Chiara Taffon

Holder of a permanent contract as Medical Director at the Complex Pathological Anatomy Structure of the Campus Bio-Medico University Polyclinic of Rome. He carries out research in various fields (diagnosis of neoplastic and non-neoplastic pathology of the pancreas and biliary tract, neoplastic pathology of the thyroid, neoplastic pathology of the prostate, kidney and urinary tract)

Specialist in Pathological Anatomy; 2004-2009 Performed over 150 necropsy diagnostic findings within the Department of the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome; Participation in histopathological diagnostic activity on surgical, biopsy and intraoperative samples and cytodiagnostics within the specialization school in Pathological Anatomy.; Participation in diagnostic and consultancy activity in the specialist field of Uropathology (Prof. F. Carpino), Hematopathology (Prof. E. Pescarmona), Neuropathology (Prof. F.Giangaspero). February 2010-2015 Holder of a freelance professional contract at the Complex Structure of Pathological Anatomy of the Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico in Rome; From 2016 to today: Permanent contract holder at the Complex Structure of Pathological Anatomy of the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital of Rome.; 1998-2004 Degree in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum laude); Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Sapienza University of Rome, with an experimental thesis in Pathological Anatomy entitled "Premature closure of the ductus arteriosus" Supervisor Prof. P. Gallo.; 2005 Qualification to practice as a Medical Surgeon at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Sapienza University of Rome; 2006 Registration in the Professional Register of Medical Surgeons and Dentists of Rome. 2004-2009 Specialization in Pathological Anatomy at Sapienza University of Rome (70/70 cum laude) with an experimental thesis entitled « Role of the pathologist in the construction of the Breast Unit: the pilot project of the Policlinico Umberto I » (Supervisor Prof. G. d'Amati); Participation in courses organized within the National School of Surgical Pathology with particular attention to thoraco-pulmonary and cardiac pathology, digestive system pathology, thyroid pathology, breast and salivary gland pathology, urogenital pathology, diagnostic cytology and uterine cervix. Participation in theoretical and practical seminars within the integrated course of Pathological Anatomy of the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery of the Campus Bio-Medico University. Co-holder of the patent “Porous material for the inclusion of cytologic preparations, process for obtaining the same and its use” (N. 17818269.7-1110); Orientation and tutoring activities, integrative teaching activities within the teaching of Pathological Anatomy SSD MED/08, for the Master's Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery; teacher of Pathological Anatomy MED/08 for the School of Specialization in Pathological Anatomy.

Raman Spectroscopy applied to parathyroid tissues: a new diagnostic tool to discriminate normal tissue from Adenoma. Palermo A, et al Anal Chem.2018; Where did it start? Subcutaneous metastatic melanoma. Spoto S et al Am J Med 2018; Differences between ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications performance in identifying cytological high-risk thyroid nodules et al. - Eur J Endocrinol. 2018; Seriate cytology vs molecular analysis of peritoneal washing to improve gastric cancer cells detection. Taffon C, et Al Diagn Cytopathol. 2019; Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of B4GALT1 hypermethylation and its clinical significance as a novel circulating cell free DNA biomarker in Colrectal Cancer Picardo et al. – Cancers 2019; Metabolic profile of human parathyroid adenoma Di Masi, et al. – Endocrine 2020; Micro-FTIR spectroscopy as robust tool for psammoma bodies detection in papillary thyroid carcinoma Zancla et al. – Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectroscosc 2020; Thyroid Cancer diagnosis by Raman Spectroscopy Sbroscia et al. – Sci Rep 2020; Morphological and Molecular assessment in Thyroid cytology using cell-capturing scaffolds Scarpino et al. – Horm Metab Res, 2020; On the chemical composition of psammoma bodies microcalcifications in thyroid cancer tissue De Santis et al. – J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2020; Laser ablation versus radiofrequency ablation for benign non-functioning thyroid nodules: six month results of a randomized, parallel, open label, trial (LARA trial) Cesareo et al. – Thyroid 2020; Regression of papillary Thyroid Cancer during Nivolumab for Renal cell cancer Palermo et al.- Eur Thyroid J. 2020; Celiac disease diagnosed in an older adult patient with a complex neuropsychiatric involvement: a case report and review of the literature Falato et al. – Brain Sci. 2020; Hetrotopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder: a report of a very rare case Lauricella S et al. – Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2021; Role of fluorescence confocal microscopy for rapid evaluation of EUS fine-needle biopsy sampling in pancreatic solid lesions (Stigliano S et al. - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2021; Usefulness of Color Doppler Ultrasonography in the Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules Maddaloni et al. European Thyroid Journal 2021; European Thyroid Journal; Raman spectroscopy reveals altered molecular profile in thyroid adenomas Sodo et al. – Diagnostics 2021; Hobnail variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma showing goiter-like presentation and rapid growth Naciu et al. Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports 2021;