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Biography

Dr. Marco Brayda-Bruno is a senior consultant with the Spine Surgery team at Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio Hospital.

He graduated with honors from the University of Turin, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in 1979, where he specialized in Orthopedics and Traumatology in 1982.

From 1980 to 1999 he was an assistant and then assistant in spinal surgery at the Scoliosis Center of the Istituto Chirurgico Ortopedico Regina Maria Adelaide Institute in Turin.

Between 1985 and 1996, he completed several postgraduate programs in Europe, Israel and the United States. Since 1991 he has been teaching in Italy and abroad as a visiting professor at various universities in Brazil and Argentina.

In 1999, he became the Head of the Department of Spine Diseases at the Istituto Clinico San Siro in Milan.

He is the author and co-author of various books and over a hundred articles in national and international journals. In addition, he is a member of various scientific societies, both Italian and international, including the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Italian Society for Diseases of the Spine - Italian Scoliosis Group, Eurospine and Scoliosis Research Society, where he is and was earlier the Head of the Committee of Education.

Dr. Marco Brayda-Bruno has been involved in various researches in the fields of biomechanics and spine biology and has coordinated several research projects in Italy and Europe. Since the end of 2018, he has been the Director of Spine Research at the Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi Clinical Research Institute.

Education

University of Turin
Degree in Medicine and Surgery - 1979

University of Turin
Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology - 1982

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Publications

The author and co-author of various books and over a hundred articles in national and international journals.

Latest publications

Biomechanical advantages of supplemental accessory and satellite rods with and without interbody cages implantation for the stabilization of pedicle subtraction osteotomy

European Spine Journal 2018 27(9) 2357-2366

La Barbera., Brayda-Bruno M., Liebsch C., Villa T., Luca A., Galbusera F., Wilke H.J.

Artificial neural networks for the recognition of vertebral landmarks in the lumbar spine

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization - 2018 6(4) 447-452

Galbusera F., Bassani T., Costa F., Brayda-Bruno M., Zerbi A., Wilke H.J.

Vitamin D’s effect on the proliferation and inflammation of human intervertebral disc cells in relation to the functional vitamin D receptor gene foki polymorphism

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2018 19(7)

De Luca P., de Girolamo L., Orfei C.P., Viganò M., Cecchinato R., Brayda-Bruno M., Colombini A.

A comparative analysis of a disposable and a reusable pedicle screw instrument kit for lumbar arthrodesis: integrating HTA and MCDA

Health Economics Review 2017 7(1):17

Ottardi C., Damonti A., Porazzi E., Foglia E., Ferrario L., Villa T., Aimar E., Brayda-Bruno M., Galbusera F.

Plasma vitamin D and osteo-cartilaginous markers in Italian males affected by intervertebral disc degeneration: Focus on seasonal and pathological trend of type II collagen degradation

Clinica Chimica Acta - 2017 471: 87-93

Brayda-Bruno M., Viganò M., Cauci S., Vitale J.A., de Girolamo L., De Luca P., Lombardi G., Banfi G., Colombini A.

Anterior support reduces the stresses on the posterior instrumentation after pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a finite-element study

European Spine Journal 2017 26:450-456

Luca A., Ottardi C., Lovi A., Brayda-Bruno M., Villa T., Galbusera F.

High Levels of Circulating Type II Collagen Degradation Marker (CTx-II) Are Associated with Specific VDR Polymorphisms in Patients with Adult Vertebral Osteochondrosis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2017 18(10)

Cauci S., Viganò M., De Girolamo L., De Luca P., Orfei C.P., Banfi G., Lombardi G., Brayda-Bruno M., Colombini A.

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Circumferential fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis complicated by distal junctional grade 4 spondylolisthesis in the sub-acute post-operative setting” by Alexander A. Theologis et al

European Spine Journal 26 (12) 3082-3083

Brayda-Bruno M.

Semi-quantitative evaluation of signal intensity and contrast-enhancement in Modic changes

European radiology experimental 2017 1(1) 5-5

Tibiletti M., Ciavarro C., Bari V., McCall I.W., Urban J.P.G., Brayda-Bruno M., Galbusera F.

Semiautomated 3D Spine Reconstruction from Biplanar Radiographic Images: Prediction of Intervertebral Loading in Scoliotic Subjects

Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 2017 5:1-10

Bassani T., Ottardi C., Costa F., Brayda-Bruno M., Wilke H.J., Galbusera F.