Orthopaedic Surgeon
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
I am an orthopaedic surgeon dedicated to the treatment of children and adults who have bone or soft tissue tumors located in the extremities, pelvis, and sacrum. My clinical practice includes management of benign and malignant musculoskeletal tumors. My research involves understanding the molecular biology and the genetic profile of sarcomas and improving the durability and function of joint replacements.
Over 3000 surgeries mainly in orthopaedic oncology.
Articles indexed on PubMed: 133. Citations on Google Scholar: 4592.
H-Index on Google Scholar: 31.
AWARDS:
1. Zimmer Award for the best communication at the National Congress of resident in Orthopedics and Traumatology held in Parma on 10/2/2006.
2. Winner of the International Skeletal Society award: “2012 Corinne Farrell Best Paper in Skeletal Radiology”.
3. Winner in 2020 of the Blue Ribbon award for best article in the scientific journal "Orthopaedics".
CONTRIBUTIONS to SCIENCE:
1. A novel WWTR1-CAMTA1 gene fusion is a consistent abnormality in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of different anatomic sites. Errani C, Zhang L, Sung YS, Hajdu M, Singer S, Maki RG, Healey JH, Antonescu CR. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2011 Aug;50(8):644-53. doi: 10.1002/gcc.20886.
2. Vascular bone tumors: a proposal of a classification based on clinicopathological, radiographic and genetic features. Errani C, Vanel D, Gambarotti M, Alberghini M, Picci P, Faldini C. Skeletal Radiol. 2012 Dec;41(12):1495-507. doi: 10.1007/s00256-012-1510-6.
3. C-reactive protein and tumour diagnosis predict survival in patients treated surgically for long bone metastases. Errani C, Cosentino M, Ciani G, Ferra L, Alfaro PA, Bordini B, Donati DM. Int Orthop. 2021 Jan 4.
