Alberto Briganti

Alberto Briganti is a Full Professor of Urology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and holds leadership roles at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, including Chief of the Urology Unit and Director of the Robotic Surgery Program. He is Deputy Director of the Urological Research Institute (URI) and Editor-in-Chief of European Urology Oncology.

• MD, Medicine and Surgery (2002)
• Specialization in Urology (2007)
• PhD in Clinical and Experimental Biotechnologies in Urology (2016)

His research focuses on preclinical and clinical prostate cancer, with emphasis on prediction models, robotic surgery, and molecular imaging. He has authored over 1,100 publications (H-Index 83) and leads multi-institutional databases for prostate cancer staging and treatment.

Recent publications (2024-2025) address:

• PSMA radioguided surgery optimization
• PET/MRI diagnostic accuracy
• Lymph node detection algorithms
• Prognostic models for nephron-sparing surgery
• Epigenetic and imaging biomarkers
• Population-based mortality analyses

Scientific accolades include:

• Matula Award (2016) for academic urology excellence
• Giovani Ricercatori Award (2009) from Italian Ministry of Health
• Italian Ministry of Health grant (2018) for integrated prostate cancer signatures

He serves on scientific committees for the European Association of Urology (EAU), American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS), and European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM). His editorial roles include leading European Urology Oncology since 2018.