Lorenzo Bello

Professor Lorenzo Bello is a neurosurgeon and head of the Oncological Neurosurgery Group at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi.

In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milan, where in 1995 he received the specialty of a neurosurgeon.

He specializes in oncological neurosurgery during an internship at Harvard Medical School:

• From 1997 to 2000 as a neurosurgeon researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston (USA);
• from 2001 to 2002 Brain Tumor Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

From 2001 to 2010, he was co-director of ELAT, the European Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Translational Medicine, and in 2018 he was a visiting professor at the University of Singapore. 

Professor Bello is one of the world leader neurosurgeons for the treatment of intrinsic brain lesions using brain mapping techniques.

He directs one of the international reference groups for the treatment of brain lesions using  brain mapping and monitoring techniques and awake surgery, particularly for lower-grade gliomas.

Well versed in guided surgery and robotic neurosurgery. He is also engaged in the study of minimally invasive techniques, diagnosis and treatment (infusion of drugs) of brain tumors.