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Contact data

Full Professor of Pathology
Department of Human Morphology
Via O. Rossi, 9
Tel: +39332264557
Fax: +39332262313
E-mail: fausto.sessa@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

 Fausto Sessa was born in Varese on March 25, 1953. He lives in Bodio Lomnago, Via Boffalora 8 and he is married with two sons. Degree in Medicine Cum Laude at the University of Pavia in July 1978, Residency Board in Pathology and Laboratory Medecine at the University of Parma in October 1981 .Residency Board in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at the University of Pavia in October 1988. October 1985-November 1985, stage in Hepatic Pathology at the Catholic Universty on Leuven (Belgium).

Assistant and then Consultant from December 1980 April 1993 at Pathology Department of S.Matteo Hospital in Pavia (I.R.C.C.S.) and from April 1993 to October 1998 at the Pathology Department of the "Circolo Hospital" of Varese. Associated Professor of Pathology at University of Insubria in Varese from November 1998 to the August 2002. Professor of Pathology at the University of Insubria in Varese from the September 2002.

Quality Assurance Account at the Pathology Department of Circolo Hospital of Varese.
 

Qualifications and awards

 Member of European Pathology Society, International Academy of Pathology - Italian section, International Academy of Pathology -
American section ,SIAPEC (Società Italiana d'Anatomia Patologica e Citodiagnostica, Italian Pancreas Study Society, European Pancreatic Club.
 

Research interests

 Scientific activity: endocrine pathology of gastroenteropancreatic tract; exocrine pancreatic tumors; galbladder and ampullary of Vater carcinoma; breast and pulmunary neoplasms; hepatic viral and autoimmune diseases with special reference to pediatric age. Research Projects supported by the University Research Funds in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
 

Teaching experience and appointments

 From 1998 teaching of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Insubria School of Medicine.

Teaching of Anatomic Pathology: Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Oncology, Radiology, Pediatric, Forensic Pathology, Gastroenterology, Lung diseases and Cardiology Residency programs of the University of Insubria School of Medicine

Member of Toracic Research Center of University of Insubria

Member of PhD course of Medical Sciences and Oncology

Member of Centro di Ricerca in Analisi di Immagini
ed Informatica Medica
 

Representative  publications

 1. BERNASCONI B, DOSSENA B, BILLO PR, TIBILETTI MG, SESSA F. Involvement of 1p36 region in two cases of adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2002 Oct 15;138(2):133-8.

2. SESSA F, FURLAN D, GENASETTI A, BILLO P, FELTRI M, CAPELLA C Microsatellite Instability and p53 Expression in Gallbladder Carcinomas.
Diagn Mol Pathol. 2003 Jun;12(2):96-102.

3. LA ROSA S, UCCELLA S, FINZI G, ALBARELLO L, SESSA F, CAPELLA C Localization of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in digestive endocrine tumors: correlation with microvessel density and clinicopathologic features.
Hum Pathol. 2003 Jan;34(1):18-27

4. CAPELLA C, RIVA C, CHIARAVALLI AM, DAINESE E, CASNEDI S, SESSA F. Immunohistochemical markers in Breast Cancer Pathology. Proceedings of the Varese Update on Breast Cancer Nov 12-13, 2004.

5. DAINESE E, SESSA F, RIVA C, PLACIDI C, CAPELLA C: “Proximal type “ epithelioid sarcoma of the vulva: differential diagnosis with other extrarenal rhabdoid tumors. Pathologica 2005 Jun 97 (3) 133-6.

6. LA ROSA S, FURLAN D, SESSA F, CAPELLA C. The endocrine pancreas. In: Lloyd RV, ed. Endocrine pathology. Differential diagnosis and molecular advances. Totowa, Humana Press 2003, pp 291-328.

7. CAPELLA C, LA ROSA S, SESSA F. La classificazione WHO dei tumori endocrini gastroenteropancreatici. In: Rosato L, ed. I tumori neuroendocrini. Manuale di trattamento diagnostico e terapeutico. Santhià, GS editrice 2003, pp18-24.

8. SOLCIA E, CAPELLA C, FIOCCA R, SESSA F, LA ROSA S, RINDI G. Disorders of the Endocrine System; in Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract: SI-CHUN MING and HARVEY GOLDMAN (II Eds.1998) Chapter 15 pag. 295-322

9. SESSA F, BONATO M, BISONI D, RANZANI GN, CAPELLA C. Ki-ras and p53 gene mutations in pancreatic ductal carcinoma: a relationship with tumor phenotype and survival Eur.J.Histochem 1998;42:67-76

10. LA ROSA S, UCCELLA S, CAPELLA C, CHIARAVALLI AM, SESSA F Localization of Acidic Fibroblastic Factor, Fibroblastic Growth Factor Receptor-4, Transforming Growth Factor-alpha and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Human Endocrine Cells of the Gut and rrelated Tumors: an Immunohistochemical Study Appl Immunohistochem 1998;6:199-208

11. LA ROSA S, BROGGI B, TIBILETTI MG, FURLAN D, UCCELLA S, SESSA F, CAPELLA C. Localization of aFGF-mRNA in normal endocrine cells and related tumors of the gut by in situ hybridization. Clin Exp Pathol 46:367,1998

12. LA ROSA S, UCCELLA S, BILLO P, FACCO C, SESSA F, CAPELLA C Immunohistochemical localization of alfa and betaA subunits of inhibin/activin in human normal endocrine cells and related tumors of the digestive system Virchow Arch 1999;434:29-36

13. VANOLI C, ANTRONACO R, GIOVANELLA L, CERIANI L, SESSA F, FUGAZZOLA C Caratterizzazione delle microcalcificazioni mammarie con 99mTC-Sestamibi. Correlazione tra rilievi scintigrafici e riscontri istopatologici La radiologia Medica 1999;98:19-25

14. ZAMBONI G, SCARPA A, BOGINA G, IACONO C, BASSI C, TALAMINI G, SESSA F, CAPELLA C, SOLCIA E, RICKAERT F, MARIUZZI GM, KLOPPEL G Mucinous Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas. Clinicopathological features; Prognosis and relationship to other mucinous cystic tumors Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:410-422

15. UCCELLA S, LA ROSA S, FINZI G; ERBA S, SESSA F. Mixed mucus-secreting and oncocytic carcinoma of the thyroid Arch Pathol Lab Med 124:1547-1552, 2000

16. TIBILETTI MG, SESSA F, BERNASCONI B, CERUTTI R, BROGGI B, FURLAN D, ACQUATI F, BIANCHI M, RUSSO A, CAPELLA C, TARAMELLI R. A large 6q deletion is a common cytogenetic alteration in fibroadenomas, premalignant lesions and carcinomas of the breast. Clin Cancer Res 6:1422-1431, 2000

17. LA ROSA S, UCCELLA S, ERBA S, CAPELLA, SESSA F. Immunohistochemical Detection of fibroblast growth Factor Receptor in Normal Endocrine Cells and related Tumors of the Digestive System . Applied Imm & Molecular Morphology 9: 319.328; 2001

18. LA ROSA S, SESSA F, COLOMBO L, TIBILETTI MG, FURLAN D, CAPELLA C. Expression of acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) and fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) in breast fibroadenomas. J Clin Pathol 54; 37-41, 2001

19. LA ROSA S, UCCELLA S, CAPELLA C, ERBA S, SESSA F. Localization of hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor met in endocrine cells and related tumors of the gut and pancreas. An immunohistochemical study. Endocrine Pathology 11; 315-329, 2001

20. BUFFA R, RINDI G, SESSA F, GINI A, CAPELLA C, JAHN R, NAVONE F, DE CAMILLI P, SOLCIA E. Synaptophysin immunoreactivity and small clear vesicles in neuroendocrine cells and related tumors. Molecular and Cellular Probes 1: 357-381,1988

21. SESSA F, BONATO M, FRIGERIO B, CAPELLA C, SOLCIA E, PRAT M, BARA J, SAMLOFF J M. Ductal cancers of the pancreas frequently express markers of gastrointestinal epithelial cells. Gastroenterology 98: 1655-1665, 1990

22. SOLCIA E, SESSA F, RINDI G, VILLANI L, RIVA C, BUFFA R, CAPELLA C. Classification and histogenesis of gastroenteropancreatic endocrine tumors. Europ. J. Clin. Investigation 20 (Suppl. 1) S72-S81,

23. LUCCHINI F, SACCO M G, HU N, VILLA A, BROWN J, CESANO L, MANGIARINI L, RINDI G, KINDL S , SESSA F, VEZZONI P, CLERICI L. Early and multifocal tumors in breast , salivary , Harderian and epididymal tissues developed in MMTY-Neu transgenic mice. Cancer Letters 64 , 1992, 203-209

24. PELLEGATA N S, SESSA F, RENAULT B, BONATO M, LEONE B E ,SOLCIA E, RANZANI G N. K-ras and p53 Gene Mutations in Pancreatic Cancer : Ductal and Nonductal Tumors Progress through Different Genetic Lesions. Cancer Res. 54, 1556-1560, 1994

25. SESSA F, SOLCIA E, CAPELLA C, BONATO M, SCARPA A, ZAMBONI G, PELLEGATA N S, RICKAERT F , KLOPPEL G. Intraductal papillary-mucinous tumours represent a distinct group of pancreatic neoplasm : an investigation of tumour cell differentiation and K-ras , p53 and c-erbB2 abnormalities in 26 patients. Virchows Archiv 425:357-367, 1994

26. RUGGE M, SONEGO F, SESSA F, LEANDRO G, CAPELLA C, SPERTI A, PASQUALI C, DI MARIO F, PEDRAZZOLI S, NINFO V. Nuclear DNA Content and Pathology in radically treated Pancreatic Carcinoma. The prognostic significance of DNA ploidy, histology, and nuclear grade. Cancer 77: 459-466, 1996

27. LA ROSA S, SESSA F, CAPELLA C, RIVA C, LEONE B E, KLERSY C, RINDI G, SOLCIA E. Prognostic criteria in nonfunctioning pancreatic endocrine tumors. Virchow Arch 429:323-331,1996

28. LA ROSA S, CHIARAVALLI A M, CAPELLA C, UCCELLA S, SESSA F. Immunohistochemical localization of acidic fibroblastic growth factor in normal human enterocromaffin cells and related gastrointestinal tumors. Virchow Arch 430:117-124,1997

29. SESSA F, ARCIDIACO M, VALENTI L, SOLCIA M, DI MAGGIO E, SOLCIA E. Metastatic psammomatous somatostatinomas of the pancreas causing severe ketoacidotic diabetes cured by surgery. Endocrine Pathology 4:327-333, 1997

30. SESSA F, BONATO M, BISONI D, RANZANI GN, CAPELLA C. Ki-ras and p53 gene mutations in pancreatic ductal carcinoma: a relationship with tumor phenotype and survival. Eur.J.Histochem 42:67-76,1998
 

Clinical interests

 Pancreatic and biliary tract pathology
Breast pathology
Lung pathology 
 
   
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