Pierandrea De Iaco

Specialist in Gynaecology, Urology and General Surgeon is one of the surgeon exploring with multi-organ surgery in Gynecologic Oncology HIGHLIGHTS He is the author of over 90 scientific papers, with publications in numerous prestigious international journals. Associate Professor, he regularly carries out teaching activities at the University of Bologna. CLINICAL ACTIVITY Main activities in the field of gynecologic oncology, involving the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar cancer; surgery is particularly adapted to patients, considering fertility sparing surgery and cancer treatment in pregnancy. In advanced cases multi-modal therapies are offered, as HIPEC, PIPAC procedures, and electrochemotherapy. Endoscopic procedures in oncologic cases are considered. RESEARCH ACTIVITY Research activity in the field of oncological diseases in elderly, focussing on alternative to surgery, including medical treatment, radiotherapy, electrochemotherapy. Active in research in quality of life of patients after multiple treatment, considering medical and alternative strategies. TEACHING ACTIVITY Lecturer in the specialisation course of Radiology, General Surgery, Oncology at the University of Bologna. Speaker in national and international courses. Speaker for Master on Endoscopic Surgery, University of Bologna. Director of annual Workshop in pelvic surgery and gynecologic oncology, University of Bologna.

Curriculum Vitae

Pierandrea De Iaco, MD, is Full Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of Bologna and, since 2020, Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy. After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, he specialised there in Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Urology and in General Surgery.

His academic and clinical contributions are extensive, including:

Clinical career: From 1990 he worked in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit of the S. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna, where from 2011 to 2020 he headed the Gynecologic Oncology Unit.
International training: He trained as a foreign resident in the Oncological Surgery Service of the Gustave Roussy Institute in Villejuif, France (1993–1994).
Multidisciplinary surgery: He is consultant surgeon for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in the Transplant Surgery unit of S. Orsola-Malpighi, for sarcomas of the female pelvis at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institutes and for female pelvic tumours in the Urology unit.

Professor De Iaco has published 247 articles in national and international journals, with an H-index of 45 and 6,356 citations.