Umberto Capitanio

CURRENT POSITION

Hospital Title:       Full staff urologist

Department:           Unit of Urology

Hospital:                 IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan (Italy)

University:              University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan (Italy)

 

University Title:     Adjunct Professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. Holder of the course titled “Urological Oncology”

 

University Title:     Eligible for Associate Professor of Urology (7^th April 2017: Bando D.D. 1532/2016 settore concorsuale 06/E2 chirurgia plastica-ricostruttiva, chirurgia pediatrica e urologia)

 

Academic Appointments:

09/2017 – present   Chairman of the European Association Urology Young Academic Urologist Kidney Cancer Working Party (EAU YAU)

09/2018 – present   Editor-in-chief UROONCO Kidney cancer Educational Platform of the European Association Urology (EAU)

11/2014 – present    Member of European Association Urology Young Academic Urologist (EAU YAU)

 

Publications

• Original papers (International Peer-Review Journals): 251
• international meetings abstracts: 358
• national meetings abstracts: 229

H – INDEX: 43

CITATIONS: 5980

IMPACT FACTOR: >1400

(Source: Scopus EXPORT DATE: October 2018)

 

Education

11/2007 – 12/2008 Research fellow, Cancer prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit of the University of Montreal, Canada. Director: Prof. Pierre I Karakiewicz.

07/2007 – 09/2012  Residency in Urology (completed with honor). Thesis: “Systematic assessment of the role of lymph node dissection in renal cell carcinoma: prospective results from a single academic center”. Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

09/2000 – 07/2006 Degree in medicine and surgery. Thesis: “Radical prostatectomy for incidental (stage T1a-T1b) prostate cancer: analysis of predictors of residual disease and biochemical recurrence”. Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

 

Urologic Training

01/2014 – 06/2014 Fellow in robotic surgery (Pilot II study), OLV Robotic Surgery Institute, Aalst and Melle, Belgium. Director: Prof. Alex Mottrie

11/2012 – present    Staff urologist, Department of Urology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

06/2012 – present    Fellow of the European Board of Urology (F.E.B.U.)

 

Clinical and Surgical volume

(Source San Raffaele O.R. database – October 2018)

#448 O.R. Procedures as First Surgeon (open, endoscopic, laparoscopic and robotic approaches)

#1859 O.R. Procedures as Second Surgeon (open, endoscopic, laparoscopic and robotic approaches)

>200 Interventional procedure as First Surgeon (Uro-Radiological room, S.E.O)

>10,000 Ultrasounds

>250 Cystoscopies

>800 Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsies

>100 RM-Fusion Prostate Biopsies

 

Professional Societies:

2007 – present      Italian Society of Urology (Italy)

2007 – present      European Association of Urology (Europe)

2008 – present      Endourological society (Europe)

2009 – present      American Urological Association (USA)

 

Awards:

2014 American Urological Association – Plenary Session: best poster presentation at the american urological association annual meeting, orlando (fl): nephron sparing techniques independently reduce the risk of cardiovascular events after surgery in patients with clinical t1a-t1b renal mass and normal preoperative glomerular filtration rates: results from a large multi-institutional study

2013  The Golden Italian abstract at 2013 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in San Diego. May 06, 2013. SIU/AUA Abstract award

2010   European Urology Reviewer of the month (May 2010)

2009   John Blandy Award for the best collection of papers published in British Journal of Urology International

2008   Resident’s Corner Award for the Best Scientific Paper published in European Urology: “Radical prostatectomy for incidental (stage T1a-T1b) prostate cancer: analysis of predictors for residual disease and biochemical recurrence”

 

Grants (as Principal Investigator):

2016 “THE ROLE OF FAZA PET IMAGING TECHNIQUE IN DETECTING LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN RENAL CELL CARCINOMA PATIENTS”. Clinical health care research/Clinico- assistenziale. Young Researcher (under 40 years) – Giovani Ricercatori.

EudraCT number: 2016-001774-15. Project Title: GR-2013-02357486

 

Other Marks of Distinction:

2018    Best poster presentation at the Italian Annual Meeting Riccione 2018: P242 surgically-induced hypertension and cardiovascular morbidity following treatment for localized kidney cancer: the impact of nephrons loss.

2014   Best poster presentation at the European Urological Association Annual Meeting, Stockholm (Sweden): Nephron sparing surgery does not decrease other-causes mortality relative to radical nephrectomy in patients with clinical T1a-T1b renal mass: Results from a large multi-institutional study

2014   Best poster presentation at the European Urological Association Annual Meeting, Stockholm (Sweden): Perioperative outcome and oncological follow up in a large series of patients with renal cell carcinoma invading supradiaphragmatic vena cava and treated with nephrectomy and caval thrombectomy with extracorporeal circulation and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

2012   Best podium presentation at the SIURO Annual Meeting: 182 – The Number Of  Organs Affected By Metastases Is One Of The Most Informative Predictor Of Renal Cell Carcinoma          Specific Survival In Candidates To Cytoreductive Nephrectomy. Umberto CAPITANIO, Marco Roscigno, Nazareno Suardi, Richard Naspro, Rayan Matloob, Cristina Carenzi, Francesca Ceresoli, Francesco Montorsi, Patrizio Rigatti, Luigi Da Pozzo, Roberto Bertini

2011   Best poster presentation at the European Urological Association Annual Meeting, Vienna (Austria): 264 Extended lymphadenectomy increases survival in T3-T4 renal cell carcinoma with clinical positive nodes. CAPITANIO, U., Suardi, N., Strada, E., Petralia, G., Matloob, R., Roscigno, M., Angiolilli, D., Doglioni, C., Da Pozzo, L.F., Bertini, R.

2007   Best poster presentation at the European Urological Association Annual Meeting, Milan (Italy): PP 924 Can we predict prolonged lymphorrhea in patients submitted to radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy? U. CAPITANIO, F. Pellucchi, F. Abdollah, A. Briganti, F. Deho, A. Gallina, A. Saccà, G. Petralia, G. Guazzoni, P. Rigatti, F. Montorsi (Milan, Italy)

 

Journal editorial board member

2017 – present Editorial Board Member of the European Urology Oncology Editorial Board at Large

2012 – 2015        Editorial Board Member of the World Journal of Clinical Urology

2011 – present Editorial Board Member of the European Urology Editorial Board at Large

2011 – present Editorial Board Member of the Journal of solid tumors Editorial Board

2011 – present Editorial Board Member of the European Urology Supplement Editorial Board