Alessandro Saibene

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Specialty:

Diabetes Obesity

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Department of General Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology @ Ospedale San Raffaele

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Biography

Dr Alessandro Saibene is the Head of the Clinical Nutrition Section of the Department of General Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrine-Metabolic in the Clinical Research Institute of Ospedale San Raffaele, headed by Professor Emanuele Bosi.

After graduating in 1983 from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milan, he specialized in diabetology and metabolic disorders and then in nutritional science at the Clinical Institute of Ospedale San Raffaele, but again under the auspices of the University of Milan, in 1987 and 1992, respectively.

Dr. Saibene manages inpatients in the Department of Medicine of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and is a consultant nutritionist for the hospital. In particular, he is responsible for the therapeutic nutrition of all patients who have undergone bariatric surgery. He takes care of both patients with type II diabetes and patients with type I diabetes.

In terms of teaching, Dr. Saibene was a Visiting Professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in the dietetics course in the Department of Nursing Sciences in 2000-2005.

In terms of research, Dr. Saibene has focused primarily on areas such as obesity and type II diabetes during his career. He is the author of 64 publications in international scientific journals. He is a member of numerous scientific societies, such as SIO (Italian Society for the Fight against Obesity), where he is a founding member and advisor to the Lombardy Division, ADI (Italian Association for Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition), SICOB (Italian Society for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity), IFSO (International Federation for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity).

Education

University of Milan
Diploma in Medicine and Surgery - 1983

University of Milan
Specialty in Diabetology and Metabolic Disorders - 1987

University of Milan
Specialty in Food Science - 1992

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Publications

Latest publications

Autoantibodies to amphiphysin II in a patient with sensory-motor neuropathy

Eur. Neurol. 2002; 47(4): 196—200

Perego L, Previtali SC, Nemni ., Longhi R, Carandente O, Saibene A, Sciolla R, Villa A, Gai P, Panzeri C, Dell’Antonio G, Quattrini A, Folli F.

The QUOVADIS Study: features of obese Italian patients seeking treatment at specialist centers

Diabetes Nutr Metab 2003, Apr; 16(2): 115—24

Melchionda N, Marchesini G, Apolone G, Cuzzolaro M, Mannucci E, Grossi E; QUOVADIS Study Group

The metabolic sindrome in treatment-seeking obese persons

Metabolism, 2004 Apr; 53(4): 435—40

Marchesini G, Melchionda N, Apolone G, Cuzzolaro M, Mannucci E, Corica F, Grossi E; QUOVADIS Study Group

Left ventricular hypertrophy and QT interval in obesity and hypertension: effects of weight loss and normalisation of blood pressure

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004 sept; 28(9): 1118—23

Pontiroli AE, Pizzocri P, Saibene A, Girola A, Koprivec D, Fragasso G

Snoring, hypertension and Tipe 2 diabetes in obesity. Protection by physical activity

J Endocrinol Invest. 2004 Feb; 27(2): 150—7

Marchesini G, Pontiroli A, Salvioli G, Novi RF, Vitacolonna E, Taboga C, Ciccarone AM, Grossi E; QUOVADIS Study Group

Lo stato dei capelli come sintomo di patologia interna: casi clinici e diagnosi differenziale. Aspetti nutrizionali e internistici

Human Tricology 2009 sept: 10

Saibene A.

Effetto del conteggio dei carboidrati su controllo glicemico e qualita’ della vita in pazienti adulti con diabete di tipo 1 in trattamento con microinfusore (studio GIOCAR)

Giornale Italiano di Diabetologia e Metabolismo 2009, sett: 29 (3): 174

Laurenzi A, Bolla AM, Panigoni G, Doria V, Uccellatore A, Peretti E, Scavini M, Saibene A, Galimberti G, Bosi E

Effects of Carbohydrate Counting on Glucose Control and Quality of Life Over 24 Weeks in Adult Patients With Type 1 Diabetes on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion: A randomized, prospective clinical trial (GIOCAR)

Diabetes Care. 2011 Apr;34(4):823-7. Epub 2011 Mar 4

Laurenzi A, Bolla AM, Panigoni G, Doria V, Uccellatore A, Peretti E, Saibene A, Galimberti G, Bosi E, Scavini M

La riduzione ponderale ottenuta con bendaggio gastrico laparoscopico regolabile in soggetti con obesita’ morbigena e’ associata al dispendio energetico a riposo pre-intervento

Giornale Italiano di Diabetologia e Metabolismo, 2012 sett 32 (3) 161-162, abstract

Saibene A, Marchi M, De Cosmi V, Scavini M, Vedani P, Devecchi E, Lattuada G, Ragogna F, Bosi E, Paganelli M, Ferla G, Pontiroli AE, Perseghin G.

Metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes mellitus after gastric banding: the role of aging and of duration of obesity

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Nov-Dec;9(6):894-900. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2013.04.001. Epub 2013 Apr 17.

Pontiroli AE, Alberto M, Paganelli M, Saibene A, Busetto L.

Effect of gastric banding on glucose tolerance, cardiovascular and renal function, and diabetic complications: a 13-years studyof the morbidly obese

Surg Obes Relat Dis 2015 Nov 6 1550-7289(15)00979-X. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.10.062.

Zakaria AS, Rossetti L, Cristina M, Veronelli A, Lombardi F, Saibene A, Micheletto G, Ponmtiroli AE, LAGB10 working group

Long‑term mortality and incidence of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in diabetic and nondiabetic obese patients undergoing gastric banding: a controlled study

Cardiovasc Diabetol (2016) 15:39

Antonio E. Pontiroli, Ahmed S. Zakaria, Ermanno Mantegazza, Alberto Morabito, Alessandro Saibene, Enrico Mozzi, Giancarlo Micheletto and on behalf of the LAGB10 working group

Bariatric Surgery to Target Obesity in the Renal Transplant Population: Preliminary Experience in a Single Center

Transplant Proc. 2017 May;49(4):646-649. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.02.032

Gazzetta PG, Bissolati M, Saibene A, Ghidini CGA, Guarneri G, Giannone F, Adamenko O, Secchi A, Rosati R, Socci C

9 years comparison of weight loss, disappearance of obesity, and resolution of diabetes mellitus with biliointestinal bypass and with adjustable gastric banding: experience of a collaborative network

Acta Diabetol 2018 Nov 9. doi: 10.1007/s00592-018-1221-0

Pontiroli AE, Zakaria AS, Micheletto G, Osio C, Saibene A, Folli F, LAGB10 Group

A 23 year study of mortality anddevelopment of comorbidities in patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery (laparoscopic gastric banding) in comparison withmedical treatment of obesity

Cardiovasc Diabetol (2018) 17:161

Antonio E. Pontiroli, Ahmed S. Zakaria, Marco Franchini, Chiara Osio, Elena Tagliabue, Giancarlo Micheletto, Alessandro Saibene and Franco Folli

Enrichment of Tc1 cells and T cell resistance to suppression are associated with dysglycemia in the visceral fat in human obesity

BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Apr;8(1). pii: e000772. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000772.

Cardellini S, Socci C, Bissolati M, Pindozzi F, Giovenzana A, Saibene A, Bosi E, Battaglia M, Petrelli A.

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