Gamma Knife for brain tumor in Italy: Best Clinics and Costs 2024

Professor Pietro Mortini is a famous Italian neurosurgeon with over 30 years of experience. Currently he works at serves patients at Ospedale San Raffaele and the Director of the Experimental Neurosurgery Unit at San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Pietro Mortini MD is also a Visiting Professor at the George Washington University (USA) as well. Prof. Mortini graduated from University of Milan and University of Verona (both Italy) where he obtained a degree in Otorhinolaryngology and Neurosurgery. Specialty of Professor Pietro Mortini Professor Mortini specializes in neuro- and radiosurgeries. His main approach is minimally invasive spine and brain operations. They help to treat diseases with small surgical interventions and minimal injury of patient's tissues. He provides all operations under control of neuronavigation and neuromapping. This innovative approach helps a doctor to perform neurological surgeries more precise and speeds up a patient's recovery. In 2019, the Professor together with Professor Massimo Candiani provided a unique surgery for spina bifida treatment in unborn child at the 22nd week of woman’s pregnancy. Scientific activity Professor Mortini provides research in microsurgical therapy of pituitary adenomas and radiosurgery for uveal melanoma. Within his scientific work, he collaborates with the Institute of Medical Genetics (Italy) and Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (Germany). The doctor has patented the method of manufacturing a device for regenerating biological tissues (Patent No. CA 2778238 A1). Membership in organizations Italian Society of the Cranial Base

Dr. Motti works at the Neurosurgery Department at Maria Cecilia Hospital, as the coordinator of the Gamma Knife Operating Unit, and neurosurgeon in charge of the Stereotaxic Neurosurgery Unit, one of the few centers in Italy, which specializes in the Gamma Knife treatments.  He is an active member of several research companies focused on Gamma Knife: Italian Society of Neurosurgery, Rome; Gamma Knife Society, Stockholm; European Gamma Knife Society, Madrid. In 1982 he obtained the patent for interfacing the Talairach stereotaxic helmet with computerized axial tomography methods. In 1987 he made the first brain implantation of rgic cells in Parkinson's disease in Italy. He is responsible for training courses at national and international levels, such as courses in Stereotaxic Techniques, Functional Neurosurgery, Radiosurgery at the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery, by the University of Milan; He was an Invited speaker at the "Compliance in radiosurgery" course at the GKSociety meeting in Seoul, South Korea; Organizer of the First European Meeting of Gamma Knife Users, in 1996 in Milan and its subsequent editions.He is often invited as an instructor in the first weeks of the opening of the new Gamma Knife centers, such as from the Hospital of the University of California Davis, Sacramento, California; or the Arsenji Hospital in Bucharest, Romania etc.Author and co-author of about 100 publications and contributors to national and international journals. In the seventies he contributed as Assistant Editor to the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. For twenty years he was a Consultant in medical libraries as an expert in research techniques and bibliographic archives.

Dr. Antonello Ceddia specializes in Neurosurgery.He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome where, in 1989, he also obtained a specialization in Neurosurgery. After specialization he is a researcher at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the La Sapienza University of Rome and the Institute of Neurosurgery of the Catholic University.He deals in particular with the treatment of brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.His training, mainly oriented towards Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuro-Orthopaedics, was completed with attendance at important centers and clinics in the United States and Germany, and with participation in experimental programs and international courses.After having worked as a Neurosurgeon Assistant in the Neurosurgery Division of the Casa Sollievo Sofferenza Hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo, since 2005 he has held the position of Head of the Neurosurgery Unit in Bari.