Non-oncology and rare uro-andrological diseases
Andrea Salonia
Email: salonia.andrea@hsr.it
Location: San Michele 2, Floor 2
Director, Urological Research Institute
Group leader, Non-oncology and rare uro-andrological diseases
Associate professor, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele
Andrea Salonia is a Full Professor of Urology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, where he also serves as the Dean of Studies of the International Medical Doctor Program (IMDP) and the Co-Coordinator of the PhD Curriculum in Clinical and Experimental Medicine.
Andrea Salonia is the Director of URI-Urological Research Institute of the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy, where he also serves as the Head of the Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine Program.
Andrea Salonia is the current Chairman of the EAU Guidelines panel on Sexual and Reproductive health.
Over the last decades, his major research interests have been focused on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of male sexual and reproductive health, with a targeted translational approach. Over his career, the scientific production predominantly focused on the following main topics: i) Epidemiology, socio-demography, physiopathology, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of male sexual dysfunction; ii) Translational research, demography and clinical physiopathology of male reproduction; iii) Functional urology and neuro-urology in multiple-sclerosis patients; iv) Functional urology and surgery of bladder outlet obstruction; v) Epidemiology, socio-demography, physiopathology, and diagnosis of female sexual dysfunction; vi) Translational and clinical experimental and surgical treatment of non-muscle and muscle-invasive bladder cancer; vii) Sexual and reproductive outcomes of testicular cancer and penile cancer survivors; viii) Surgery of organ-confined and locally-advanced prostate cancer – Rehabilitation programs; and, ix) Hormonal biology and physiopathology of organ-confined and locally – advanced prostate cancer.
2012 - present Fellow at European Multidisciplinary Joint Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM) (Multidisciplinary Committee of Sexual Medicine (MJCSM) and the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
2012 - 2015 PhD in Molecular and translational oncology and innovative medical surgical technologies, Università Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
2007 - 2012 Residency in Endocrinology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
2005 Research Fellowship, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell University, NYC, USA (Supervisor: Prof. P. Schlegel)
2001 Research Fellowship, Department of Urology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Supervisor: Prof. I. Goldstein)
1996 - 2001Residency in Urology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
1990 - 1996 Medical School, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
2011 Italian Matula Award, SIU (granted to the best young italian urological academician)
2006 Award of Excellence, ESSM
Hospital/Research Experience
2014 – present Director, URI-Urological Research Institute
Division of Experimental Oncology
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2008 – present CAA Couple’s Medicine
Head, Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2001 – present Full staff urologist
Unit of Urology
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
University Experience
2021 – present Member, Board of Directors, Chief Educational Office, Società Italiana di Urologia (SIU)
2020 – present Dean of Studies, International Medical Doctor Program (IMDP), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2018 – present Co-Coordinator, Clinical and Experimental Medicine Curriculum, International PhD Course in Molecular Medicine. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2018 – present Full Professor of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2015 – 2022 Member of CeNRI, inter-faculty Centre for the development of the research and innovation in Nursing, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
2015 – present Member of GENDER, inter-faculty Centre for the Study of gender medicine
2015 – 2018 Associate Professor of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
National and International Scientific Societies
2020 – present Chair, Young Researchers Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
2018 – present Chairman, EAU guidelines panel on “Sexual and Reproductive Health”
2016 – 2019 Member, Executive Committee, SIA Società Italiana di Andrologia (SIA)
2016 Member, Panel “Fertility Status and Overall Health”, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD-CDC), Bethesda, MD, USA
2015 – present Board Member, European Society of Andrological Surgery (ESAU)
2011 – 2018Vice-Chairman, European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines panel on “Male Sexual Dysfunction”
2009 – 2014 Chairman, Scientific Committee, European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM)