Alessandro Lucianetti, MD

Attending Surgeon , General Surgery Unit
Liver Transplantation Center
Department of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

Largo Barozzi, 1
24127 Bergamo, Italy
Phone: (035) 269.362
Fax: (035) 266.898
E-mail:alucianetti@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it

Education and training

Dr. Lucianetti is Attending Surgeon at the General Surgery Unit, Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Surgery of the Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo.
Dr. Lucianetti obtained his  medical degree at the University of Milan: in the same University he served his first residency in General Surgery and in Pediatric Surgery and then as Attending Surgeon at the Institute of Experimental Surgery  and Liver Transplantation Center of the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
He has performed more than 300 surgical procedure in general surgery and holds a large experience in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery. In transplantation surgery he performed more than 20 in situ split liver procedure. 

Clinical and Cognitive Interests:
Dr. Lucianetti is interested in clinical and experimental problems in solid organs transplantation. When he was Attending Surgeon at the Institute of Experimental and Transplantation Surgery of the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan, he was involved in experimental trials on liver transplantation, multivisceral abdominal transplantation, spleno-duodenal-pancreatic transplantation, lung transplantation, small bowel transplantation.  He has authored or co-authored nearly 190 publications, including refereed articles and abstracts. Dr. Lucianetti’s current research interests reflect clinical problem in pediatric liver  transplantation.

Selected Publications:
•	Gridelli B, Lucianetti A, Rodriguez, et al. Neurological complications following pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation. Transplant Proc, 1994,26:1182.
•	Gridelli B, Lucianetti A, Melada E, et al. Pediatric liver transplantation: indications, risk factors and results. Transplant Proc, 1994,26:3647
•	Gridelli B, Lucianetti A, Gatti S, et al. Orthotopic liver transplantation for Crigler-Najjar type I Syndrome. Transplant Proc. 1997, 29: 440
•	Gridelli B, Colledan M, Lucianetti A, et al. Frequency of switch from cyclosporine to FK 506 before and after Neoral use in pediatric liver transplantation. Transplant Proc, 1998,30:1861