Developed skills and lines of research

Alessandro Palleschi earned his degree in Medicine and Surgery in 2003 from the University of Milan. In 2008, he obtained a specialization diploma in Thoracic Surgery from the University of Milan. Since April 2009, he has been a Medical Director at the IRCCS Ca’ Granda Foundation – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan, working in the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Unit.

His thoracic surgical activity includes lung transplantation, pneumonectomies, lobectomies, and pulmonary resections; thoracoscopies for pleural pathology; and cervical lymph node excisions. For FFC Ricerca, he works to demonstrate the validity of a special MRI technique as a non-ionizing and less invasive alternative to CT scans for monitoring transplanted lungs.

Projects funded by FFC Ricerca as Principal Investigator or as Research Manager

FFC#27/2018
Use of multivolume MRI instead of ionizing imaging techniques for surveillance in young patients after lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis