as expert member in the Commission of the
European Committee DGXIII for the implementation of the
4th Framework Programme (1994-1998) of Advance Informatics
in Medicine.
He took part in the IMPROVE and TREAD projects of the Commission
of the European Committee DGXII. He participated as rapporteur
for AUDIT of AIM'93 Project. He was the organizer and General
Secretary of MEDICON'92 and Health Telematics '95 Conferences
In Ischia (Napoli - Italy), financially supported by EC
DGXIII. He was an evaluator of the Programme "Innovative
Actions of Regional and Local Development (Article 10 of
the ERDF Regulation) of DGXVI, May 1996. He has been appointed
rapporteur of the Evaluating Group of the projects on Health
Telenmatics 1994-1998, Brussell, October 1996. He was the
co-ordinator of the EC Concerted Action TELEPLANS - Telemedicine
for citizens (DGXIII).
He was nominated by the local Regional Minister as expert
in the Regional Commission of Health Emergency. He has been
appointed by Italian Ministry of Health responsible of sub-project
4 "Telemedicine for the Emergency" within the
G7 global project on health care (1997). He is the leader
of the telemedicine Island Project with the Local Health
Unit Napoli 2. Since March 2000 he is responsible and co-ordinator
of Clinical Engineering activities at Local Health Unit
Napoli 2 (Electrical safety of medical devices and Evaluation
plan of risks). He is nominated for the year 2002 Representative
of the IFMBE in consultative status with the UN Economic
and Social Council at the United Nation (Vienna).
Professional Activities:
He was Vice-President of the "Societa' Generale di
Informatica" (SO.GE.I.). From 1990 to 1993 he was Regional
President of the "Associazione Italiana Ospedalita'
Privata" (AIOP) in Naples. He is a professional consultant
of "Clinica Villalba", a private hospital; and
of "Technical Data Control", a software house
for Informatics Health Care Systems in Naples. He is scientific
consultant of FINSIEL for the European Committee and for
International and National activities in Telematics Health
Care System. He is a member of the International and Italian
Electrotechnical Commission-Technical Committee n.62: Electrical
Equipment in Medical Practice, Sub-Committee 62D: Electromedical
Equipment. He was appointed member of administration council
of the CNETO (Centro Nazionale per l'Edilizia e la Tecnica
Ospedaliera).
Scientific Activities:
His main fields of scientific and professional interest
are: electronical and biological instrumentation; biosignal
and data analysis; health care system and management; health
telematics and telemedicine. At present he is author and
co-author of 350 publications.
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