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Furkan Coskun
Dentist
3 years of experience

Furkan Coskun

Dentist
3 years of experience
Turkey, Tekirdag
TRAKYADENT DENTAL HEALTH GROUP
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Buse Bilgin
Dentist
5 years of experience

Buse Bilgin

Dentist
5 years of experience
Turkey, Tekirdag
TRAKYADENT DENTAL HEALTH GROUP
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Renato Maria Bragato
Cardiologist
33 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Renato Maria Bragato

Cardiologist
33 years of experience

Prof. Renato Maria Bragato is the Autonomous Echocardiography Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital.


His main medical specialties are 2D, 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographies.

He executes echo transthoracic and transoesophageal intra-operative monitoring in heart surgery, vascular surgery and hemodynamics (intra-operative diagnostics, cardiac function monitoring, mini-access treatment and surgery using the Heartport technique, monitoring implantation of vascular and valvular percutaneous endoprostheses, monitoring PFO closure, monitoring LAA Occluder and Mitral clip positioning), intraoperative evaluation and follow-up of application and correct functioning of “Ventricular Advanced Device” (VAD, NOVACOR, CIRCULATE),  resynchronisation and evaluation of bi-ventricular cardiac stimulation, vascular ultrasound (EchocolorDoppler of the supra-aortic trunks) and study of endothelial dysfunction (Shear test), evaluation of cardio-embolic risk using CEUS, transthoracic and transesophageal techniques.

Research areas of interest: His research activity is dedicated to Artificial Heart Device and Fusion Imaging.

Author and co-author of over 70 published papers on different national and international journals mainly from personal original research project

Member of Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC)

Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bragato+renato

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Corrado Lodigiani
General practitioner
30 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Corrado Lodigiani

General practitioner
30 years of experience

Dr. Corrado Lodigiani has been assistant at the Thrombosis Centre of Humanitas research Hospital from 1998 to 2013 and he became Unit Director in 2013. 

Humanitas Thrombosis Center is a state-of-the-art service for the proper management of the diagnosis and therapy of venous thromboembolic pathology (deep and superficial venous thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, visceral venous thrombosis) and arterial (myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, peripheral arterial disease). 
Other also rare diseases treated are atypical thrombosis, such as the vascular circulation of the retina, the hearing system and the placental circulation during pregnancy. 


Dr. Lodigiani adopts the multidisciplinary approach and works in collaboration with all medical and surgical specialties. In particular, he carries out clinical and instrumental diagnostics (vascular ecocolordoppler) and research on the causes, diagnosis and therapy of thrombotic and bleeding disorders, congenital and acquired. His clinical activity also involves the diagnosis and management of patients suffering from bleeding diseases, such as haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease and platelet diseases.

Medical areas of interest:  

In recent years, he has devoted himself with particular interest to the testing, in the role of Principal Investigator in International Clinical Studies, of new antithrombotic drugs and, above all, anticoagulants, which are about to be marketed and will constitute a valid and safe alternative to traditional oral anticoagulant therapy (DOACs). He is also working, with great interest, on researching the causes of idiopathic infertility and the usefulness and effectiveness of some therapeutic strategies, such as the use of anticoagulant drugs, improving the results of artificial insemination procedures. He is the author of numerous articles in international scientific journals and speaker at numerous national and international conferences.

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Antonio Costanzo
Dermatologist
30 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Antonio Costanzo

Dermatologist
30 years of experience

Prof. Antonio Costanzo is the Dermatology Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital. He graduated with his MD degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Rome, La Sapienza in 1994. He then went on to complete post-graduate study and received a speciality degree in Internal Medicine in 1999 and a Dermatology speciality degree in 2006.

Medical areas of interest:

  • Inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases (Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis, Alopecia Areata, Chronic Urticaria, Suppurative Hydroadenitis, Scleroderma, Lupus)
  • Personalized Medicine, Biological Psoriasis Therapy
  • Dermatological Oncology (Melanoma, Actinic Keratosis, Basocellular and Spinocellular Epitheliomas).
  • Prevention of skin neoplasms (dermatoscopy, computer mapping of moles).
  • Dermatological surgery

Previous experience:

  • Director of Dermatology Unit at Sant’Andrea Hospital in Vercelli
  • University Researcher/Hospital Assistant at Tor Vergata Hospital 

Research areas of interest: 

  • Psoriasis pathogenesis of other inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases
  • Pathogenesis of skin neoplasms
  • Genetic disorders of the skin

His clinical research is focused on the characterization of the activity of biologics in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. This research is strictly linked to basic research activity on the pathogenesis of psoriasis and on the use of pharmacogenetic approach to predict the efficacy and safety of biologics in psoriasis.

In the past, Professor Costanzo has collaborated to the characterization of basic mechanisms of TNF inflammatory signalling in epithelial cells and NFkappaB regulation by different stimuli. More recently his research group has collaborated to the discovery of IL-21 as critical mediator of keratinocyte proliferation in psoriasis. Professor Costanzo has authored or co-authored more than 120 publications in internationally peer-reviewed journals.

Teaching experienceFull Professor of Dermatology at Humanitas University

 

Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Costanzo+A 

 

 

 

 

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Romano Lutman
Radiologist
40 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Romano Lutman

Radiologist
40 years of experience

Prof. Romano Lutman is the Head Oncological and interventional radiology Unit.

Medical areas of interest: 
diagnostic and interventional oncology, in particular linked to percutaneous imaging-guided procedures.
He has performed over 3000 CT guided lung biopsies and numerous international trials on anticancer drugs.

Research areas of interest: 
advanced oncological diagnostics. Percutaneous minimally invasive imaging-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in oncology.

Previous experience:  
1991-1996 Orthopaedic Institute of Gaetano Pini, Italy
Assistant Physiatrist
- 1991-1991 Hospital of the Piemonte region , Italy
Specialist doctor in sports medicine

Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=lutman r

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Aisha
Hair transplant specialist
13 years of experience

Aisha

Hair transplant specialist
13 years of experience
Turkey, Antalya
Medpearl Group
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Mehdi Afrit
Hematologist/oncologist
13 years of experience
United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Burjeel Specialty Hospital Sharjah

Mehdi Afrit

Hematologist/oncologist
13 years of experience

accreditations:

Emirates Oncology Society
European Society of Medical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Certificate of Medical Oncology
Certificate in Good Clinical Practice
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Biography

Dr. Mehdi Afrit is a Medical Oncologist who practices at Burjeel Specialty Hospital in Sharjah. He has over 11 years of experience caring for and managing cancer patients. He has extensive experience providing chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy to patients. He earned a Certificate of Medical Oncology from the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris, France, where he received training in antitumor chemotherapy and cancer medical treatment. Additionally, he holds an international certificate in breast diseases. He also has a certificate in Good Clinical Practice from Trans Celerate Biopharma Inc. and a certificate in Clinical Trial Management: Good Clinical Practice from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians. He previously worked for over five years as an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Tunis’s Faculty of Medicine. He later practiced as a Consultant, Medical Oncologist for six years at Arianna’s hospital in Tunisia. He later worked for two years as a Specialist Medical Oncologist at Zulekha Hospital. He was also an investigator in three international clinical trials and holds clinical trial auditing and CRO certifications and a GCP Training Certificate from 2016. He is a member in good standing of the Emirates Oncology Society (EOS), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). His clinical expertise includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Oncology care and treatment for chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immune therapy, and target therapy
  • Breast cancer
  • Solid tumor diagnosis
  • Digestive cancer
  • Gynecological cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Genitourinary cancer
  • Sarcoma

Awards & Achievements

  • Award from Himaya Foundations and University of Sharjah

Research & Publications

  • Clinicopathological Features of Gastric Cancer in a Cohort of Gulf Council Countries' Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 96 Cases. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(2): 1-3.
  • The Burden of Gynecologic Cancers in the UAE. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
  • The Emirates Oncology Task Force Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Adult Cancer Patients Before Anti-Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
  • The State of Cancer Care in the United Arab Emirates in 2020: Challenges and Recommendations, A report by the United Arab Emirates Oncology Task Force. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Humaa Darr, Ibrahim Abu-Gheida , Jawaher Ansari, Martine, Mehdi Afrit, Mohamad H Masri, Mohamed Abuhaleeqa. Gulf J Oncology 2020 Jan;1(32):71-87.
  • Primary Bone Lymphoma: Tunisian Multicentric Retrospective Study About 32 Cases. Ben Ayed C, Laabidi S, Said N, Afrit M, Ben Ahmed S, Boussen H. Tunis Med. 2018 May;96(5):269-272.
  • First Site of Recurrence After Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment in the Era of Multimodality Therapy: Which Imaging for Which Patient During Follow-up? Nesrine M, Mehdi B, Houda EB, Soumaya L, Mehdi A, Bechir Z, Hamouda B. Breast Dis. 2017 Nov 21
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Berfin Cakirgoz
Dentist
7 years of experience

Berfin Cakirgoz

Dentist
7 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Integra Dental clinic
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Cp Eason Kung Shun Ren
General practitioner
11 years of experience

Cp Eason Kung Shun Ren

General practitioner
11 years of experience
Malaysia, Selangor
GHHS HEALTHCARE AMBULATORY CENTRE
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Dr Fikret Dusunceli
Colorectal surgeon
34 years of experience

Dr Fikret Dusunceli

Colorectal surgeon
34 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Dr Turkan Ozer
General practitioner
45 years of experience

Dr Turkan Ozer

General practitioner
45 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Dr Ertan Ozen
Gynecologist
34 years of experience

Dr Ertan Ozen

Gynecologist
34 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Prof Dr Ali Serdar Fak
Cardiologist
27 years of experience

Prof Dr Ali Serdar Fak

Cardiologist
27 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Prof Dr Hasan Yazici
Rheumatologist
50 years of experience

Prof Dr Hasan Yazici

Rheumatologist
50 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Asst Prof Gorkem Kiyak
Orthopedic oncologist
19 years of experience

Asst Prof Gorkem Kiyak

Orthopedic oncologist
19 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Academic Hospital
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Natalia Molodetskaya
Dermatologist
17 years of experience

Natalia Molodetskaya

Dermatologist
17 years of experience
Poland, Warsaw
Gaia Beauty Clinic
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Elnur Mehdi
Radiologist
17 years of experience

Elnur Mehdi

Radiologist
17 years of experience
Azerbaijan, Baku
Nuclear Medicine Center
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Amalia Rahimova
Dietitian
32 years of experience

Amalia Rahimova

Dietitian
32 years of experience
Azerbaijan, Baku
Biological Medicine-Integrative Health Center Baku