TORZILLI GUIDO / CURRICULUM VITAE
   
TORZILLI Guido
 

Born on November 29th, 1962 – Milano, Italy
Nationality : italian

Liver Surgery Unit
3rd Department of General Surgery
University of Milan
Faculty of Medicine
Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS
Via Manzoni, 56
I-20089 Rozzano - Milano, Italy
Tel.: +39 02 8224 4083
Fax: +39 02 8224 4590
e-mail 1: guido.torzilli@unimi.it

POSITION / TITLE
 

Associate Professor of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan, Italy
Chief Liver Surgery Unit, 3rd Dept. of General Surgery, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, Rozzano-Milano, Italy
   
SPECIALITY
  Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical and Interventional Ultrasonography
   
HOSPITAL CAREER
  1988- 1993: Residency at the 1st Department of Surgery, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine, Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS, Milan-Italy.
1993 - 1996: Staff Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Lodi, Italy.
1996 Fellow of the Japanese Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, Second Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo-Japan.
1998 – 1999: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Hepatobiliarypancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo-Japan
2000 – 2004: Head of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, 1st Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Lodi, Italy.
2006 -: Chief Liver Surgery Unit, 3rd Dept. of General Surgery, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, Rozzano-Milano, Italy
   
UNIVERSITY CAREER
  1988 : MD at the University of Milan
1993 : Diploma of Specialist of General Surgery at the University of Milan
1996 Fellow of the Japanese Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research at the Second Department of Surgery of the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine.
1998 – 1999: Assistant Professor of Surgery of the Hepatobiliarypancreatic Surgery Department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo.
1999 : PhD degree in Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery at the University of Tokyo
2000- : Honorary Professor in Surgical Ultrasonography at the School of Radiology of the University of Pavia, Faculty of Medicine
2000- : Honorary Professor in Surgical Ultrasonography at the School of General Surgery of the Catholic University, Faculty of Medicine in Rome.
2002- : Honorary Professor of the Italian School of Hepatic Surgery.
2002-06: Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan
2004- : Honorary Professor of the Masters in Ultrasonography and in Hepatobiliary Surgery of the Catholic Universty, Faculty of Medicine in Rome.
2006-: Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan
   
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
  Hepatobiliary surgery and application of ultrasonography in surgical problems particularly for ultrasound intraoperative staging (contrast-enhanced IOUS) and resection guidance.
   
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
 
  • No-mortality liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients: is there a way? A prospective analysis of our approach. G. Torzilli, M. Makuuchi, K. Inoue, T. Takayama, Y. Sakamoto, Y. Sugawara, K. Kubota, A. Zucchi. Archives of Surgery, 1999; 134(9): 984-92
  • Accurate preoperative evaluation of liver mass lesions without fine needle biopsy. G. Torzilli, M. Minagawa, T. Takayama, K. Inoue, Ai-Min Hui, K. Ohtomo, M. Makuuchi. Hepatology, 1999; 30(4): 889-93
  • A new technical aspect of ultrasound-guided liver surgery. G. Torzilli, T. Takayama, Ai-Min Hui, K. Kubota, Y. Harihara, M. Makuuchi. American Journal of Surgery, 1999; 178(4): 341-3
  • Liver resection without total vascular exclusion: hazardous or beneficial? An analysis of our experience. G. Torzilli, M. Makuuchi, Y. Midorikawa, K. Sano, K. Inoue, T. Takayama, K. Kubota. Annals of Surgery, 2001;233(2):167-17
  • Ultrasound-guided liver subsegmentectomy: The peculiarity of segment 4. G. Torzilli, M. Makuuchi Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2001; 193(6): 706-8
  • Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography in surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis. G. Torzilli, N. Olivari, E. Moroni, D. Del Fabbro, A. Gambetti, P. Leoni, M. Montorsi, M. Makuuchi. Liver Transplantation, 2004; 10(S2): 34-8
  • Indication and contraindication for hepatic resection for liver tumors without fine needle biopsy: validation and extension of an eastern approach in a western community hospital. G. Torzilli, N. Olivari, D. Del Fabbro, P. Leoni, A. Gendarini, A. Palmisano, M. Montorsi, M. Makuuchi. Liver Transplantation, 2004; 10(S2): 30-3
  • Ultrasound-guided finger compression in liver subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. G. Torzilli, M. Makuuchi. Surgical Endoscopy, 2004; 18(1): 136-9
  • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography during liver surgery. G. Torzilli, D. Del Fabbro, N. Olivari, F. Calliada, M. Montorsi, and M. Makuuchi. British Journal of Surgery 2004; 91(9): 1165-7
  • Techniques for hepatectomies without blood transfusion focusing on interpretation of postoperative anemia. G. Torzilli, A. Gambetti, D. Del Fabbro, P. Leoni, N. Olivari, M. Donadon, M. Montorsi, and M. Makuuchi. Archives of Surgery, 2004; 139: 1061-5
  • “Radical but conservative” the main goal of ultrasound-guided liver resection: a prospective analysis of our experience. G Torzilli, M Montorsi, M Donadon, A Palmisano, D. Del Fabbro, A. Gambetti, N Olivari, M Makuuchi. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2005; 201(4): 517-28
  • “Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography during hepatectomies for colorectal cancer liver metastases” G. Torzilli, D. Del Fabbro, A. Palmisano, M. Donadon, P. Bianchi, M. Roncalli, L. Balzarini, M. Montorsi. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2005; 9(8): 1148-1154
  • Ultrasonographically guided surgical approach to liver tumours involving the hepatic veins close to the caval confluence. G Torzilli, M Montorsi, D Del Fabbro, A Palmisano, M Donadon, M Makuuchi. British Journal of Surgery, 2006; 93(10):1238-1246
    • Salvage hepatic resection after incomplete interstitial therapies for primary and secondary liver tumors. G Torzilli, D Del Fabbro, A Palmisano, M Marconi, M
  • Makuuchi, M Montorsi. British Journal of Surgery, 2007; 94(2): 208-13-
  • Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasonography During Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Cirrhosis: Is It Useful or Useless? A Prospective Cohort Study of Our Experience. G. Torzilli, A. Palmisano, D Del Fabbro, M Marconi, M Donadon, A Spinelli, PP Bianchi, M Montorsi. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2007; 14(4): 1347-55
  • Special Issue of Liver Transplantation, “Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Eastern and Western Experiences: 3rd Meeting”  G. Torzilli, J. Belghiti, M. Makuuchi eds. 2004: 10 supplement 2
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