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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.

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)
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