Dr Maurizio Zega is the President of the Order of the Nursing Professions of Rome, vice President of FNOPI, the National Federation of Orders of the Nursing Professions in Italy, and now: our Vice-President of the European Nursing Council since the 22nd of March.
Dr Zega’s brilliant career includes serving as Director of Sitra (Corporate Technical and Rehabilitation Nursing Service) of the Agostino Gemelli IRCCS University Polyclinic Foundation in Rome – Italy and as Assistant Director of the Tiberina-Gemelli Isola Hospital (also in Rome).
Previously, he held several national and regional roles: member of the Technical Secretariat of the Minister of Health; manager at the Public Health Agency of the Lazio Region; Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome; and Lecturer at the High School of Economics and Management of Health Systems.
With the adhesion of FNOPI to ENC, Dr Zega was selected as the natural candidate to fill the vacant position of Vice-President of ENC given his great experience representing patients and nursing in healthcare, and the historical role of the Italian “Order” in establishing a European body of Nursing Regulators.