annual operating revenue of $9 billion. Among its prestigious international partners, Jefferson counts Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli. A number of joint projects are ongoing, among which Erasmus ICM projects in medicine, the building of a neuroscience institute in Rome, and a one-of-a-kind Triple Degree program offering students enrolled on the Cattolica Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery the opportunity to earn a Double Degree qualification in Medicine with Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College and an additional Master degree in International Health Care Policy (this double degree in Medicine and Surgery is unprecedented and allows the physicians to practice in the 27 Countries of the European Union and the 50 USA States ). Among Marino’s recent scientific interest, his collaboration with the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Economics Alvin Roth and surgeon Michael Rees to implement the so-called Global Kidney Exchange (GKE) program. GKE aims at matching donors and recipients making kidney transplantation possible for patients who face a variety of immunological, regulatory, and financial barriers. Notes and references Notes References 1955 births Living people Italian transplant surgeons Politicians from Genoa University of Pittsburgh faculty Thomas Jefferson University faculty Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Mayors of Rome Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) People of Sicilian descent Physicians from Genoa