Gianlorenzo Dionigi, MD, FACS
Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood 'G. Barresi', University Hospital 'G. Martino', The University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Research interests: endocrine surgery, intraoperative neuromonitoring during thyroid surgery
Gianlorenzo Dionigi is Professor of Surgery since 2013. In 2012 he has been appointed for Chairman of the 1st Division of Surgery, University Hospital in Varese, Italy. He is founder and head of the Research Center for Endocrine Surgery at the Department of Surgical Sciences and Human Morphology, School of Medicine, University of Insubria in Varese (Italy) since 2004.
Prof. Dionigi has experience with neural monitoring starting in 2004 of approximately 5,000 cases of intermitted and 500 of continuous IONM. Prof. Dionigi published peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on IONM both on guidelines, technique, experimental, clinical research, cost analysis and learning curve for IONM. He has lead IONM surgical presentations and live “hands-on” surgeries to thyroid surgical units in China, Korea, Taiwan, USA, Brazil, Middle East and Europe.
