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The University of Insubria CV The University of Insubria CV Renzo Dionigi, MD, FACS, FRCS (Hon. Edin.)
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Contact data

Full Professor of General Surgery
Hospital Office: Department of Surgical Sciences
Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria,
Via L. Borri 51, 21100, Varese, Italy
Tel: +39 0332 278450 or 0332 278342
Fax: +39 0332 260260
E-mail: renzo.dionigi@uninsubria.it

University Office:
Rectorate
Via Ravasi, 2, 21100, Varese, Italy
Tel: +39 0332 219001
Fax: +39 0332 219009
 

Biography

 Born in Milan, Italy, September 11, 1940. Professor Dionigi is married to Janet Hesselbrock. Three children: Adriana, Gianlorenzo and Marta.

EDUCATION: Liceo Classico G. Carducci 1955-1959, University of Pavia, Medical School 1959-1965, University of Pavia, Dept. of Surgery (Prof. Donati) 1965-1968. University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Surgery (Dr. W. Altemeier and Dr J.W. Alexander) 1969-1970 and 1976.

He is Professor of General Surgery, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Professor Dionigi served as Dean of the Medical School for a number of years, and is presently Rector of the University. The Italian Government nominated him as a representative of the Surgical Community in the National Committee of Bioethics and in the National Health Committee (2002-). Professor Dionigi’s publications are both voluminous (more than 800) and highly rated. Nearly every aspect of general surgery and minimally invasive surgery is covered by one of his articles, monographs, edited books, or book chapters. He has performed more than 18,000 surgical procedures, mainly Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, and Oncological Surgery.

His avocations are: music (classical and jazz), history (having authored seven books on historical topics), tennis, and fly-fishing.
 

Qualifications and awards

 AWARDS: R. Rampoldi Prize winner for highest scholastic achievement, 1966 - G. Morone Prize winner for the best thesis of surgical interest, 1967 - R. Lepetit Prize winner 1968-1970 - Cavaliere di Merito dell’Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio - Professionalism Prize, Rotary International, 1990 - Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, 1998 - Prize “La Martinella d’Oro del Broletto”, 2000- Prize Regio Insubrica 2001 – “Invernizzi Prize” winner for Medicine, 2003 – “Girometta d’oro” Prize, 2004 - Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, Blue Pin, 2004.

ORGANIZATIONS: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Honorary Fellow) - Italian College of Surgeons - American College of Surgeons - American Association for the Advancement of Science - International Inflammation Club - European Society for Surgical Research (President, 1982) - Surgical Society of the Latin Mediterraneum - Italian Society for Immunopathology - Italian Society for Organ Transplantation - Italian Society for Experimental Biology - Surgical Society of Lombardy - The Transplantation Society - Reticuloendothelial Society - American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - Italian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (President 1984) - American Society of Transplant Surgery - Ohio State Alumni Association (Associated Life Member) - Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Surgical Intensive Care - Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae - Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana - Surgical Infection Society (Charter member) - European Shock Society - The International Surgical Group (President 1999) - Rotary International Club, Pavia (President 1981) - European Surgical Association (Charter Member) - International Gastro-Surgical Club - Anna Villa Rusconi Foundation (Member of Council) - The International Society for Disease of the Esophagus - Istituto di Studi Superiori dell’Insubria G. Cardano (President 2001-) Admitted in Who’sWho in the World, 1999.
Member of the National Committee of Bioethics - Member of the National Health Committee
 

Research interests

 Surgical Immunology & Physiopathology - Evaluation of Immunoreactivity in cancer patients - Immunopotentiation in surgical patients - Surgical Infections
a) antibiotic treatment
b) septic shock (immunological studies and treatment)
c) identification of the high risk surgical patient
- Radioimmunoguided Surgery
- Chemioembolization of liver neoplasms
- New prognostic factors in colon cancer

Surgical Nutrition - Total parenteral nutrition in surgical patients
- Nutrition and infections in surgical patients
- Cancer, nutrition and immunocompetence
- Computerized nutritional assessment
 

Teaching experience and appointments

 APPOINTMENTS: Instructor in Surgery, Institute of Semeiotica Chirurgica, Pavia 1967-1968 - Assistant Professor of Surgery, Institute of Semeiotica Chirurgica, Pavia 1970-1973 - Assistant Professor of Surgery, Institute of Patologia Chirurgica, Pavia 1974 - Assistant Professor of Research Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine 1975-1976 - Associate Professor of Surgery, Institute of Patologia Chirurgica, Pavia 1976 - Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Pavia 1986 - Professor of Surgery, Director Department of Surgery, University of Pavia in Varese , 1986- - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, 1993-1998 - Director General Surgery, University of Insubria, 1998 – Rector, University of Insubria, 1998-

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: University of Cincinnati - McGill University, Montreal - University of Cincinnati, Shriners Institute for Burns - Uniformed Services University of Bethesda Md. - University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (British Council Visiting Professor) - University of Sheffield - University of Oxford, Green College - University of Edinburgh - University of Glasgow - University of Dundee - University of Manchester - University of Amsterdam - University of Maastricht - University of Lausanne - University of Bern - University of Hamburg - University of Stockholm - University of Brussels - University of Moscow - University of St. Petersburg - University of Navarra - University of Sapporo - University of Osaka - Shinshu University in Matsumoto - University of Nagoya - University of Tokyo

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS: - British Journal of Surgery (1987- 1998) - Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - The Journal of Clinical Surgery - Scandinavian Journal of Surgery - Clinical Nutrition - European Surgical Research - Italian Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research - Annales Chirurgiae et Gynecologiae - Surgical Research Communications – Chirurgia - Current Topics in Surgery - Emergency Surgery - Current Opinion in General Surgery - Acta Gerontologica - Theoretical Surgery - Hepato-Gastroenterology - The Surgeon
 

Representative  publications

BENEVENTO A, BONI L, DIONIGI G, CARCANO G, CAPELLA C, CAPRIATA G, CASULA G, DETTORI G, DIONIGI R., The mesenteric and antimesenteric location of colorectal cancer: the relationship with lymph nodes, Surgeon. 2004 Aug;2(4):214-20.

BESANA-CIANI I, BONI L, DIONIGI G, BENEVENTO A, DIONIGI R., Outcome and long term results of surgical resection for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), Scand J Surg. 2003;92(3):195-9.

BONI L, BENEVENTO A, CABRINI L, DIONIGI G, DIONIGI R., Primary melanoma of the esophagus, J Am Coll Surg. 2002 Jun;194(6):840.

BENEVENTO A, BONI L, DIONIGI G, FERRARI A, DIONIGI R., Emergency laparoscopic splenectomy for "wandering" (pelvic) spleen: case report and review of the literature on laparoscopic approach to splenic diseases, Surg Endosc. 2002 Sep;16(9):1364-5. Review.

DIONIGI R, ROVERA F, DIONIGI G, IMPERATORI A, FERRARI A, DIONIGI P, DOMINIONI L., Risk factors in surgery, J Chemother. 2001 Nov;13 Spec No 1(1):6-11. Review.

BENEVENTO A, BONI L, FREDIANI L, FERRARI A, DIONIGI R., Result of liver resection as treatment for metastases from noncolorectal cancer, J Surg Oncol. 2000 May;74(1):24-9.

BENEVENTO A, DOMINIONI L, CARCANO G, DIONIGI R., Intraoperative localization of gut endocrine tumors with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs and a gamma-detecting probe, Semin Surg Oncol. 1998 Dec;15(4):239-44.

PEDRAZZOLI S, DICARLO V, DIONIGI R, MOSCA F, PEDERZOLI P, PASQUALI C, KLOPPEL G, DHAENE K, MICHELASSI F., Standard versus extended lymphadenectomy associated with pancreatoduodenectomy in the surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas: a multicenter, prospective, randomized study. Lymphadenectomy Study Group, Ann Surg. 1998 Oct;228(4):508-17.

DOMINIONI L, CHIAPPA A, BIANCHI V, INTERDONATO PF, FESTI L, CARCANO G, BENEVENTO A, DIONIGI R., Infected pancreatic necrosis complicated by multiple organ failure, Hepatogastroenterology. 1997 Jul-Aug;44(16):968-74. Review.

DOMINIONI L, DIONIGI R, BENEVENTO A, GARANCINI S, RONCARI G., Localisation of carcinoid tumour with radiolabelled octreotide and intraoperative gamma detection, Lancet. 1994 Dec 24-31;344(8939-8940):1783.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L, BENEVENTO A, GIUDICE G, CUFFARI S, BORDONE N, CARAVATI F, CARCANO G, GENNARI R., Effects of surgical trauma of laparoscopic vs. open cholecystectomy, Hepatogastroenterology. 1994 Oct;41(5):471-6.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L, BENEVENTO A, CARCANO G. Stapling techniques to facilitate resection of the head of the pancreas, J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1991 Aug;36(4):233-7.

DOMINIONI L, DIONIGI R., Immunological function and nutritional assessment, JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1987 Sep-Oct;11(5 Suppl):70S-72S. Review.

DOMINIONI L, DIONIGI R, ZANELLO M, MONICO R, CREMASCHI R, DIONIGI R, BALLABIO A, MASSA M, COMELLI M, DAL RI P, ET AL., Sepsis score and acute-phase protein response as predictors of outcome in septic surgical patients, Arch Surg. 1987 Feb;122(2):141-6.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L, JEMOS V, CREMASCHI R, MONICO R., Diagnosing malnutrition, Gut. 1986 Nov;27 Suppl 1:5-8. Review.

DIONIGI R, CREMASCHI RE, JEMOS V, DOMINIONI L, MONICO R., Nutritional assessment and severity of illness classification systems: a critical review on their clinical relevance, World J Surg. 1986 Feb;10(1):2-11. Review.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L., Predictive indices for the identification of high-risk patients, Eur Surg Res. 1986;18(3-4):201-6.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L, JEMOS V, CREMASCHI R, BOBBIO-PALLAVICINI F, BALLABIO A., Sepsis score and complement factor B for monitoring severely septic surgical patients and for predicting their survival, Eur Surg Res. 1985;17(5):269-80.

DIONIGI R., Immunological factors in nutritional assessment, Proc Nutr Soc. 1982 Sep;41(3):355-71. Review.

NAZARI S, DIONIGI R, COMODI I, DIONIGI P, CAMPANI M., Preoperative prediction and quantification of septic risk caused by malnutrition, Arch Surg. 1982 Mar;117(3):266-74.

DIONIGI R, CAMPANI M., Nutritional and immunological abnormalities in malignant disease, Acta Chir Scand Suppl. 1981;507:435-74. Review.

NAZARI S, DIONIGI R, DIONIGI P, BONOLDI A., A multivariable pattern for nutritional assessment, JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1980 Sep-Oct;4(5):499-500.

DIONIGI R, DOMINIONI L, CAMPANI M., Infections in cancer patients, Surg Clin North Am. 1980 Feb;60(1):145-59.

DIONIGI R, ZONTA A, DOMINIONI L, GNES F, BALLABIO A., The effects of total parenteral nutrition on immunodepression due to malnutrition, Ann Surg. 1977 Apr;185(4):467-74.

DIONIGI R, ZONTA A, ALBERTARIO F, GALEAZZI R, BELLINZONA G., Cyclic variation in the response of lymphocytes to phytohemagglutinin in healthy individuals, Transplantation. 1973 Dec;16(6):550-7.

ALEXANDER JW, DIONIGI R., Histopathological effects of type-specific antilymphocyte globulin, J Surg Res. 1971 Feb;11(2):74-84.

ALEXANDER JW, DIONIGI R, MEAKINS JL., Periodic variation in the antibacterial function of human neutrophils and its relationship to sepsis, Ann Surg. 1971 Feb;173(2):206-13.

DIONIGI R, ALEXANDER JW, MEAKINS JL, FIDLER JP., Auxiliary liver allotransplantation in dogs--an improved technic and effectiveness of antihistaminic drugs in preventing outflow block, Eur Surg Res. 1971;3(2):93-104.

DIONIGI R, ALEXANDER JW., Prevention of outflow block of the canine liver during transplantation, Transplantation. 1970 Jan;9(1):76-8.

ALEXANDER JW, MCCOY HV, DIONIGI R, SMITH EJ., Preparation and clinical use of type specific goat antihuman lymphocyte globulin, Surg Forum. 1969;20:250-2.

BOOKS

DIONIGI R., Surgery [Textbook of Surgery for medical students and residents, IT]
Milan, Masson, 2005, 4th Edition.

DIONIGI R. AND MADARIAGA J., New Technologies for Liver Resections, Basel, Switzerland, Landes-Karger, 1993)

DIONIGI R., [Septic Shock, IT], Padova, Piccin, 1982

DIONIGI R. AND ZONTA A., [Immunobiology of Cancer, IT], Padova, Piccin, 1978.
 

Clinical interests

More than 18,000 Surgical Procedures
- Cancer surgery
- General surgery in the high risk patient
- Esophageal, pancreatic and liver surgery
- Vascular occlusion in hepatic surgery.
- New Technologies in General Surgery

 
 
   
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