Pancreatic cancer surgery in Italy: Best Clinics and Costs 2024

Professor Massimo Falconi is a gastrointestinal oncologist with over 30 years of experience. Professor Falconi is among leading Italian specialists in treatment of pancreatic diseases. The doctor practices at Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan. Massimo Falconi’s Specialty Professor Falconi is an expert in surgical pancreas treatment. Over 3,600 surgeries are on his account. Among them are distal, total, middle pancreatectomies , pancreatic resections, enucleations. The main approach of Professor’s treatment is organ preserving. Work experience Prof. Falconi is Director of the Pancreatic Surgery and the Pancreas Translational and Clinical Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele. He has got vast international experience after working in the following hospitals: Tokyo Women's Medical University (Japan) Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Spain) The Rostock University Medical Center (Germany) The Karolinska Institute (Sweden). Education The School of Medicine and Surgery at Verona University — Specialty in General medicine and surgery, specialization in gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy Scientific activity Prof. Massimo Falconi has written over 330 articles and taken part in 350+ Italian and 220+ international conferences. Membership in organizations The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) The International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) The European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) The Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy.

Professor Riccardo Rosati is the Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery (GI) Department in the San Raffaele Research Hospital. Leads one of the most recognized “High Volume Centers” for esophageal surgery in Italy. His department has extensive experience in open and minimally invasive surgery of the digestive tract, especially in the field of foregut and large bowel diseases. The hospital department headed by Professor Rosati treats approximately 2,000 surgical cases per year. Work experience Since 2014 — Head of the Head Department of GI Surgery at Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan 2009-2014 — Founder and Director of University Center for Research and Care of Esophagogastric Diseases (CURE) in the International Medical School, University of Milan 1996-2014 — Head of the General and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division in Humanitas Research Hospital 1985-1996 — Surgeon at the General and Oncologic Surgery Department at the Medical Faculty at the University of Milan. Education 1980 — Medical Faculty at the University of Milan — Degree in general medicine 1985 — Medical Faculty at the University of Milan — Specialty in general surgery 1988 — Medical Faculty at the University of Turin — Specialty in thoracic surgery 1990 — National board certification to chair the General Surgery Department. Scientific activity Has written over 300 publications. Membership The American College of Surgeons The Italian Association of Hospital Surgeons The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus The European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus The Italian Society of Oncological Surgery The Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery and New Technologies The Society for Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract The European Surgical Association The Italian Group for Research on Gastric Cancer.

Professor Michele Reni is an experienced medical oncologist with over 30 years of practice based in Italy. Expert in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, gastro-esophageal cancers, and central nervous system tumors. Coordinator of Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) guidelines for treatment and management of pancreatic cancer. Work experience Since 2016 — Director of Strategic Program of Clinical Coordination at the Pancreas Center in IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele 2002-2016 — Senior Registrar at the Department of Oncology in IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele 1996-2001 — Registrar at the Department of Oncology in IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele. Education 1988 — Medical Faculty at the University of Milan — Degree in general medicine and surgery 1992 — Medical Faculty at the University of Milan — Specialty in radiation oncology 1996 — Medical Faculty at the University of Milan — Specialty in clinical oncology. Scientific activity Has published over 180 papers on cancer treatment.  Chairman of numerous clinical trials on treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.