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Biography

Prof. Francesco Bandello is the Head of the Ophthalmology Unit of IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan. He also holds numerous positions at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, including President of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery, Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Specialization School of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic.

He is the winner of numerous awards, including the "Gabriel Coscas Medal" for outstanding contributions in the field of retinal diseases in 2011 and "SOI Scientific Research Project Award 2017" for the project "Role of Monocyte Patrolling in Diabetic Macular Edema"; he is Principal Investigator in several multicenter studies in the field of retinal and choroidal diseases.

He is an author of 560 scientific publications and 11 monographs, Chief Editor of scientific journals, such as European Journal of Ophthalmology and Developments in Ophthalmology, and member of Editorial Board of more than 10 international periodicals.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the ESASO Foundation (European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology), President of the Academia Ophthalmologica Europea, and an expert reviewer for the National Institute of Health (NIH) of the United States of America for research projects in the field of retina.

Education

University of Pavia

Degree in Medicine and Surgery – 1980

University of Milan

Specialization in Ophthalmology – 1984

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Publications

He is an author of 560 scientific publications and 11 monographs, Chief Editor of scientific journals, such as European Journal of Ophthalmology and Developments in Ophthalmology, and member of Editorial Board of more than 10 international periodicals.

Latest publications

Tomographic Biomarkers Predicting Progression to Fibrosis in Treated Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multimodal Imaging Study.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):451-461. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2017.08.019. Epub 2017 Oct 26.

Casalino G1, Stevenson MR2, Bandello F3, Chakravarthy U4.

Natural History of Treatment-Naïve Quiescent Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using OCT Angiography.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Sep;2(9):922-930. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Carnevali A1, Sacconi R2, Querques L3, Marchese A3, Capuano V4, Rabiolo A3, Corbelli E3, Panozzo G3, Miere A4, Souied E4, Bandello F3, Querques G5.

Subretinal pseudocyst: A novel optical coherence tomography finding in age-related macular degeneration.

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 25:1120672119846437. doi: 10.1177/1120672119846437. [Epub ahead of print]

Sacconi R1, Mullins RF2, Lutty GA3, Borrelli E1, Bandello F1, Querques G1.

Anatomical and functional changes in neovascular AMD in remission: comparison of fibrocellular and fibrovascular phenotypes.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 18. pii: bjophthalmol-2018-313685. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313685. [Epub ahead of print]

Querques L1, Parravano M2, Borrelli E1,3, Chiaravalloti A2, Tedeschi M2, Sacconi R1, Zucchiatti I1, Bandello F1, Querques G4.

Higher Vascular Density of the Superficial Retinal Capillary Plexus in Degenerative Lamellar Macular Holes.

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 Apr 1;50(4):e112-e117. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20190401-15.

Pierro L, Iuliano L, Gagliardi M, Arrigo A, Bandello F.

Usher syndrome in a patient with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 16:1120672119841778. doi: 10.1177/1120672119841778. [Epub ahead of print]

Romano F1, Albertini GC1, Arrigo A1, Leone PP2, Bandello F1,2, Battaglia Parodi M1,2.

Natural History of Treatment-Naïve Quiescent Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using OCT Angiography.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Sep;2(9):922-930. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Carnevali A1, Sacconi R2, Querques L3, Marchese A3, Capuano V4, Rabiolo A3, Corbelli E3, Panozzo G3, Miere A4, Souied E4, Bandello F3, Querques G5.

Nascent Type 3 Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Nov;2(11):1097-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 May 25.

Sacconi R1, Sarraf D2, Garrity S2, Freund KB3, Yannuzzi LA3, Gal-Or O4, Souied E5, Sieiro A5, Corbelli E6, Carnevali A7, Querques L6, Bandello F6, Querques G8.

Tomographic Biomarkers Predicting Progression to Fibrosis in Treated Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multimodal Imaging Study.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):451-461. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2017.08.019. Epub 2017 Oct 26.

Casalino G1, Stevenson MR2, Bandello F3, Chakravarthy U4.

Nascent Type 3 Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Nov;2(11):1097-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 May 25.

Sacconi R1, Sarraf D2, Garrity S2, Freund KB3, Yannuzzi LA3, Gal-Or O4, Souied E5, Sieiro A5, Corbelli E6, Carnevali A7, Querques L6, Bandello F6, Querques G8.