Alessandro Gasbarrini

1986-1992 - During the course of his studies, he successively attended the following University Institutes in Bologna as an internal student:

• Histology and Biology (1986-’87);
• Physiology (1988-’89);
• Medical Pathology and Clinical Methodology (1989-’90);
• First Orthopedic Clinic (Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute) (1991-’92).

1993-1997 - During the Specialization Course, he attended:

• 5th Division of the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (IOR);
• Research structures of Codivilla-Putti (Pathological Anatomy in Orthopedic Oncology);
• Spine Surgery Division of IOR;
• Pediatric Orthopedics Department (8th Division, IOR);
• 2nd Division of Oncological and Reconstructive Orthopedics at CTO in Florence;
• Experimental Surgery at IOR;
• Chemotherapy Department at IOR;
• "Resident" at the "Emergency Service" at CTO in Strasbourg (Illkirch Graffenstanden), France.

2000 - Chu de Bordeaux. Bone and joint surgery of the limbs. Spine surgery - France.

2004 - Medtronic SD Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

2004 - Spine Center Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA.

2005 - Hospital Universitario 9 d'Octubre in Valencia, Spain.

2009 - Saint Louis Spine Center – Spine Care, USA.

1998-2009 - First-level Medical Director at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of the Ospedale Maggiore in Bologna.

Since 2009 - Medical Director at the Complex Structure of Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna.

2010-2017 - Management role in the Simple Structure overseeing the treatment of vertebral metastatic lesions.

From 16/01/2018 - Director of the Complex Structure of Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna.

From 1/06/2024 - Full Professor at the University of Bologna, Department of DIBINEM.

SURGICAL HOSPITAL ACTIVITY:

In the last 5 years, he has performed approximately 1,500 surgeries, primarily in the field of spinal surgery.

CONSULTING SURGICAL ACTIVITY:

In various hospitals in Italy and abroad: Turin, Padua, Florence, Pisa, Catania, Narni, Campo S. Piero, Verona, Thiene, Giulianova, Modena, Udine, Munich, Murnau, Tutzing, The Hague, Oviedo, Brescia, Palermo, Tel Aviv.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

16/07/1992 - Degree in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 with honors) from the University of Bologna.

1992 - Medical licensing exam and registration in the Register of Medical Surgeons of Bologna, no. 12568, on 29/12/1992.

03/11/1997 - Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology (70/70 with honors), University of Bologna.

2017 - National Scientific Qualification for university teaching in the first and second tier in Sector 06/F4.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND AWARDS:

Since 1/10/2008: Member of the SIOT (Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology) working group on Bone Metastases and contributor to the SIOT guidelines on the treatment of Bone Metastases.

1/11/2009: Co-author of the SIOT guidelines on the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Since 1/10/2012: Member of the SIOT working group on Bone Metastases and co-author of the SIOT guidelines on Vertebral Metastases.

Since 4/12/2018: Member of the Technical Group of the Emilia Romagna Region for rare tumors of the head and neck.

Founder and President of the PROBONE ITALIA ONLUS Foundation, a foundation for the treatment of Vertebral Tumors.

Since 2018: Associate Member of the AOSpine International Knowledge Forum Tumors and, since August 2022, Member of the Steering Committee of the AOSpine International Knowledge Forum Tumors. The Complex Structure of Spine Surgery directed by Dr. Gasbarrini is a reference center for AOspine for spinal diseases.

PATENTS:

2009: Measurement and reporting system for weight distribution, preferably but not necessarily applicable to lower limbs or similar (patent no. 1355547 of 20/02/2009).

OTHER DESIGNS:

• Coordination activity in the development of the modular mega prosthesis "GB Composite," marketed by Citieffe srl (hip prosthesis for reconstruction after significant bone loss in the proximal femur).

• Shoulder prosthesis for reconstruction after significant bone loss in the proximal humerus (MRS Lima).

• Device for protecting neural structures during vertebrectomy (PROMID, which became the RESEGONE resection system, K2M).

• Pedicle vertebral stabilization system (SCML Showa Ika).

• Custom-made 3D printed "Biomimetic" prosthesis, ITC Gran Canaria.

• Cadaver bone prosthesis, in collaboration with the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank, IOR.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEES:

2011-2021: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.

2016-present: Member of the Assistant Editorial Board of the European Spine Journal.

2021-2022: Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Advances in Spine Oncology" for the journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IF 5.923).

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

From 1/11/2007 to 31/10/2009: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome. CdL Orthopedics and Traumatology - 2nd year course - Discipline: Orthopedics and Traumatology (10 hours per year).

From 1/09/2009 to 30/07/2010: University of Bologna, Master's in Nursing Assistance in Orthopedics and Traumatology.

From 1/11/2009 to 31/10/2011: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome. CdL Orthopedics and Traumatology - 4th year course - Discipline: Orthopedics and Traumatology (surgical techniques) (20 hours per year).

Since 2018: Contract professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Bologna.

Since 2018: Contract professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Modena.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:

PUBLICATIONS: From 1992 to today, he has published over 300 works in national and international journals, with an H-index of 39 (Scopus).

CONFERENCES: From 1992 to today, he has participated in more than 200 national and international courses and conferences as a Speaker and Lecturer.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

From 1/12/2011 to 30/11/2015: Principal Investigator of the Ministry of Health's "Targeted Research Project" RF-2009, titled "Comparative effectiveness of treatments of degenerative spine disease." As part of this project, an educational video on the treatment of degenerative diseases was produced, titled "Degenerative Diseases of the Lumbar Spine."

30/09/2015: Director of the conference sponsored by the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute titled "Degenerative Pathology of the Lumbar Spine - The treatment: What - How - When - Why", as part of the RF-2009 project titled "Comparative effectiveness of treatments of degenerative spine disease."

2018-2022: Co-PI for the Ministry of Health's "Targeted Research Project" RF-2009 titled "qSINS: quantitative revision of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score including CT-based assessment of spinal condition and finite element modeling of vertebral strength. A prospective clinical study."

2019-2022: Head of the Operating Unit within the EURONANOMED project "Next generation antibacterial nanostructured osseointegrated customized vertebral replacement." PI: Dr. Milena Fini.

Since 2023: Head of the Operating Unit within the project "METASTRA- Computer-aided effective fracture risk stratification of patients with vertebral metastases for personalized treatment through robust computational models validated in clinical settings." PI: Prof. Luca Cristofolini.

CLINICAL STUDIES: Since 2011, responsible for 18 clinical studies approved by the Ethics Committee and conducted at the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.