Francesco Bandello

Profession:
Ophthalmologist
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Biography

Prof. Francesco Bandello is the Head of the Ophthalmology Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan. He is a Full Professor of Ophthalmology at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and the Director of the Specialization School of Ophthalmology at the same University.

Prof. Bandello holds prominent positions in various prestigious organizations. He is the President of the Association of Italian University Professors of Ophthalmology (CONPROSO), President of the ESASO Foundation (European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology), and President of Academia Ophthalmologica Europea. Additionally, he serves as the Vice President of EuroLam and is a Former President of EURETINA.

Prof. Bandello serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Ophthalmology and is an Active Member of The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS). He sits on the Board of the Commission of Prevention of Blindness and Low Vision (Italian Ministry of Health) and is an Executive Board Member of SISO (Società Italiana Scienze Oftalmologiche). He is also a Member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis. Previously, he held the position of Director of Club Jules Gonin and served as an Executive Committee Member of the Macula Society.

Prof. Bandello's main interests are in the field of retinal diseases (diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, venous and arterial occlusions, etc.), cataracts and the involvement of the visual system in the course of systemic diseases.

With an extensive publication record, Prof. Bandello is a co-author of 12 books and has authored or co-authored 1,045 Pub-Med articles. He has served as a trained Principal Investigator in several clinical trials, adhering to ICH/GCP standards, with a focus primarily on retinal diseases.

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Education

University of Pavia
Degree in Medicine and Surgery - 1980

University of Milan
Specialization in Ophthalmology - 1984

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Publications

He is an author of 560 scientific publications and 11 monographs, Chief Editor of scientific journals, such as European Journal of Ophthalmology and Developments in Ophthalmology, and member of Editorial Board of more than 10 international periodicals.

Latest publications

Tomographic Biomarkers Predicting Progression to Fibrosis in Treated Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multimodal Imaging Study.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):451-461. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2017.08.019. Epub 2017 Oct 26.
Casalino G1, Stevenson MR2, Bandello F3, Chakravarthy U4.
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Natural History of Treatment-Naïve Quiescent Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using OCT Angiography.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Sep;2(9):922-930. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Mar 6.
Carnevali A1, Sacconi R2, Querques L3, Marchese A3, Capuano V4, Rabiolo A3, Corbelli E3, Panozzo G3, Miere A4, Souied E4, Bandello F3, Querques G5.
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Subretinal pseudocyst: A novel optical coherence tomography finding in age-related macular degeneration.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 25:1120672119846437. doi: 10.1177/1120672119846437. [Epub ahead of print]
Sacconi R1, Mullins RF2, Lutty GA3, Borrelli E1, Bandello F1, Querques G1.
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Anatomical and functional changes in neovascular AMD in remission: comparison of fibrocellular and fibrovascular phenotypes.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 18. pii: bjophthalmol-2018-313685. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313685. [Epub ahead of print]
Querques L1, Parravano M2, Borrelli E1,3, Chiaravalloti A2, Tedeschi M2, Sacconi R1, Zucchiatti I1, Bandello F1, Querques G4.
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Higher Vascular Density of the Superficial Retinal Capillary Plexus in Degenerative Lamellar Macular Holes.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 Apr 1;50(4):e112-e117. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20190401-15.
Pierro L, Iuliano L, Gagliardi M, Arrigo A, Bandello F.
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Usher syndrome in a patient with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr 16:1120672119841778. doi: 10.1177/1120672119841778. [Epub ahead of print]
Romano F1, Albertini GC1, Arrigo A1, Leone PP2, Bandello F1,2, Battaglia Parodi M1,2.
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Natural History of Treatment-Naïve Quiescent Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using OCT Angiography.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Sep;2(9):922-930. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Mar 6.
Carnevali A1, Sacconi R2, Querques L3, Marchese A3, Capuano V4, Rabiolo A3, Corbelli E3, Panozzo G3, Miere A4, Souied E4, Bandello F3, Querques G5.
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Nascent Type 3 Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Nov;2(11):1097-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 May 25.
Sacconi R1, Sarraf D2, Garrity S2, Freund KB3, Yannuzzi LA3, Gal-Or O4, Souied E5, Sieiro A5, Corbelli E6, Carnevali A7, Querques L6, Bandello F6, Querques G8.
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Tomographic Biomarkers Predicting Progression to Fibrosis in Treated Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multimodal Imaging Study.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):451-461. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2017.08.019. Epub 2017 Oct 26.
Casalino G1, Stevenson MR2, Bandello F3, Chakravarthy U4.
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Nascent Type 3 Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Nov;2(11):1097-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 May 25.
Sacconi R1, Sarraf D2, Garrity S2, Freund KB3, Yannuzzi LA3, Gal-Or O4, Souied E5, Sieiro A5, Corbelli E6, Carnevali A7, Querques L6, Bandello F6, Querques G8.
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