Prof. Dr. Med. Pietro Ruggieri，Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology at University of Padova

Main Fields of Research:

• Musculoskeletal Oncology

• Reconstructive Surgery

• Prostheses in Musculoskeletal Oncology

Work Experience:

More than 4.000 surgical procedures performed in orthopedics, with special regard to the field of musculoskeletal oncology.

• Since January 2017  Director of the Scientific Center for Research of Musculoskeletal Tumors "Mario Mercuri" at the Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology of University of Padova

• Since October 2016  Director of Residency Program - Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Padova

• Since October 2015  Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology at University of Padova

• November 2013-September 2015  Head of Prosthetic Reconstructive Surgery in Musculoskeletal Oncology, University of Bologna, Istituto Rizzoli, 2nd Department of Orthopedics

Awards:

• EFORT Award for the Best Poster Presentation June 2016, Genève: “Total Humeral Prosthetic Reconstruction for Bone Tumours. A Report of 14 Cases”

• Erwin Morscher Award 2014 by EFORT Society, with the Honorary Lecture in London EFORT 2014, June 5th: “Progresses of Musculoskeletal Oncology in the last decades and future perspectives”

• EFORT Award for the Best Paper June 2012, Berlin with the paper “Post radiation sarcoma: A single institutional experience on 52 cases”

Membership:

• Membership Chair of ISOLS(International Society of Limb Salvage)

• Since May 2018  Member of EMSOS (European Musculoskeletal Oncology Society)

• September 2011- September 2013  President of ISOLS(International Society of Limb Salvage)

• Co-director of the Subspecialty of Tumors for the SICOT

• Member of CIOSM (Italian Club of Musculoskeletal Oncology)