MONTORSI FRANCESCO

Francesco Montorsi is Professor of Urology and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy. In the year 2015 Prof. Montorsi was appointed as Adjunct Secretary General – Science by the European Association of Urology. Prof. Montorsi’s major research interests have included several urological areas with a specific focus on pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, urologic oncology, benign prostatic hyperplasia and sexual dysfunctions. Prof. Montorsi has written and coauthored 1156 peer reviewed journal articles according to PubMed and several book chapters. At present Prof. Montorsi’s H-Index is 118 according to Google Scholar. His most recent contributions to the literature have been on the management of urological malignancies, sexual dysfunctions and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Prof. Montorsi’s articles have been published in many prestigious journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The Journal of Clinical Oncology, The British Medical Journal, and European Urology. He is a reviewer for many prestigious journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The Lancet Oncology, JAMA, The Journal of Urology and European Urology. Between January 2006 and December 2013 Prof. Montorsi served as Editor-in-Chief of European Urology (2016 impact factor: 16.265), the official Journal of the European Association of Urology.

In 1998 Prof. Montorsi has received the Matula Award, assigned yearly by the European Association of Urology to the Urologist younger than 40 years of age with the best scientific production. In 2018 Prof. Montorsi has received the Hugh Hampton Young Award, assigned yearly by the American Urological Association for outstanding contributions to the study of genitourinary tract diseases. Prof. Montorsi is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.