Dipartimento di Scienze chirurgiche
PRESENT POSITIONS
- Associate Professor of General Surgery at the University of Cagliari
- Clinical Fellow in Surgery at the Department of General and Endocrine Surgery at University Hospital of Cagliari
- Member of the committees of the Specialization Courses in General Surgery, Otolaryngology and Vascular Surgery at University of Cagliari
MAIN FIELDS OF INTEREST
Thyroid carcinoma; thyroid disease; primary hyperparathyroidism; mini-invasive surgery; abdominal wall surgery
CAREER-TRACK:
12/2018 – 12/2021 Assistant Professor of General Surgery at the University of Cagliari
03/2018 - National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor (06/C1)
07/2017 – 06/2018 Research fellow for the project “Role of laparoscopy in diagnosis of gastro-intestinal tumors with pelvic localization”, University of Cagliari
01/2015–11/2018 Clinical Fellow in General Surgery, Sant’Elena Private Hospital, Quartu Sant’Elena (Italy)
12/2014–11/2016 Research Fellow for the project “Evaluation of accuracy of one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) in diagnosis of lymph node metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma”, University of Cagliari
2008-2014 Six-year Residency Program in General Surgery, University of Cagliari
10/2007 Doctor of Medicine Degree, University of Cagliari
BIBLIOMETRICS INDEXES (Scopus)
Documents: 114; Citations: 1718; H-Index: 25
Full list of publications is available at https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16646599600
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 - PI of the project "Exploitation of multiomic techniques to assess the risk of malignancy in patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules" - (€279,950, Italian Ministry of University and Research)
2022 – PI of the project “Screening of thyroid nodular disease in extra hospital environment” – (€10,000, Fondazione di Sardegna)
2021 – PI of the project “The use of One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) in diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of thyroid carcinoma” – (€10,000, Fondazione di Sardegna)
2021 – Co-PI of the project "The use of Indocyanine green in thyroid surgery" (€7,000, Fondazione di Sardegna)
2019 – Winner of the Prize “F. Mazzeo”, Italian Society of Oncologic Surgery
2016 – Winner of the Grant “E. Ruggieri”, Italian Society of Surgery (€6,500)
FELLOWSHIPS
5/2019–6/2019 Fellowship at Department of General and Mininvasive Surgery, Kliniken Essen Mitte (Essen, Germany), supervisor: Prof. Martin K. Walz
MAIN INVITED PRESENTATIONS
05/2024 - Roma (Italy), Pre-ESES Congress Live surgery meeting: "Intraoperative PTH: still worthwhile?"
05/2023 - Mainz (Germany), 10th conference of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES): "IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SURGERY FOR INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES: RESULTS FROM A LARGE MULTICENTRIC INTERNATIONAL (THE THYCOVID) STUDY"
02/2022 - Global Webinar on Endocrinology and Diabetes (5th Edition): “Evaluation of accuracy of one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) in diagnosis of lymph node metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma”
10/2021 - Catania: National Congress of Italian Society of Surgery (SIC): “The use of intraoperative PTH assay in primary hyperparathyroidism”
09/2021 - National Congress of Italian Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC): “The role of intraoperative PTH assay: when to do without it in parathyroid surgery?”
09/2019, Cagliari, 4th International Conference of Surgical Oncology: “Meet the Professor Martin K. Walz: tips and tricks in adrenalectomy”
10/2018, Cagliari: Regional Congress of ACOI: “Complications in thyroid surgery”
10/2017, Naples: National Congress of SIC: “Treatment of local recurrence of thyroid carcinoma”
06/2017, Bari: National Congress of SIUEC: “Treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism and discordant studies”
09/2016, Rome: National Congress of SIC: “Recurrent and persistent primary hyperparathyroidism”
10/2015, Milan: National Congress of SIC: “Hyperthyroidism and thyroid carcinoma”
TRAINING COURSES
2021 Scientific director of the course “Mini-invasive adrenalectomy with retroperitoneal approach”, University Hospital of Cagliari (Italy)
2020 - National Reference School in Endocrine Surgery of the Italian Society of Surgery
2015 - Practical Training Course in Ultrasonology of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
2013 - ACOI Special School of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery - Basic Course
COLLABORATION WITH SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Associate Editor of "Annali Italiani di Chirurgia" (ISSN 2239-253X) - IF 0.800
Associate Editor of “Frontiers in Surgery” (ISSN 2296-875X) – IF 2.718
Associate Editor of “Oncologie” (ISSN 1765-2839) – IF 0.333
Guest Editor for “Cancers” (ISSN 2072-6694) –IF 6.126 – Special Issue “Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/Diagnosis_Thyroid_Carcinoma)
Reviewer for several journals, including “International Journal of Surgery” (IF 6.071), “Cancers” (IF 6.639), “European Journal of Surgical Oncology” (IF 4.424)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery, and head of the commission for “Young Endocrine Surgeons”
- Member of the European Society of Endocrine Surgery (ESES), Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO)