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Assistant Professor |
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Biography |
Dr. Rovera was born in
1972 in Varese. She attended Medical School at the University of Pavia (located in Varese) and in 1997 attained a final degree with a thesis on the “Correlation between blood transfusions and postoperative infective complications” with a final evaluation of 110/110 cum Laude. In 1997 she started her residency in General Surgery, at the University of Insubria-Varese, attending the Department of Surgery under the supervision of Professor Renzo Dionigi. During these years she participated in several clinical studies involving risk factors for postoperative infections, breast cancer and lung cancer screening. Since 1997, she has actively participated in the lung cancer screening program in the province of Varese. She completed her surgical training in General Surgery in 2003 with a final evaluation of 50/50 cum laude. |
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Qualifications and awards |
Assistant
Professor in General Surgery, University of Insubria –Varese 1992: Banca Popolare di Luino e di Varese grant (5.000.000 ITL); 1993: Banca Popolare di Luino e di Varese grant (5.000.000 ITL); 1996: Fondazione Famiglia Legnanese grant (4.000.000 ITL); 1997: AVIS Varese grant (2.000.000 ITL). |
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Research interests |
Dr. Rovera is involved in several clinical research studies regarding breast cancer surgery and radioimmuno-guided node dissection in breast cancer; risk factors for postoperative infections and postoperative sepsis. | |
Teaching experience and appointments |
Dr. Francesca Rovera has been appointed as clinical lecturer in Surgery by the University of Insubria in Varese, where she is currently giving lectures to medical students, nurses as well as physiotherapists. | |
Representative publications |
Dominioni L, Raso M, Minoja
G, Rovera F. Imaging infection in the intensive care unit. Current Opinion in Critical Care 1999;5:363-7. Dominioni L, Benevento A, Carcano G, Peloni G, Rovera F, Dionigi R. Correlation between peri-operative blood transfusion and postoperative infective complication. In: “Advances in Abdominal Surgery”, E. Zanella ed. Kluwer Academic Pub., pp. 13-18, 1999. Dominioni L, Strauss GM, Imperatori A, Rovera F, Dionigi G. Screening for lung cancer. Chest Surgery Clinics of North America 2000;10:729-36. Dominioni L, Imperatori A, Rovera F, Ochetti A, Torrigiotti G, Paolucci M. Stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): analysis of survival and implication for screening. Cancer 2000;89(S):2334-44. Dominioni L, Imperatori A, Rovera F, Ochetti A, Paolucci M. Lung cancer screening in cigarette smokers in the province of Varese, Italy. Cancer 2000;89(S):2345-8. Dionigi R, Rovera F, Dionigi G, Imperatori A, Ferrari A, Dionigi P, Dominioni L. Risk factors in surgery. J Chemother 2001;13(1):6-11. Dominioni L, Rovera F, Dionigi G. Pleura. In: R. Dionigi: Chirurgia, Masson III Ediz., 2002, pag. 865-77. Dominioni L, Rovera F, Boni L, Benevento A. Endoscopia tracheo-bronchiale e toracoscopia. In: R. Dionigi: Chirurgia, Masson III Ediz., 2002, pag. 930-34. Rovera F, Imperatori A, Militello P, Morri A, Antonini A, Dionigi G, Dominioni L. Infections in 346 consecutive video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures. Surgical Infections 2003;4:45-51. Rovera F, Billo P, Capella C, Dominioni L. Concurrent epithelial thymoma and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2003;2:537-40. Dominioni L, Rovera F, Pericelli A, Imperatori A. The rationale of early enteral nutrition. Acta Bio Medica 2003;74:41-44. Carcano G, Rovera F, Boni L, Dionigi GL, Uccella L, Dionigi R. Idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis: a case report. Chirurgia Italiana 2003;55: pg. 605-08. Rovera F, Militello P, Antonini C, Imperatori A, Dominioni L. Le polmoniti da Candida in 500 interventi di resezione polmonare. Minerva Chirurgica 2004;59:45-51. Ferrari A, Rovera F, Carcano G, Dionigi R. Current strategies in breast cancer surgery. Proceedings of the “Varese Update on Breast Cancer”, Induno Olona (Va), 12-13 novembre 2004, pp. 85-89. Ferrari A. and Rovera F. Editors of the Proceedings of the “Varese Update on Breast Cancer”, Induno Olona (Va), 12-13 novembre 2004 Carcano G, Uccella L, Ferrari A, Rovera F, Dionigi G, Limonta G, Dionigi R. Breast cancer surgery as an outpatient in Italy: is it possible? Accettato per pubblicazione su Chirurgia Italiana, marzo 2005. Ferrari A, Rovera A, Limonta G, Cinquepalmi L, Frattini F, Dionigi G, Carcano G, Dionigi R. Definitive treatment of breast cancer in day-surgery. Proceedings of “7th Milan Breast Cancer Conference”, Milan, June 15-17, 2005; pg 93. Dionigi G, Bacuzzi A, Boni L, Rovera F, Piantanida E, Tanda ML, Diurni M, Carcano G, Bartalena L, Cuffari S, Dionigi R. Influence of new technologies on thyroid surgery: state of the art - Expert Review of Medical Devices. Future Drugs 2005; (2)5: 547-557 Rovera F, Diurni M, Dionigi G, Boni L, Ferrari A, Carcano G, Dionigi R. Antibiotic prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2005 Oct;3(5):787-95. Boni L, Benevento L, Dionigi G, Rovera F, Diurni M, Dionigi R. Injection of colorectal cancer cells in mesenteric and antimesenteric sides of the colon results in different patterns of metastatic diffusion: an experimental study in rats. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2005, 3:69. (19Oct2005). Rovera F, Ferrari A, Carcano G, Dionigi G, Cinquepalmi L, Boni L, Diurni M, Dionigi R. Tubular adenoma of the breast in a 84-year-old woman. Report of a case simulating breast cancer. Accepted for publication in “The Breast Journal”, 2005. |
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Clinical interests |
Dr. Francesca Rovera is an active member of the surgical staff of the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Insubria (Head professor Renzo Dionigi). She is mainly involved in breast cancer surgery as well as several elective and emergency procedures. She has performed several surgical procedures as first surgeon and as assistant.
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