Boaz Samolsky Dekel
Castel San Pietro Terme
Summary
Passionate Associate Professor with over 25 years of experience administering education and classroom procedures both autonomously and in collaboration with department faculty and leaders. Building foundations for next generation of academics and workforce pioneers. Assists department faculty in delivery of lectures and general classroom administration. Guiding young minds in growth for excellence in chosen field. Innovative Assistant Professor bringing proven success in implementing technology-based curriculum delivery and assessment tools. Passionate about fostering academic development and success for every student. Committed and engaging [Job Title] bringing exceptional lecturing skills and expertise in [Area of study]. Gifted in engagement and guidance of students with [Number] years in postsecondary education. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level [Job Title] position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the Bologna's University
08.2005 - Current
- Responsible for curricula courses (over 200 in the past 20 years) and tutorship at Bologna's University Medical, Nursing, Master, and Postgraduate schools, with topics of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine.
- Guiding tutor for over 60 graduate and postgraduate final dissertations.
- Director of the "Intensive Care Nursing" Master course at Bologna's University Medical School.
- President of the Graduation and State Examination Commission at Bologna’s University nursing school.
- Member of the Joint Commission of Bologna’s University Medical School (carrying out continuous monitoring of the educational offer, the quality of teaching as well as the service activity to students by professors and researchers).
he also:
- Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies.
- Advised student groups, assisting learners in educational programs both on and off campus.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Graded assignments and examinations, recording grades in grade book and reporting to primary course instructor on average performance and students requiring special attention.
- Enhanced effectiveness of curriculum and lectures using computer-assisted instruction programs and audio-visual equipment.
- Helped students to develop and demonstrate broad, integrative and specialized knowledge, essential habits of mind, communicative fluency and effective problem-solving skills.
- Mentored students and advised on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options.
- Sustained professional contact with colleagues and engaged in continuing professional activities to upgrade and augment existing skills or develop new ones.
- Served students, clients and programs through participation in assessment processes, academic support units and university committees and task forces.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Kept abreast of advances in pedagogy and work to continuously improve teaching methods and introduce new approaches to instruction.
- Managed interpersonal conflict situations requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion, supporting culture of diversity, equity and inclusion with students, employees, alumni and other stakeholders.
- Proctored mid-term and final examinations, assisting students with assignment comprehension and monitoring for indications of cheating.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with students.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Created dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction.
- Supported multidisciplinary research teams focused on scholarly publication.
- Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions, and projects into lessons.
- Graded tests and assignments and uploaded to school database.
- Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
- Identified research opportunities for students, assisting with gathering data and drawing conclusions for projects.
- Developed diversified course curriculum to meet regulatory standards and support learning objectives.
- Worked with dean to assess and evaluate courses and programs in appropriate discipline.
- Conducted on-going program assessment, enrollment and retention tracking.
- Maintained regular office hours to provide struggling students with additional course help.
- Instructed and evaluated students in classroom in alignment with college mission by incorporating innovative teaching and learning strategies.
Education
Master of Arts - Management of Health Services, Direction Functions
Superior School of Health of Bologna's University
Bologna, Italy 2012
No Degree - Pain Medicine
Dep. of Surgery And AnesthesiologyBologna's Univ.
Bologna, Italy2004
No Degree - Acute/Chronic Pain Study And Management
'Infermi Hospital', Rimini
Rimini, Italy2003
Specialist in Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Med - Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Medicine
Post Graduate School of Anesthesia
Bologna, Italy11.2002
No Degree - Chronic/acute Pain Management
Brigham And Women's Hosp., Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA2002
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
University of L'Aquila
L'Aquila, Italy2000
M.D. - Medicine
Bologna's University Medical School
Bologna, Italy08.1995
Skills
Academic activity
- Responsible for curricula courses (over 200 in the past 20 years) and tutorship at Bologna's University Medical, Nursing, Master, and Postgraduate schools, with topics of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine
- Guiding tutor for over 60 graduate and postgraduate final dissertations
- Director of the "Intensive Care Nursing" Master course at Bologna's University Medical School
- President of the Graduation and State Examination Commission at Bologna’s University nursing school
- Member of the Joint Commission of Bologna’s University Medical School (carrying out continuous monitoring of the educational offer, the quality of teaching as well as the service activity to students by professors and researchers)
other skills:
- Discussion Facilitation
- Course Lecturing
- Exceptional Oral Communication Skills
- Curriculum Development
- Program Planning and Development
- Classroom Management
- Lesson Planning
- Online Databases
- Student Recruitment
- Academic Advisement
- Google Drive
- Clinical Pathology
- Remote Instruction
- Creative Questioning
- Academic Administration
- Course Development
- Academic Publications
- Online Class Discussion
- Attention to Detail
- Common Core Learning Standards
- Social Justice Advocacy
- Class Organization
- In-Class Lectures
- Faculty Communication
- Instructional Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Staff Development
- Interactive Media
- Epidemiology Surveillance
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Community Outreach
- Positive Learning Environment
- Conflict Resolution
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Civil Law
- Student Performance Evaluation
- Empirical Research
- Networking
- Lectures and Discussions
- Online Systems
- Activity Organization
- Research Writing
- Creative Instruction
- Digital Archiving
- Progress Reporting
- Departmental Activities
- Research and Analysis
- Interpersonal Relations
- Organization and Prioritization
- Positive Reinforcement Strategies
- Technology Integration
- Grad Student Research Support
Additional Information
Selected articles :
1. F. Giacomini, L. Querci and B G Samolsky Dekel. Mixed Reality versus Mass or Self-directed Training for Adolescents’ Basic Life Support Instruction: A Prospective, Randomized Pilot Study. The Open Anesthesia Journal, 2023; 17: e258964582307180. ePub: August, 2023.
2. Samolsky Dekel BG, Sorella MC, Vasarri A, Melotti RM. The Occipital Nerves Applied Strain Test to Support Occipital Neuralgia Diagnosis. Pain Ther. 2023 Oct;12(5):1135-1148. doi: 10.1007/s40122-023-00532-y. Epub 2023 Jun 13.
3. Imbriaco G, Capitano M, Rocchi M, Suhan A, Tacci A, Monesi A, Sebastiani S, Samolsky Dekel BG.Relationship between noise levels and intensive care patients' clinical complexity: An observational simulation study. Nurs Crit Care. 2023 Jun 2. doi: 10.1111/nicc.12934. Online ahead of print.
4. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Gori, A., Gunnellini, M. et al. The Italian Questionnaire for Cancer Breakthrough Pain Diagnosis, a Multicenter Validation Study. Pain Ther 10, 1171–1188 (2021).
5. G. Imbriaco. R, Rondelli, F, Maroni, S. Mazzolani, S. Sasso, S. Sebastiani, B.G. Samolsky Dekel. Nurse-administered analgesic treatment in italian emergency medical services: A nationwide survey. Journal of Pain Research 14, 1827-1835 (2021).
6. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Sorella, M.C., Vasarri, A., Melotti, R.M. Evidence for the BUAS-test ability to diagnose lumbar radicular pain. British Journal of Pain, First Published April 12, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637211005794
7. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Sorella, M.C., Vasarri, A., Melotti, R.M. Reply to the Letter “Regarding Samolsky Dekel et al. Reliability of the Buttock Applied Strain Test to Diagnose Radicular Pain in Patients with Low Back Pain” Pain Practice, 2020, 20(8), pp. 951–952
8. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Sorella, M.C., Vasarri, A., Melotti, R.M. Reliability of the Buttock Applied Strain Test to Diagnose Radicular Pain in Patients With Low Back Pain. Pain Practice, 2020, 20(8), pp. 829–837
9. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Sorella, M.C., Vasarri, A., Gori, A., Melotti, R.M. Opioid-induced constipation in mixed chronic pain patients: Prevalence and predictors analysis. Journal of Opioid Management, 2019, 15(5), pp. 375–387
10. Protti, M., Catapano, M.C., Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Mandrioli, R., Mercolini, L. Determination of oxycodone and its major metabolites in haematic and urinary matrices: Comparison of traditional and miniaturised sampling approaches. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2018, 152, pp. 204–214
11. Tovoli F, De Lorenzo S, Samolsky Dekel BG, Piscaglia F, Benevento F, Brandi G, Bolondi L. Oral oxycodone/naloxone for pain control in cirrhosis: Observational study in patients with symptomatic metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver Int. 2018 Feb;38(2):278-284.
12. Mercadante, et al. Erratum to: Breakthrough pain and its treatment: critical review and recommendations of IOPS (Support Care Cancer (2016) 24, (961–968), 10.1007/s00520-015-2951-y) Supportive Care in Cancer, 2017, 25(8), pp. 2673–2674
13. Samolsky Dekel BG, Donati G, Vasarri A, Croci Chiocchini AL, Gori A, Cavallari G, Di Nino G, Mercolini L, Protti M, Mandrioli R, Melotti RM, La Manna G. Dialyzability of Oxycodone and Its Metabolites in Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Pain Pract. 2017 Jun;17(5):604-615.
14. Samolsky Dekel BG, Palma M, Sorella MC, Gori A, Vasarri A, Melotti RM. Development and performance of a diagnostic/prognostic scoring system for breakthrough pain. J Pain Res. 2017 May 31; 10:1327-1335.
15. Mercadante, S., Marchetti, P., Cuomo, et al. Breakthrough Cancer Pain: Preliminary Data of The Italian Oncologic Pain Multisetting Multicentric Survey (IOPS-MS) Advances in Therapy, 2017, 34(1), pp. 120–135
16. Samolsky Dekel BG, Remondini F, Gori A, Vasarri A, Di Nino G, Melotti RM. Development, validation and psychometric properties of a diagnostic/prognostic tool for breakthrough pain in mixed chronic-pain patients. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Feb; 141:23-9.
17. Samolsky Dekel BG, Gori A, Vasarri A, Sorella C, Di Nino G, Melotti RM. Medical Evidence Influence on Inpatients and Nurses Pain Ratings Agreement. Pain Res Manag. 2016; 2016:9267536. doi: 10.1155/2016/9267536.
18. Samolsky Dekel BG, Ghedini S, Gori A, Vasarri A, Di Nino G, Melotti RM. Lasting Prolonged-Release Tapentadol for Moderate/Severe Non-Cancer Musculoskeletal Chronic Pain. Pain Ther. 2015 Jun;4(1):107-17.
19. Samolsky Dekel BG, Gori A, Vasarri A, Adversi M, Di Nino G, Melotti RM. Psychometric properties and validation of the Italian version of the Mainz pain staging system as a tool for pain-patients referral selection. J Eval Clin Pract. 2014 Oct;20(5):622-30.
20. Melilli G, Samolsky Dekel BG, Frenquelli C, Mellone R, Pannuti F. Transdermal opioids for cancer pain control in patients with renal impairment. J Opioid Manag. 2014 Mar-Apr;10(2):85-93.
21. Samolsky Dekel BG, Tomasi M, Vasarri A, Gori A, Adversi M, Castagnoli A, Di Nino G, Melotti RM. Opioid titration with sustained-release oxycodone and immediate-release morphine for moderate/severe cancer pain: a pilot assessment of the CoDem protocol. J Opioid Manag. 2014 Jan-Feb;10(1):29-38.
22. B.G. Samolsky Dekel, G.F. Di Nino, R.M. Melotti. Staging patients with chronic Low Back Pain: a first step in stratified pain treatment. Medicina e Chirurgia Ortopedica 2013;4:76-82
23. Samolsky Dekel BG, Melotti RM, Gargiulo M, Freyrie A, Stella A, Di Nino G. Pain management in peripheral arterial obstructive disease: oral slow-release oxycodone versus epidural l-bupivacaine. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg.2010 Jun;39(6):774-8.
24. Di Nino, G., Adversi, M., Samolsky-Dekel BG., Rosa, G., Melotti, R.M. Peri-operative risk management in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010, 22
25. W. Raffaeli, BG. Samolsky Dekel, RM. Melotti, D. Righetti, A. Caminiti, M. Balestri, D. Sarti, G. Fanelli. Long-term intrathecal morphine influence on major compounds of the endocrine system in elderly population. Eur J Pain Supplements 6-OCT-2009
26. Melotti RM, Samolsky Dekel BG, Carosi F, Ricchi E, Chiari P, D'Andrea R, Di Nino G. Categories of congruence between inpatient self-reported pain and nurses evaluation. Eur J Pain. 2009 Oct;13(9):992-1000.
27. Samolsky Dekel, B.G., Melotti, R.M., Carosi, F., D'Andrea, R., Di Nino, G.
Major Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Pain Control: Are Protocols Enough?
Transplantation Proceedings, 2008, 40(4), pp. 1218–1220
28. Raffaeli W, Samolsky Dekel BG, Landuzzi D, Caminiti A, Righetti D, Balestri M, Montanari F, Romualdi P, Candeletti S. Nociceptin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of chronic pain patients with or without intrathecal administration of morphine. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Oct;32(4):372-7.
29. Melotti RM, Samolsky-Dekel BG, Ricchi E, Chiari P, Di Giacinto I, Carosi F, Di Nino G. Pain prevalence and predictors among inpatients in a major Italian teaching hospital. A baseline survey towards a pain free hospital.Eur J Pain. 2005 Oct;9(5):485-95.
30. Raffaelli W, Salmosky-Dekel BG. Biological consequences of long-term intrathecal administration of opioids.Minerva Anestesiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;71(7-8):475-8.
31. Maioli, M.G., Squatrito, S., Samolsky-Dekel, B.G., Riva Sanseverino, E. Corticocortical connections between frontal periarcuate regions and visual areas of the superior temporal sulcus and the adjoining inferior parietal lobule in the macaque. Brain Research, 1998, 789(1), pp. 118–125
Languages
French
Elementary (A2)
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hebrew
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the Bologna's University
08.2005 - Current
Master of Arts - Management of Health Services, Direction Functions
Superior School of Health of Bologna's University
No Degree - Pain Medicine
Dep. of Surgery And AnesthesiologyBologna's Univ.
No Degree - Acute/Chronic Pain Study And Management
'Infermi Hospital', Rimini
Specialist in Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Med - Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Medicine
Post Graduate School of Anesthesia
No Degree - Chronic/acute Pain Management
Brigham And Women's Hosp., Harvard Medical School
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
University of L'Aquila
M.D. - Medicine
Bologna's University Medical School
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