Montorsi Francesco

Biography

Francesco Montorsi was born on November 5, 1962 in Milan. In 1981 he obtained his diploma of Maturità Scientifica at the Istituto Leone XIII in Milan. In 1987 he graduated with praise in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan, discussing the thesis: "Effect of Ciclosporin on Pancreatic Cell Beta Function", subsequently published on the American Journal of Surgery. In July 1992 she obtained the Urology Specialization at the University of Milan with the highest marks and praise, discussing the thesis: "Eco-color doppler and hemodynamic pennies". On August 4, 1995, Prof. Francesco Montorsi was assigned the post of Assistant at the Urology Division of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan (Primary: Prof. Patrizio Rigatti). On November 1, 1998, Prof. Francesco Montorsi was the winner of a position as a University Professor of Role, Band of Associates, in the disciplinary grouping E09A Human Anatomy. In November 2001 he received the highest marks and praise the Specialization in Endocrinology Andrology address at the University of Pisa, discussing the thesis "Erectile Dysfunction resulting from Radical Prostatectomy". In January 2002 he was the winner of a position as a University Professor of Role, Band of Associates, in the disciplinary grouping F10X Urology. In March 2002 he served as Associate Professor of Urology at the Vita-Salute University of San Raffaele, Milan. At the same time she continued to carry out the relief functions of the Urology Unit of San Raffaele Hospital. Since March 2002 she is Secretary of the Urology Specialization School at San Raffaele University of Milan, directed by Prof. Patrizio Rigatti. In February 2005 she was eligible for Ordinary Professor of Urology. In May 2005 he received confirmation as Professor Associate of Urology at the Vita-Salute University of San Raffaele, Milan. Since March 2007 he has been in charge of the management of 47 hospital beds in the headquarters of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. In October 2008 he took over as Ordinary Professor of Urology at the San Raffaele Health University of Milan, and as Principal Manager and Director of the Urological and Andrological Research Program of the San Raffaele Hospital Institute of Milan. Since February 2009 she is the President of the Degree in Nursing Sciences at the San Raffaele Health and Life University and since July 2010 she is a member of both the Scientific Research Commission and the Presidium of the same University. Scientific and research activity During the university years Prof. Francesco Montorsi has carried out the following activities at Institutes abroad: - From September to November 1983 he attended and participated in research activities at the Islet Research Laboratory at Stanford University, USA (Director: Prof. Ronald Merrell). - From August to November 1984 he attended and participated in the research activities of Islet Research Laboratory of the University of Houston, USA (Director: Prof. Ronald Merrell). - From August to November 1986 she has been a foreign student at the Senior Elective Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. During this period she attended and participated in the clinical and relief activities of the Department of General Surgery of the same University (Director: Prof. Frank Moody). After graduation, Prof. Francesco Montorsi's scientific activity abroad continued as follows: - In June 1989 he attended and participated in the clinical and care activities of the Urology and Transplant Surgery Service of Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France (Director: Prof. Jean Michel Dubernard). - In November 1989 he attended and participated in the clinical and welfare activities of the Department of Urology at the University of San Francisco, USA (Director: Prof. Emil Tanagho) where he studied the study of clinical anatomy of male genital pathways and diagnostic techniques and therapeutic for male impotence and infertility. - In April 1990 she attended and attended the Clinical and Nursing Activities of the Department of Urology at the University of Boston, USA (Director: Prof. Robert Krane) where she further deepened her chirurgic andrology experience. - In October 1991 he attended and participated in the clinical and research activities of the Urology Department of Stanford University, USA (Director: Prof. Thomas Stamey) where he studied the topics related to prosthetic therapy of Peyronie's disease under the guidance by Prof. Robert Kessler. - During the months of April 2002, January 2003 and November 2003 he attended and participated in the clinical and surgical activities of the Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, where he studied the topics of the radical prostatectomy nerve sparing under the guidance of Prof. Patrick C. Walsh. - In November 2003 he attended and participated in the clinical and surgical activities of the Department of Urology at the University of Hamburg, Germany, where he studied the topics related to the radical prostatectomy nerve sparing under the guidance of Prof. Hartwig Huland. The research activity of Prof. Francesco Montorsi during the university years mainly concerned the anatomo-clinical and physiopathological aspects of diabetes mellitus and the possibilities of application of pancreatic islet transplantation. After graduation, Prof. Francesco Montorsi's scientific activity focused on the urological and andrological field and in particular on the study of urinary calculus therapy, with special attention to extracorporeal lithotrissia with shock waves, prostatic local hyperthermia and bladder, prostate and vesicular oncology and sexual dysfunction in the two sexes. More recently, the scientific research of Prof. Francesco Montorsi has also addressed the field of minimally invasive therapy of urinary obstruction from prostate disease, robotic surgical therapy of prostate cancer, physiopathology and therapy of induratio penis plastic and laparoscopy and surgery urological robotics. This last subject required a long-standing preliminary experience in surgical anatomy and experimental surgery on pigs. Prof. Francesco Montorsi finally became interested in the most modern guidelines for diagnosing and treating erectile dysfunction. Prof. Francesco Montorsi has participated in numerous national and international refresher courses and conferences on subjects of basic sciences, general surgery, urology and surgical andrology. During most of these scientific demonstrations, Prof. Francesco Montorsi has presented scientific communications, many of which have been rewarded. Scientific production Prof. Montorsi began to publish his own original scientific contributions in internationally-indexed journals from a very young age. Scientific production was mainly focused on the following research fields: Physiopathology, diagnosis and therapy of prostate diseases Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of male and female sexual dysfunction Therapy of urinary calculus Bladder cancer therapy and high excreting pathway Kidney Cancer Therapy The greatest resonance at the international scientific level was achieved by the studies published by Prof. Montorsi in the following areas: Definition of the anatomical surgical technique of prostatectomy "nerve-sparing" prostate cancer Identification of benefits both as oncological care and as functional results of robotic radical prostatectomy with respect to open technique Definition of sexual rehabilitation protocols after prostate cancer therapy Definition of penile straightening and penile stretching technique by prosthetic implants for severe penile stenoses from La Peyronie's disease Definition of minimally invasive surgical technique of prostate endoscopic enucleation with holistic laser for benign prostatic hypertrophy Definition of protocols for the use of oral drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction Definition of the role of oral drugs for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy Definition of predictive therapeutic success models (nomograms) for risk stratification of patients with urological tumor pathologies The full list of scientific articles published by Prof. Montorsi on international scientific journals is available on the PubMed website. On this site are collected scientific articles published exclusively on prestigious medical journals and selected for this by the US National Library of Medicine. The articles appearing on this site are carefully analyzed by experts from various sectors who carry out the valuable work of reviewers for journals that have been accepted within PubMed. Only scientific contributions that are considered to be of the highest standard are published in these magazines. PubMed is therefore the only tool that can provide a very accurate picture of the scientific profile of a researcher in the medical and surgical field. The scientific production of Prof. Montorsi can be consulted in detail at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=montorsi+f Participation in scientific societies Prof. Montorsi is an active member of the most prestigious national and international scientific societies of Urology, Andrology and related subjects (in alphabetical order): American Association Genito Urinary Surgeons American Urological Association Endourological Society European Association of Urology European Society for Sexual Medicine International Society for Sexual Medicine Italian Society of Andrology Italian Society of Urology Sexual Medicine Society of North America He was Chairman of the Third International Consultation on Sexual Dysfunctions, Paris 2009. He has been President of the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) from 2005 to 2008. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Urology (2002 - 2005) He was Vice President of the Second International Consultation on Sexual Dysfunctions sponsored by WHO, Paris 2003. He was Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Fourth Meeting of the European Society for Sexual and Impotence Research held in Rome from 30 September to 3 October 2001. He was secretary of the Italian Urology Society (2000-2003). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Andrology (1999-2002). Editorial activity European Urology , of which Prof. Montorsi is Editor-in-Chief (Chief Manager) since January 1, 2006, is the official journal of the European Association of Urology (EAU) , the most important international scientific research firm with over 12,000 members Urologist specialists. Sotto la Direzione del Prof. Montorsi, European Urology è diventata la prima rivista scientifica internazionale del settore Uro-andrologico in termine di Impact Factor (Impact Factor 2009=7.667), l’indice che identifica il prestigio dei periodici scientifici. Gli articoli pubblicati su European Urology sono rigorosamente selezionati attraverso un processo molto severo di peer-review, e solamente il 10% circa dei manoscritti proposti viene accettato per la pubblicazione. Dalla nomina del Prof. Montorsi a Editor-in-Chief, si è registrato un progressivo incremento del numero dei manoscritti scientifici inviati per pubblicazione, a testimonianza del progressivo incremento del prestigio della rivista. Il Prof. Montorsi è Editor-in-Chief (Direttore Responsabile) anche di European Urology Supplements, a prestigious scientific journal devoted to the study of the main Uro-andrological issues through the publication of monothematic volumes. He is a reviewer of the following scientific journals: JAMA, Lancet, Neuroimage, European Urology, Drugs, Journal of Urology, Journal of Andrology, Urology, International Journal of Impotence Research, Urology Internationalis, Urological Research, Acta Diabetologica, of Urology International, Journal of Sexual Medicine, Asian Journal of Andrology, Drugs and Aging. Surgical activity The rich operative case of Prof. Francesco Montorsi, attested by his publications on the various topics of urology and surgical andrology, has been acquired under the constant guidance of Prof. Patrizio Rigatti since 1987, in the field of the Department of Urology of the San Raffaele Hospital Institute. To refine his surgical knowledge, Prof. Francesco Montorsi participated in the departmental and operating room of four prestigious international urological departments. At the Department of Urology at the University of San Francisco (USA), under the guidance of Prof. T. Lue, he was able to deepen the surgical techniques of correcting the veno occlusive dysfunction of the cavernous body and correcting congenital penile incontinence acquired with the most modern variants of the albugine pruning techniques and the engraving of the albugine fibrotic plaque with wadding of saphenous vein patches. In this last chapter, Prof. Francesco Montorsi then developed a personalized multiple engraving technique of the albuginea tunic with the packaging of corresponding patches of sapphire vein. At the Department of Urology at the Boston University (USA) under the guidance of Prof. I. Goldstein, Prof. Francesco Montorsi participated in the first person with the rich surgical activity based mainly on microscopic revascularization of the cavernosal body and planting of three-component penile implants. In this last field, the operative case of Prof. Francesco Montorsi became the first in Italy for numerous cases treated. In addition, Prof. Francesco Montorsi developed an original technique for correcting erectile dysfunction in patients with severe plastic penile induration with contemporary penis enlargement by combining multiple transverse engraving of the albugine tunic and subsequent placement of three penile prostheses. At the Department of Urology at the University of Stanford (USA) under the guidance of Prof. R. Kessler, Prof. Francesco Montorsi further deepened the technique of positioning penile prostheses, performing complex cases using the different surgical access routes . At the Department of Urology and Transplantation at the University of Lyon (France) under the guidance of Prof. JM Dubernard, Prof. Francesco Montorsi has thoroughly studied the percutaneous kidney approach techniques for the treatment of complex renal calculus and malformations of the high excreting pathway and finally the neovascular intestinal packaging techniques in cystectomy for bladder neoplasia. At the Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, and under the guidance of Prof Walsh before, and at the Urology Department of the University of Hamburg (Germany), Prof. H Huland, Professor Montorsi learned the technique of radical prostatectomy nerve sparing with subsequent excellent personal results. At the Urology Unit of the San Raffaele Hospital Institute, Prof. Francesco Montorsi has progressively acquired total surgical independence in all fields of urology and surgical andrology. In particular, he has gained significant experience also in completely unexplored fields such as urology laparoscopy that was applied after extensive experimental experiment on pigs, in pelvic lymphadenectomy interventions for staging prostate cancer, renal cyst resection, varicocelectomy, surrenectomy total or partial for both adrenal and neoplastic adrenal disease, nephrectomy and most recently radical prostatectomies. Also the field of minimally invasive surgical therapy of prostatic obstruction saw Prof. Francesco Montorsi protagonist firsthand, in particular in the application of permanent prostate stents and the most recent use of laser Holmio for endoscopic encephalopathy of prostate adenoma. Neoplastic prostate disease was another surgical field to which Prof. Francesco Montorsi devoted great attention, particularly in the development of radical prostatectomy nerve sparing techniques that led to the definition of integrated surgical-surgical protocols for maintaining the function postoperative erectile that are now followed throughout the world. More recently, at the Department of Urology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, USA, and under the guidance of Prof. M. Merion, developed robotic surgical technique in Urology, with particular attention to robotic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. Robotic surgical activity has led to the definition of surgical technique of radical nerve-sparing prostatectomy aimed at completely removing prostate cancer, while safeguarding the integrity of the anatomical structures responsible for urinary continence and penile erection. Robotic technique has also been successfully extended to cases of advanced tumor disease where, for example, extensive removal of prostate lymph nodes is required. Robotic technique is now successfully applied to the treatment of benign and malignant kidney tumors and the reconstruction of urinary tract malformations such as pyelo-ureteral joint disease. Awards Among the many prizes received by Prof. Montorsi during his career, the award was awarded in March 1998, the Crystal Matula Award, the most prestigious award of the European Association of Urology awarded to a young researcher under the age of 40 best international scientific production. The Crystal Matula Award was established in 1997 and is nowadays assigned to the annual congress of the European Association of Urology. All of the winners of this prestigious award cover top-level academic positions in the urological field. Urology Research Institute (URI) The Urological Research Institute (URI) is the most innovative Basic and Clinical Research Institute dedicated to the study of urological and andrological diseases. URI is part of the Department of Urology at the San Raffaele Health and Life University of Milan and is led by Prof. Francesco Montorsi. It is a structure of about 600 square meters, equipped with the most sophisticated and modern experimental equipment, in which more than 20 Italian and foreign researchers work. The URI research focuses on three very important male and female health fields: malignant urinary and reproductive malignant diseases : prostate, kidney, bladder, testicular and penile tumors; non-tumor diseases of urinary tract : urinary tract calculus, urinary incontinence, urinary tract infections, urethral pier joint stenosis, urethral stenosis; non-tumor illnesses of male and female reproductive system: benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis, hyperactive bladder, male infertility, erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunctions. The main element of novelty in URIs is the close collaboration between basic researchers and clinical researchers that makes it possible to study medical problems that require a solution that can be used immediately to cure patients.

Research Interest

Medicine and Surgery