Annalisa Malara

Annalisa Malara is an Italian doctor and author. She is an intensivist and anaesthesiologist in Codogno, Italy. She treated the first COVID-19 patient in Italy. She was named "personality of the year" by SkyTg24, a satellite news channel. She has written a book about her work. In October 2020, she was appointed as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Life Malara was born in Cremona in Lombardy, and trained in anaesthesiology and resuscitation and at the University of Pavia. She worked at the Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia, and at the Civil Hospital of Vigevano and then at the Ospedale Maggiore in Lodi. On 20 February 2020 Malara was called in to attend a 38 year old male patient who presented with a high fever and pneumonia in both lungs. In 2020 Malara was awarded a Rosa Camuna by the President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana.

In October 2020, she was appointed as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.