Dott. Pierfilippo Crucitti
Biography
DIRECTOR OF U.O.C. OF THORACIC SURGERY
POLYCLINICAL FOUNDATION BIO-MEDICAL CAMPUS
Name: Pierfilippo Crucitti
Born: April 27, 1968, Rome, Italy
Marital status: Married with three children.
Work address: Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Via Alvaro del Portillo 200 00128 Rome Italy
Tel.: +39-06-225411676 or +39-06-225411899
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pierfilippocrucitti.com
Curriculum
Current role:
2019 - present Director of the Thoracic Surgery Complex Operating Unit
1999 – today Confirmed researcher at the University “Campus Bio-Medico di Roma”; Scientific disciplinary sector MED 21
2011 - present President of the Foundation Un Respiro per la Vita ETS
Education and training:
1992 Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome with a grade of 110/110 with honors. Date: 19/10/1992.
1992 Qualification to practice as a medical surgeon.
1993 Registration in the professional register of the Order of Physicians of Rome and Province.
1992 - 1996 Specialization in General Surgery at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, Director: Prof. Francesco Crucitti, Date 28/10/1997
1999 - 2000 Fellowship at the Department of General Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois.
2008 Specialization in Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome with honors. Director Prof. Pierluigi Granone, Date 12/11/2008.
2014 GCP Refresher Course for Principal Investigators, ROME
2016 Thoracic EMEA Expert Meeting, European Surgical Institute, HAMBURG, Germany
2016 MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SURGERY (VATS) COURSE, ODENSE University Hospital, Denmark
2016 The 11th Asia-pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health -BEIJING
2017 Uniportal VATS lobectomy course, HAMBURG, Germany
2018 NG SHANGHAI - ADVANCED VATS COURSE – Zhongshan Hospital, FUDAN University – Shanghai June 2018.
Research Activities:
2011 - present Research activity in recent years has covered the topics of greatest interest in the field of thoracic surgery, developing numerous publications both in the field of minimally invasive surgical techniques with particular interest in uniportal VATS and in the field of lung cancer prevention and screening.
2010 - present He conceived and developed as coordinator a self-financed program for the early diagnosis of lung cancer with low-dose spiral CT called “A Breath for Life” which to date has enrolled approximately 5000 patients and is carrying out important research on the use of the electronic nose as a screening method.
1992 - 2011 His research activity has been carried out over the years in various fields of activity including gastric, biliary-pancreatic and colorectal surgery and all oncological surgery.
The scientific activity of Dr. Crucitti is documented by over 120 works published in Italian and foreign scientific journals with:
h-index: 15 (source Scopus)
Total citations: 904 (Scopus source)
Grants:
2011 - today With the project “A Breath for Life” it has attracted funding from public and private entities for over €. 400.000,00 € which support the program by covering its expenses.
2002 - 2004 Collaborated at the Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, in the drafting of a research program on neoplastic dissemination in colorectal surgery which received funding of approximately 220.000,00 Euro from the Ministry of Scientific Research
1999 - 2001 Collaborated in clinical research in colorectal surgery at the Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico in Rome and in this context in the development of a research program that received funding of approximately 150.000,00 euros from the Ministry of Scientific Research.
PUBLICATIONS
Air leak and intraoperative bleeding in thoracic surgery: a Delphi consensus among the members of the Italian society of thoracic surgery. Cardillo G, Nosotti M, Scarci M, Torre M, Alloisio M, Benvenuti MR, Bertani A, Cagini L, Casablanca G, Cavallesco G, Cherchi R, Crucitti P, Curcio C, Denegri A, Droghetti A, Guggino G, Imperatori A, Infante MV, Lucchi M, Macrì P, Marulli G, Melloni G, Paci M, Paladini P, Pariscenti GL, Potenza E, Rea F, Refai M, Rena O, Ricciardi S, Rusca M, Sollitto F, Taurchini M, Terzi A, Voltolini L, Crisci R. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Oct;14(10):3842-3853.
DOG-1 positive primary acinic cell carcinoma of the lung and investigation of molecular status. Nibid L, Frasca L, Sabarese G, Righi D, Taccogna S, Crucitti P, Graziano P, Perrone G. Pathologica. 2022 Oct;114(5):385-390.
Easy Intra-Operative Localization of Pulmonary Nodules during Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy: Experience with Hydrogel Plugs at Our Institution. Longo F, Grasso RF, Tacchi G, Frasca L, Faiella E, Crucitti P. Med Sci (Basel). 2022 Sep 23;10(4):54.
Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplasty Arising With Hemoptysis. Tacchi G, Frasca L, Longo F, De Peppo V, Crucitti P. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug;114(2):e155.
Augmented reality 3D navigation system for percutaneous CT-guided pulmonary ground-glass opacity biopsies: a comparison with the standard CT-guided technique. Faiella E, Messina L, Castiello G, Bernetti C, Pacella G, Altomare C, Andresciani F, Sarli M, Longo F, Crucitti P, Beomonte Zobel B, Grasso RF. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Feb;14(2):247-256.
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery approach for simultaneous lung cancer and thymic carcinoma: Case report and literature review. Frasca L, Tacchi G, Longo F, Marziali V, De Peppo V, Moscardelli A, Crucitti P. Thorac Cancer. 2022 Feb;13(3):489-493.
The additional value of lung cancer screening program in identifying unrecognized diseases.
Finamore P, Tanese L, Longo F, De Stefano D, Pedone C, Angelici L, Agabiti N, Cascini S, Davoli M, Zobel BB, Incalzi RA, Crucitti P. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Jan 31;22(1):48.
Radiation-Induced Pneumonitis in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Artificial Intelligence for Differential Diagnosis. Giordano FM, Ippolito E, Quattrocchi CC, Greco C, Mallio CA, Santo B, D'Alessio P, Crucitti P, Fiore M, Zobel BB, D'Angelillo RM, Ramella S. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Apr 19;13(8):1960.
Reinnervation of the Diaphragm After Bilateral Phrenic Nerve Resection and Immediate Reconstruction Using a Contralateral Phrenic Nerve Autograft. Brunetti B, Morelli Coppola M, Crucitti P, Spinelli F, Stilo F, Longo F, Cortese L, Tenna S, Persichetti P. Ann Plast Surg. 2020 Nov;85(5):527-530.
Rhomboid intercostal and subserratus plane block for intubated uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. Longo F, Piliego C, Martuscelli M, Tomaselli E, Crucitti P, Longo F, Agrò FE. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Oct;65:109881.
Focus on the pulmonary involvement and genetic patterns in Birt-Hogg-Dubè syndrome: Literature review. Marziali V, Geropoulos G, Frasca L, Longo F, Patrini D, Panagiotopoulos N, Crucitti P. Respir Med. 2020 Jul;168:105995.
Importance of multidisciplinary management of giant mediastinal sarcoma: A case report with phrenic nerve reconstruction. Frasca L, Longo F, Tacchi G, Stilo F, Zito A, Brunetti B, Depalma M, Crucitti P. Thorac Cancer. 2020 Jun;11(6):1734-1737.
