Prof. Guido TORZILLI

Italy

Prof. Guido TORZILLI

Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS) · Rozzano-Milano

Hepatic Surgery, 3rd Department of General Surgery

  • Birth29 November 1962
  • NationalityItalian

Functions and titles

Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan.
Head of the Hepatic Surgery Service, 3rd Department of General Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS), Rozzano-Milano

Specialty

Hepatobiliary surgery, interventional surgery and ultrasonography

Clinical activity themes

Hepatobiliary surgery and application of ultrasonography, particularly for per-operative staging (contrast-enhanced IOUS) and guidance of resections.

Hospital titles

1988–1993 - Internship, first department of surgery, University of Milan
1996 - Fellow of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, University of Tokyo
2000–2004 - Chief of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Hospital of Lodi
2006 - Chief of the Department of Hepatic Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan

University titles

1993 - Specialist in General Surgery, University of Milan
1999 - PhD in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Tokyo
2006 - Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Milan

Address

Liver Surgery Unit, 3rd Department of General Surgery
University of Milan, Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS)
Via Manzoni 56
I-20089 Rozzano - Milano, Italy

Main publications

  1. Torzilli G, Makuuchi M, Inoue K, … Zucchi A. No-mortality liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. Arch Surg. 1999;134(9):984-92.
  2. Torzilli G, Makuuchi M, Midorikawa Y, … Kubota K. Liver resection without total vascular exclusion: hazardous or beneficial? Ann Surg. 2001;233(2):167-175.
  3. Torzilli G, Montorsi M, Donadon M, … Makuuchi M. « Radical but conservative », the main goal of ultrasound-guided liver resection. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201(4):517-28.
  4. Torzilli G, Montorsi M, Del Fabbro D, … Makuuchi M. Ultrasonographically guided surgical approach to liver tumours involving the hepatic veins. Br J Surg. 2006;93(10):1238-1246.