Non-oncology and rare uro-andrological diseases

Luca Villa

Luca Villa

Email: villa.luca@hsr.it
Location:

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2015 “Advanced Clinical Training Certification in Endourology/Stone”, Endourological Society

2015 Fellow of the European Board of Urology (F.E.B.U.)

2010-2015 Residency program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

2003-2009 Medical School, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Professional experience

2017 – 2021 Associate Member, European Association Urology (EAU), Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS)

2017 – 2020 Chairman, European Urology Today - EULIS section

2015 - present Staff urologist, Unit of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

2015 – present Executive Member, P.E.T.R.A. (Progress in Endourology, Technology, and Research Association) Uro group

01/2014- 01/2015 Clinical fellowship in endourology, TENON Hospital, Paris, France (Supervisor: Prof. O. Traxer)

lab

The Endoscopic and stones diseases group encompasses the field of endourology, consisting of the minimally invasive treatments of urinary stones and low-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC)

Research Activity mostly deals with: i) studies on of new Laser technologies for the lithotripsy of urinary stones and the photoablation of UTUC; ii) study on the natural history of asymptomatic residual fragments following minimally invasive treatments of urinary stones; and, iii) study on the metabolic factors involved in the pathophysiological mechanism of urolithiasis.

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