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Marco Francone

Full Professor

Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy

Full Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy; Director of the Postgraduate Residency Programme for Radiodiagnostics.

E-mail

marco.francone@hunimed.eu

Education

2001 Sapienza University Of Rome, Medical Degree
2002–2005 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Residency Programme
2003–2004 Leuven Catholic University (Belgium), Radiology, Clinical Fellowship
2005-2009 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Phd Programme In Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
2009-2012 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Post-Doctorial Research
2012-2016 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Assistant Professor (Rtd-A)
2016-2019 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Assistant Professor (Rtd-B)
2019-2020 Sapienza University Of Rome, Radiology, Associate Professor

Academic honors, awards and prices

2003 Marie Curie Fellowship award for 1 year at the Radiology Department of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) under the high patronage of the European Commission as part of the project QLK2-CT-2000-600057.
2004 Certificate of Merit for the abstract “Real time MRI of ventricular septal motion: a novel approach to assess ventricular coupling” at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR)
2007 Certificate of Merit for the abstract ” MR Right ventricular delayed enhancement in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension: preliminary results on cardiac MR” at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR)
2008 Awarded by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) for the best scientific presentation at the annual congress: “Cardiac MR detection of intramyocardial haemorrhage following primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and rescue PTCA”.
2009 Awarded by the Italian Society of Radiology (SIRM) for the best scientific presentation at the annual congress: “Influenza del tempo di riperfusione sull’estensione dell’area a rischio (AR), della necrosi miocardica (IS)e del danno micro-vascolare (OMV), in pazienti con infarto miocardico acuto con sovraslivellamento del tratto ST (STEMI): uno studio con Risonanza Magnetica Cardiaca (RMC)”.
2009 Awarded cum Laude for the abstract ” Impact of primary coronary angioplasty delay on myocardial salvage, infarct size, and microvascular damage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insight from cardiovascular magnetic resonance” at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR)
2009 “Melvin Judkins young investigator award” (C. Bucciarelli-Ducci , M. Francone et al) from the American Heart Association at the annual meeting for the presentation: “Impact of primary coronary angioplasty delay on myocardial salvage, infarct size, and microvascular damage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insight from cardiovascular magnetic resonance”
2011 Certificate of Merit for the abstract ” Right Ventricular (RV) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR): spectrum of normal anatomy and pathological findings” at the annual congress of the European Society of Radiology (ECR)

Marco Francone is Full Professor of Radiology at Humanitas University in Milan (Italy).

He has been frequently invited since years to lecture at major radiological and cardiological conferences such as ESOR, SCMR, ESCR, CIRSE, RSNA, and ECR.

His research is dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with CT and MR with specific focus on coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathies. He authored more than 140 indexed papers with an impact factor higher than 800. He chairs the guidelines committee of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology and has previously served the board of Trustee of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and acted as Past President Italian College of Cardiac Radiology.

Marco Francone is active in national and international imaging societies. He is member of the Editorial Boards of European Radiology (as cardiac imaging section chief), European Journal of Radiology, International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, and Radiologia Medica.

Marco Francone seeks to advance cardiovascular imaging technology and to educate physicians in its use with the ultimate goal to provide optimal outcome for our patients. He is a strong advocate of a fruitful cooperation between Radiologists, Cardiologists and Physicists towards this goal.

Radiation safety for cardiovascular computed tomography imaging in paediatric cardiology: a joint expert consensus document of the EACVI, ESCR, AEPC, and ESPR. Francone M, Gimelli A, Budde RPJ, Caro-Dominguez P, Einstein AJ, Gutberlet M, Maurovich-Horvat P, Miller O, Nagy E, Natale L, Peebles C, Petersen SE, Semple T, Valverde I, Voges I, Secinaro A, Di Salvo G. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jul 21;23(8):e279-e289
CT or Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain. DISCHARGE Trial Group, Maurovich-Horvat P et al: N Engl J Med. 2022 Apr 28;386(17):1591-1602. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2200963.
Appropriate use criteria for cardiovascular MRI: SIC – SIRM position paper Part 2 (myocarditis, pericardial disease, cardiomyopathies and valvular heart disease). Francone M, Aquaro GD, Barison A, Castelletti S, de Cobelli F, de Lazzari M, Esposito A, Focardi M, di Renzi P, Indolfi C, Lanzillo C, Lovato L, Maestrini V, Mercuro G, Natale L, Mantini C, Polizzi G, Rabbat M, Secchi F, Secinaro A, di Cesare E, Pontone G.J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2021 Jul 1;22(7):515-529.
SIRM-SIC appropriateness criteria for the use of Cardiac Computed Tomography. Part 1: Congenital heart diseases, primary prevention, risk assessment before surgery, suspected CAD in symptomatic patients, plaque and epicardial adipose tissue characterization, and functional assessment of stenosis. Esposito A, Francone M, Andreini D, Buffa V, Cademartiri F, Carbone I, Clemente A, Guaricci AI, Guglielmo M, Indolfi C, La Grutta L, Ligabue G, Liguori C, Mercuro G, Mushtaq S, Neglia D, Palmisano A, Sciagrà R, Seitun S, Vignale D, Pontone G, Carrabba N.Radiol Med. 2021 Sep;126(9):1236-1248.
Chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: correlation with disease severity and short-term prognosis. Francone M, Iafrate F, Masci GM, Coco S, Cilia F, Manganaro L, Panebianco V, Andreoli C, Colaiacomo MC, Zingaropoli MA, Ciardi MR, Mastroianni CM, Pugliese F, Alessandri F, Turriziani O, Ricci P, Catalano C.Eur Radiol. 2020 Dec;30(12):6808-6817.