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    Francesco DiMeco, MD, IFAANS

    Head of Department
    Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C.Besta

    Prof. Francesco DiMeco, MD
    Prof. Francesco DiMeco is Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at Fondazione Istituto
    Neurologico C. Besta, full Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Residency Program in
    Neurosurgery at University of Milan.
    After completing the residency program, he attended a neurosurgical oncology fellowship at Johns
    Hopkins Medical School gaining a considerable experience in loco-regional treatment of brain
    tumors.
    Focusing on neurosurgical oncology, he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and
    several book chapters (h-index: 67, Scopus) and distinguished himself as a co-author of the first
    ever-published research that lead to the identification of tumor stem cells in glioblastomas and
    novel treatment strategies by inducing tumor cells differentiation, publishing a pioneering article in
    Nature and lately in Molecular Cancer.
    Recently, his research has broadened to embrace the field of intraoperative imaging, becoming one
    of the world’s leaders on intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery. At the same time, he started
    developing a program on Focused Ultrasound for the experimental treatment of brain tumors.
    Furthermore, he has founded the first neurosurgical simulation center in Europe (Besta NeuroSim
    Center) which is also one of the best equipped simulation centers in the world.

    Disclosure(s): BK Medical: Advisor (Ongoing); Pfizer: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing)

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