Franco Gaboardi

Dr Franco Gaboardi is a urologist in the Urology Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and also collaborates with Casa di Cura La Madonnina.

His training began at the University of Parma, where he graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1978. Three years later, he moved to the University of Genoa to specialise in Urology. In 1987, he obtained a second specialisation in Andrology at the University of Pisa.

His research in andrology and urology has focused on topics including microsurgery, treatment of bladder and prostate cancer, immunotherapy, the use of lasers in urology, impotence, infertility, laparoscopy and robotic surgery. A pioneer of laparoscopic and robotic surgery, he was the first in Italy to perform laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in 2001, robotic radical prostatectomy in 2004, and single-port laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy in 2009 and 2015 respectively.

In 2003, Dr Franco Gaboardi also won first prize from the Italian Society of Urology (SIU) for the video “Laparoscopic neuphroureterectomy and cystectomy with ileal neobladder”. He received the same recognition in 2005 for “Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy robot assisted” and in 2014 for “Robot assisted cystectomy in female with intracorporeal ileal conduit”.

He has participated in more than 500 national and international congresses, often as a speaker. He is the author of 200 scientific articles published in European Urology, Journal of Urology, BJU International, Tumori, Archives of Italian Urology and Andrology, Journal of Endourology, Minerva Urologica, Chirurgia e Patologia Sperimentale and International Urology Nephrology.

He is also a member of important scientific groups and societies, including the North Italian Urological Association, Italian Urological Association, Italian Andrological Association, Italian Association of Research in Surgery, Italian Laser Association, European Urological Association, American Urological Association and European Society Uro-Technology.