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Bruno Fionda

Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy - Med/36

Biography

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery and subsequently specialized in Radiotherapy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.

He started working at the Gemelli-ART (Advanced Radiation Therapy) in Rome dealing with special techniques such as Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) which uses specific light sources to monitor the patient’s surface during therapy.

He worked with the first hybrid machine installed in Italy that combines modern linear accelerators (LINAC) with the acquisition of magnetic resonance images allowing to follow the movement of the internal organs in real time.

He has also gained long experience in interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) with both high dose rate (HDR) and pulsed dose rate (PDR).

He is editorial board member in several international journals in the oncology field.

He is the author of over 200 publications including conference abstracts and research articles on national and international journals.

He is author of book chapters about radiation oncology published both in Italian and in English.

He is a member of the Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) and of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO).

He is currently the Chair of the national Brachytherapy, Interventional Radiotherapy, IORT Study Group within Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO).

He was appointed adjunct professor at the Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences.