Prof Pierluigi Bove is Principal Investigator for the Minimally-invasive surgical oncology
Biography
Pierluigi Bove is Associate Professor in Urology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. In 2003 completed a Research Fellowship under Prof. L.R. Kavoussi at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Baltimora – Maryland (USA). In 2004 completed a Surgical Fellowship under Prof. F.J. Kim at the University of Colorado, Denver – Colorado (USA) and a Masterclass in Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy under Prof. G. Vallancien at the Université René Descartes, Paris (France). In 2009 he attended a Second Level Master’s Degree in Andrology at the University of Pisa (Italy). He is qualified as Console Surgeon for da Vinci Surgical System since 2019. He is author and co-author of about 150 scientific publications (H-index 29, www.scopus.com, last update January 2024); furthermore, he is Principal Investigator for several scientific studies and researches. He is member of the scientific board of Italian Endourological Association (IEA), Italian Group for Advanced Laparo-Endoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery (AGILE), Torvergata Oncoscience Research (TOR) group, Surgical Advisory Board Boston Scientific – Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and several multicentric research groups. Finally, he performed over 4500 major urological surgery procedures as first operator, mostly with a minimally invasive approach (pure laparoscopic or robot-assisted).
Representative publications
Finazzi-Agrò E, Petta F, Sciobica F, Pasqualetti P, Musco S, Bove P. Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation effects on detrusor overactivity incontinence are not due to a placebo effect: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. J Urol. 2010 Nov;184(5):2001-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.113.
Autorino R, Bove P, De Sio M, Miano R, Micali S, Cindolo L, Greco F, Nicholas J, Fiori C, Bianchi G, Kim FJ, Porpiglia F. Open Versus Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis of Surgical and Oncological Outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Apr;23(4):1195-202. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4900-x.
Bove P, Stoianovici D, Micali S, Patriciu A, Grassi N, Jarrett TW, Vespasiani G, Kavoussi LR. Is telesurgery a new reality? Our experience with laparoscopic and percutaneous procedures. J Endourol. 2003 Apr;17(3):137-42. doi: 10.1089/089277903321618699.
Bove P, Stoianovici D, Micali S, Patriciu A, Grassi N, Jarrett TW, Vespasiani G, Kavoussi LR. Is telesurgery a new reality? Our experience with laparoscopic and percutaneous procedures. J Endourol. 2003 Apr;17(3):137-42. doi: 10.1089/089277903321618699.
Amelio I, Bertolo R, Bove P, Buonomo OC, Candi E, Chiocchi M, Cipriani C, Di Daniele N, Ganini C, Juhl H, Mauriello A, Marani C, Marshall J, Montanaro M, Palmieri G, Piacentini M, Sica G, Tesauro M, Rovella V, Tisone G, Shi Y, Wang Y, Melino G. Liquid biopsies and cancer omics. Cell Death Discov. 2020 Nov 26;6(1):131. doi: 10.1038/s41420-020-00373-0.
Bove P, Bertolo R, Sandri M, Cipriani C, Leonardo C, Parma P, Falsaperla M, Veneziano D, Celia A, Mari A, Minervini A, Antonelli A. Deviation from the Protocol of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing On-Clamp versus Off-Clamp Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy (CLOCK II Laparoscopic Study): A Real-Life Analysis. J Urol. 2021 Mar;205(3):678-685. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001417.