Medical team

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Piero Fossati

Specialist doctor in radiooncology, scientific director, director of the MedAustron carbon programme

Areas of expertise

  • Sarcomas
  • ENT
  • Gastrointestinal tract

Languages

German, English, Italian

Education

2006

Specialization in radiotherapy, University of Milan, Italy

2002

Master degree in medicine and surgery, specialization in radiotherapy, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

1997

Master degree in biomedical engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

Professional career

Since 2017

Specialist doctor in radiooncology, scientific director, director of the MedAustron carbon programme

2006 – 2017

Scientist, University of Milan, Italy

2005 – 2017

Radiation oncologist, CNAO, Italy

2009

Clinical fellowship, NIRS, Chiba, Japan

2007

Clinical fellowship, NIRS, Chiba, Japan

Memberships

Member of ÖGRO (Austrian Society for Radiooncology, Radiobiology and Medical Radiophysics)

Member of ESTRO (European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology)

Member of PTCOG (Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group)

Chairman of the scientific advisory board of WPE (West German Proton Therapy Center in Essen)

Selected publications

2020

Radaelli S, Fossati P, Stacchiotti S, Akiyama T, et al. The sacral chordoma margin. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;46(8):1415-1422. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.04.028. Epub 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32402509.

2020

Dale JE, Molinelli S, Vischioni B, Vitolo V, et al. Brainstem NTCP and Dose Constraints for Carbon Ion RT-Application and Translation From Japanese to European RBE-Weighted Dose. Front Oncol. 2020 Nov 24;10:531344. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.531344. PMID: 33330020; PMCID: PMC7735105.

2019

Dale JE, Molinelli S, Vitolo V, Vischioni B, et al. Optic nerve constraints for carbon ion RT at CNAO – Reporting and relating outcome to European and Japanese RBE. Radiother Oncol. 2019 Jul 13;140:175-181.

2018

Fossati P, Matsufuji N, Kamada T, Karger CP. Radiobiological issues in prospective carbon ion therapy trials. Med Phys. 2018 Nov;45(11): e1096-e1110

2017

Cobianchi L, Fossati P, Peloso A, Brugnatelli S, et al. Carbon ion radiotherapy and completion pancreatectomy. A feasible model to explore a new integrated approach? Pancreatology. 2017 Jan – Feb;17(1):19-21

2016

Molinelli S, Magro G, Mairani A, Matsufuji N, et al. Dose prescription in carbon ion radiotherapy: How to compare two different RBE-weighted dose calculation systems. Radiother Oncol. 2016 Aug;120(2):307-12.

2015

Stacchiotti S, Sommer J; Chordoma Global Consensus Group. Building a global consensus pproach to chordoma: a position paper from the medical and patient community. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Feb;16(2):e71-83.

2012

Fossati P, Molinelli S, Matsufuji N, Ciocca M, et al. Dose prescription in carbon ion radiotherapy: a planning study to compare NIRS and LEM approaches with a clinically-oriented strategy. Phys Med Biol. 2012 Nov 21;57(22):7543-54.

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