Ignazio Stanganelli MD
Associate Professor, Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; Director of Skin Cancer Unit, IRCCS IRST Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori “Dino Amadori,” Meldola, ItalyIgnazio Stanganelli is Associate Professor in the Dermatology Department at the University of Parma and Director of the Skin Cancer Unit IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per la cura e lo studio dei tumori (IRCCS IRST). Since 1994 the research of Ignazio Stanganelli has focused on new non-invasive technologies in diagnosis of malignant skin tumors, especially in the early diagnosis of melanoma.
In particular, he has followed the various stages of development of epiluminescence microscopy with both the simplified technique (dermoscopy) and digital (digital epiluminescence) specifically devoted to different areas: 1) validation diagnostic criteria 2) in vivo effects of solar radiation on melanocytic nevi 3) quality control on the clinico-pathological correlations (with the WHO Melanoma pathologists panel) 4) development of telematics applications 5) support to implementation of specific diagnostic algorithms for computerized evaluation of nevi and melanomas. (European Project ADAM - cluster EUTISM - M; Information Technology Society, Brussels) 6) integration of confocal laser microscopy (optical virtual biopsy) and 6) Training and e-learning. He was a scientific referee for several indexed journals.
He is member of several dermatology societies, mainly founding member and Past President of the National Council of Italian Melanoma Intergroup (IMI) and vice President of the Italian Association of Magna Grecia dermatologists. He was invited speaker at national and international conferences, and he is holding several master courses on dermoscopy and confocal laser microscopy diagnosis in skin cancer detection.
He has worked and has in progress specific educational multimedia CD’s (also on the behalf of the WHO melanoma program). These multimedia projects were developed with Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo, Emilia-Romagna region, ASL Città di Milano, Italian Society for General Medicine (SIMG), Ticinese Dermatologic Association, European Academy of Dermatology (EADV) and American Academy of Dermatology.