MARIA IRENE BELLINI

Libri di testo consigliati:

Bellini, Papalois - Gender Equity in the Medical Profession

Il Rasario - Semeiotica Medica

Minni - Chirurgia Generale

Sabiston - Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice 20th Edition

01/07/2025-Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
15/12/2022-Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
01/07/2022- 30/06/2025 Assistant Professor of Surgery (Tenure Track), Department of Surgery, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
21/12/2021-30/06/2022 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
26/10/2020-20/12/2021 Consultant Surgeon, Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
05/08/2019-01/08/2020 Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon Renal and Transplant Unit, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
19/10/2015-31/07/2019 Senior Clinical Transplant Fellow Renal Transplant Directorate, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK
01/08/2014-18/10/2014 Research and Clinical Transplant Fellow Department of Renal Transplant, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospital, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
31/07/2013-31/08/2014 Research and Clinical Transplant Fellow, Department of HPB Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospital, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MD, PhD, FEBS (Transplant), FACS
2023 - 2035 Italian National Qualification to Full Professorship, MUR, Italy
2022- American College of Surgeons Fellowship, USA
2017- UEMS Diploma in pancreas transplantation, Bruxelles, BE
2016- UEMS Diplomas in organ retrieval and kidney transplantation, Bruxelles, BE
2016-2022 American College of Surgeons International Associate Fellowship
2012-2016 PhD in Biotechnological Innovations and Technologies applied in Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, IT
2013-2024 Licence to practice, General Medical Council, London, UK

PERSONAL SKILLS
2023- RAM (Academic Responsible for International Mobility) Medical and Surgical Course B, Sapienza University of Rome, IT
2023-2025 Assistant Professor Representative, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, IT
2019-2022 Transplant Live, the European Society of Organ Transplantation e-learning platform, Scientific Coordinator
2018-2020 Lead for the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Women in Surgery working group
2018-2019 Qualified expert, General Surgery Examiner, Year 6 and Year 3 Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Mother tongue: Italian
Other tongue: English, proficient.
Editorial activities
▪2021-currently Transplant International - Deputy Chief Editor
▪2019- currently Transplant International - Social Media Editor
▪2023- currently Current Problems in Surgery – Lead Editor
▪2022- currently Molecular Medicine Reports- Editorial Board
▪2021- currently Frontiers in Surgery- Associate Editor
▪2024-2025 Scientific Reports- Editorial Board
▪2019-2023 World Journal of Transplantation- Associate Editor
▪2020-2024 Biomed Research International- Academic Editor
AWARDS
2024-2025 World’s 2% “Top Scientist”
2024-2025 Distinguished recognition and inclusion of “Gender Equity in the Medical Profession” in the Doody’s Core Titles List
2022 AWS “40 Under 40” award: Association of Women Surgeons
2021 Recognition for outstanding efforts as Social Media Editor for Transplant International, the official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
2019 BJS Certificate of excellence in reviewing
2019 Make a Difference Award for excellence in clinical care. Imperial College London, UK.
2017 European Society for Organ Transplantation Trusted Partner (ESOT) Congress 2017, Barcelona, SP
2013 Best Presentation Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS) National Conference, Brighton, UK
GRANTS
PRIN 2022 PRIN 2022 Exploitation of multiomic techniques to assess the risk of malignancy in patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules. (Co-PI). Italian Ministry of University. € 279.950
PNRR: Deconstructing cancer therapy resistance: integration of advanced in vitro, in vivo and in silico models to dissect patient-specific mechanisms of chemo/immunotherapy resistance, identify novel therapeutic vulnerabilities and generate personalized strategies to target relapse-inducing cancer cells. Investigator. Italian Ministry of Health. € 800000

INDEXED PUBLICATIONS
1.Ronca V, Castagneto Gissey L, Bellini MI, Iodice A, Aricò P, Di Flumeri G, Giorgi A, Vozzi A, Capotorto R, Bonelli S, Moens L, Babiloni F, Casella G, Borghini G. Mutual information-based teamwork evaluation in real-world environments: an exploratory investigation with professional surgeons. Front Netw Physiol. 2025 Sep 4;5:1608824. doi: 10.3389/fnetp.2025.1608824.
2.NIHR Global Health Research Group on Environmentally Sustainable Hospitals in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries. Global anaesthesia practice using inguinal hernia surgery as a tracer condition: a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2025 Sep 9. doi: 10.1111/anae.16686. Epub ahead of print.
3.Castagneto-Gissey L, Russo MF, Palumbo P, Casella-Mariolo J, D'Andrea V, Bellini MI, Illuminati G, Casella G. Subcutaneous versus retromuscular approach for the minimally invasive surgical treatment of rectus diastasis with concomitant ventral hernia: systematic review and meta-analysis of current techniques. Hernia. 2025 Aug 29;29(1):264. doi: 10.1007/s10029-025-03430-8.
4.Bellini MI, Angeletti S, Fresilli D, Di Segni M, Conte GML, Flavia R, Garofalo M, Pretagostini R, De Vito C, Pacini P, D'Andrea V, Barbato A, Drudi FM, Caratozzolo M, Cantisani V. Correction: Multiparametric ultrasound for non invasive evaluation of kidney graft function. J Ultrasound. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s40477-025-01054-3. Epub ahead of print. Erratum for: J Ultrasound. 2025 Jun;28(2):269-280. doi: 10.1007/s40477-025-00989-x.
5.Pesce A, Ramírez-Giraldo C, Arkoudis NA, Ramsay G, Popivanov G, Gurusamy K, Bejarano N, Bellini MI, Allegritti M, Tesei J, Gemini A, Lauro A, Matteucci M, La Greca A, Cozza V, Coccolini F, Cannistra' M, Boselli C, Covarelli P, Costa G, Bruzzone P, Tebala GD, Meneghini S, D'Andrea V, Mingoli A, Cucinotta E, Rizzuto A, Zago M, Prosperi P, Buononato M, Brachini G, Cirocchi R. Management of high-surgical-risk patients with acute cholecystitis following percutaneous cholecystostomy: results of an international Delphi consensus study. Int J Surg. 2025 May 1;111(5):3185-3192. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002325.
6.Berney T, Bellini MI, Benning L, Bestard O, Masset C, Moeckli B, Pascale MM, Pilat N, Sabatino M, Schneeberger S. 2024: A Year in Review. Transpl Int. 2025 Jan 14;37:14243. doi: 10.3389/ti.2024.14243.
7.Martinelli O, Marzano A, Bellini MI, Gattuso R, Di Marzo L, Gonta V, Jabbour J, Mansour W, Cuozzo S. Impact of Sex-Related Differences in Infrarenal Aortic Neck Morphology on Outcomes of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair for Similar-Sized Aortic Aneurysm. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Jan 12;15(2):157. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15020157.
8.Huo B, Massey LH, Seitidis G, Mavridis D, Antoniou SA; EAES Diverticulitis Survey Advisory Group. Variation in the surgical management of complicated diverticulitis: a cross-sectional study of European surgeons. Surg Endosc. 2025 Feb;39(2):691-698. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11456-9. Epub 2024 Dec 24.
9.Bellini MI, Balleste C, Martins PN, Ulasi I, Valantine H, Potena L. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2024 Oct 9;37:13832. doi: 10.3389/ti.2024.13832.
10.Nemeth, D.; Iannelli, L.; Gangitano, E.; D’Andrea, V.; Bellini, M.I. Energy Metabolism and Metformin: Effects on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation. Biomedicines 2024, 12. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12071534
11.NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery
12.Milone M, Anoldo P, de'Angelis N, Coccolini F, Khan J, Kluger Y, Sartelli M, Ansaloni L, Morelli L, Zanini N, Vallicelli C, Vigutto G, Moore EE, Biffl W, Catena F; ROEM Collaborative Group. The role of RObotic surgery in EMergency setting (ROEM): protocol for a multicentre, observational, prospective international study on the use of robotic platform in emergency surgery. World J Emerg Surg. 2024 doi:10.1186/s13017-024-00542-x.
13.Podda M, Di Martino M, Pata F, Nigri G, Pisanu A, Di Saverio S, Pellino G, Ielpo B; LIONESS study group. Global disparities in surgeons' workloads, academic engagement and rest periods: the on-calL shIft fOr geNEral SurgeonS (LIONESS) study. Updates Surg. 2024 doi: 10.1007/s13304-024-01859-7.
14.Pecoraro A, Territo A, Boissier R, Hevia V, Prudhomme T, Piana A, Bañuelos Marco B, Gallagher AG, Serni S, Decaestecker K, Breda A, Campi R; European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Kidney Transplantation Working Group, EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation Working Group. Proposal of a standardized training curriculum for open and robot-assisted kidney transplantation. Minerva Urol Nephrol. 2024. doi: 10.23736/S2724-6051.23.05650-1.
15.Chan S, Cazzolli R, Jaure A, Johnson DW, Hawley CM, Craig JC, Sautenet B, van Zwieten A, Cao C, Dobrijevic E, Wilson G, Scholes-Robertson N, Carter S, Vastani T, Cho Y, Blumberg E, Brennan DC, Huuskes BM, Knoll G, Kotton C, Mamode N, Muller E, Phan Ha HA, Tedesco-Silva H, White DM, Viecelli AK; SONG-Tx Infection Workshop Investigators. Report of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-transplant Consensus Workshop on Establishing a Core Outcome Measure for Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 2024. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004839.
16.Bellini MI, Gissey LC, Nemeth DV, D'Andrea V, Illuminati G, Marchitelli S, Lai S, Casella G. Sleeve gastrectomy and one-year outcomes: Impact on cardiovascular, renal and metabolic parameters. Surg Open Sci. 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2024.01.004.
17.Paoletti F, Urciuoli I, Romagnoli J, Bellini MI. Bariatric surgery in prospective obese living kidney donors: scoping review and management decision algorithm. Minerva Surg. 2024 doi: 10.23736/S2724-5691.23.10128-6.
18.Martinelli O, Miceli F, Cuozzo S, Irace FG, Avenia S, Iannone I, Clementi I, Sapienza P, Bellini MI. Temporary intravascular shunts and limb salvage in civilian vascular trauma. Front Surg. 2023 doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1302976.
19.Pengel LHM, Kaisar M, Benjamens S, Ibrahim M, Ricci V, Bellini MI, Breithaupt-Faloppa AC, Falk C, Maple H, Marson L, Ortiz F, Papalois V, Paredes D, Forsberg A. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Organ Transplantation: An ESOT Survey About EDI Within ESOT as an Organization and its Educational Activities, and Transplantation Research and Science. Transpl Int. 2023 doi: 10.3389/ti.2023.11331.
20.Gangitano E, Martinez-Sanchez N, Bellini MI, Urciuoli I, Monterisi S, Mariani S, Ray D, Gnessi L. Weight Loss and Sleep, Current Evidence in Animal Models and Humans. Nutrients. 2023 doi: 10.3390/nu15153431.
21.Martinelli O, Cuozzo S, Miceli F, Gattuso R, D'Andrea V, Sapienza P, Bellini MI. Elective Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) for the Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms of 5.0-5.5 cm: Differences between Men and Women. J Clin Med. 2023 doi: 10.3390/jcm12134364.
22.Costanzo ML, D'Andrea V, Lauro A, Bellini MI. Acute Cholecystitis from Biliary Lithiasis: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment. Antibiotics (Basel). 2023 Feb 28;12(3):482. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12030482.
23.Bellini MI, Deurloo E, Consorti F, Herbert PE. Body mass index affects kidney transplant outcomes: A cohort study over 5 years using a steroid sparing protocol. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Feb 9;14:1106087. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1106087.
24.Bellini MI, Bonaccorsi Riani E, Giorgakis E, Kaisar ME, Patrono D, Weissenbacher A. Organ Reconditioning and Machine Perfusion in Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2023 Jan 12;36:11100. doi: 10.3389/ti.2023.11100.
25.El-Sharkawy AM, Tewari N, Vohra RS; CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Correction: The Cholecystectomy As A Day Case (CAAD) Score: A Validated Score of Preoperative Predictors of Successful Day-Case Cholecystectomy Using the CholeS Data Set. World J Surg. 2023 Apr;47(4):1082. doi: 10.1007/s00268-023-06911-y. Erratum for: World J Surg. 2019 Aug;43(8):1928-1934.
26.Berney T, Bellini MI, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Neyens T, Schneeberger S. Reflecting on an Intense Year for Transplant International. Transpl Int. 2022 Dec 23;35:11118. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.11118.
27.Verran DJ, Bellini MI, Rabiei K. Editorial: The path towards achieving gender equity for surgeons: The role of individuals, their professional organizations along with the associated healthcare systems. Front Surg. 2022 Nov 25;9:1056655. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1056655.
28.Bellini MI, Nozdrin M, Naesens M, Martins PN. Eliminating Race From eGFR Calculations: Impact on Living Donor Programs. Transpl Int. 2022 Nov 11;35:10787. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10787.
29.Bellini MI, Lori E, Forte F, Lauro A, Tripodi D, Amabile MI, Cantisani V, Varanese M, Ferent IC, Baldini E, Ulisse S, D'Andrea V, Pironi D, Sorrenti S. Thyroid and renal cancers: A bidirectional association. Front Oncol. 2022 Sep 23;12:951976. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.951976.
30.Bellini MI, Urciuoli I, Del Gaudio G, Polti G, Iannetti G, Gangitano E, Lori E, Lubrano C, Cantisani V, Sorrenti S, D'Andrea V. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes. World J Diabetes. 2022 Sep 15;13(9):668-682. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v13.i9.668.
31.Zorzetti N, Lauro A, Bellini MI, Vaccari S, Dalla Via B, Cervellera M, Cirocchi R, Sorrenti S, D'Andrea V, Tonini V. Laparoscopic appendectomy, stump closure and endoloops: A meta-analysis. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 Sep 27;14(9):1060-1071. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i9.1060.
32.Berney T, Ulasi II, Balleste C, Martins PN, Bellini MI, Valantine HA, Potena L. Editorial: Equity in Transplantation: A Commitment for Progress in Troubled Times. Transpl Int. 2022 Aug 24;35:10781. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10781.
33.Nemeth DV, Baldini E, Sorrenti S, D'Andrea V, Bellini MI. Cancer Metabolism and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Two Sides of the Same Coin. J Clin Med. 2022 Aug 30;11(17):5096. doi: 10.3390/jcm11175096.
34.Naesens M, Schneeberger S and the ESOT Working Group. Redefining Risk Stratification and Endpoints for Clinical Trials in Kidney Transplantation: Rationale and Methodology of Proposals Submitted to the European Medicines Agency by the European Society for Organ Transplantation Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10142. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10142.
35.David E, Del Gaudio G, Drudi FM, Dolcetti , Pacini P, Granata A, Pretagostini R, Garofalo M, Basile A, Bellini MI, D’Andrea V, Scaglione M, Barr R and Cantisani V. Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Compared with MRI and CT in the Evaluation of Post-Renal Transplant Complications Tomography 2022, 8(4), 1704-1715. doi: 10.3390/tomography8040143
36.Sorrenti S, Dolcetti V, Radzina M, Bellini MI, Frezza F, Munir K, Grani G, Durante C, D'Andrea V, David E, Calò PG, Lori E, Cantisani V. Artificial Intelligence for Thyroid Nodule Characterization: Where Are We Standing? Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jul 10;14(14):3357. doi: 10.3390/cancers14143357.
37.Bulfamante AM, Lori E, Bellini MI, Bolis E, Lozza P, Castellani L, Saibene AM, Pipolo C, Fuccillo E, Rosso C, Felisati G, De Pasquale L. Advanced Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Complex Condition Needing a Tailored Approach. Front Oncol. 2022 Jul 7;12:954759. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.954759.
38.Pata F, Di Martino M, Podda M, Di Saverio S, Ielpo B, Pellino G; ACIE Appy Study Collaborative. Evolving Trends in the Management of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Waves: The ACIE Appy II Study. World J Surg. 2022 Sep;46(9):2021-2035. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06649-z. Epub 2022 Jul 9. Erratum in: World J Surg. 2023 Jan;47(1):285. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06808-2
39.Lauro A, Santoro A, Cirocchi R, Michelini M, Zorzetti N, Cianci MC, Bellini MI, Casadei C, Ripoli MC, Coletta R, Khouzam S, Marino IR, D'Andrea V, Morabito A. Serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) in case of short bowel syndrome: did we achieve our goal? A systematic review. Updates Surg. 2022 Aug;74(4):1209-1223. doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01316-3. Epub 2022 Jul 8.
40.Bellini MI, Amabile MI, Saullo P, Zorzetti N, Testini M, Caronna R, D'Andrea V. A Woman's Place Is in Theatre, but Are Theatres Designed with Women in Mind? A Systematic Review of Ergonomics for Women in Surgery. J Clin Med. 2022 Jun 18;11(12):3496. doi: 10.3390/jcm11123496.
41.Naesens M, Loupy A, Hilbrands L, Oberbauer R, Bellini MI, Glotz D, Grinyó J, Heemann U, Jochmans I, Pengel L, Reinders M, Schneeberger S, Budde K. Rationale for Surrogate Endpoints and Conditional Marketing Authorization of New Therapies for Kidney Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10137. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10137.
42.Hilbrands L, Budde K, Bellini MI, Diekmann F, Furian L, Grinyó J, Heemann U, Hesselink DA, Loupy A, Oberbauer R, Pengel L, Reinders M, Schneeberger S, Naesens M. Allograft Function as Endpoint for Clinical Trials in Kidney Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10139. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10139.
43.Seron D, Rabant M, Becker JU, Roufosse C, Bellini MI, Böhmig GA, Budde K, Diekmann F, Glotz D, Hilbrands L, Loupy A, Oberbauer R, Pengel L, Schneeberger S, Naesens M. Proposed Definitions of T Cell-Mediated Rejection and Tubulointerstitial Inflammation as Clinical Trial Endpoints in Kidney Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10135. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10135.
44.Naesens M, Budde K, Hilbrands L, Oberbauer R, Bellini MI, Glotz D, Grinyó J, Heemann U, Jochmans I, Pengel L, Reinders M, Schneeberger S, Loupy A. Surrogate Endpoints for Late Kidney Transplantation Failure. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10136. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10136.
45.C, Becker JU, Rabant M, Seron D, Bellini MI, Böhmig GA, Budde K, Diekmann F, Glotz D, Hilbrands L, Loupy A, Oberbauer R, Pengel L, Schneeberger S, Naesens M. Proposed Definitions of Antibody-Mediated Rejection for Use as a Clinical Trial Endpoint in Kidney Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10140. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10140.
46.Bestard O, Thaunat O, Bellini MI, Böhmig GA, Budde K, Claas F, Couzi L, Furian L, Heemann U, Mamode N, Oberbauer R, Pengel L, Schneeberger S, Naesens M. Alloimmune Risk Stratification for Kidney Transplant Rejection. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10138. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10138.
47.Tong A, Oberbauer R, Bellini MI, Budde K, Caskey FJ, Dobbels F, Pengel L, Rostaing L, Schneeberger S, Naesens M. Patient-Reported Outcomes as Endpoints in Clinical Trials of Kidney Transplantation Interventions. Transpl Int. 2022 May 20;35:10134. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10134
48.Bellini MI, Nozdrin M, Pengel L, Knight S, Papalois V. Risks for donors associated with living kidney donation: meta-analysis. Br J Surg. 2022 May 25:znac114. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac114.
49.Bellini MI, Lauro A, D'Andrea V, Marino IR. Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Long-Term Follow-Up Issues. Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 May;20(Suppl 3):27-35. doi: 10.6002/ect.PediatricSymp2022.L16
50.Berney T, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Schneeberger S, Bellini MI, Neyens T. Editorial: Rubies for ESOT! Transpl Int. 2022 Apr 22;35:10529. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10529.
51.Vaccari S, Minghetti M, Lauro A, Bellini MI, Ussia A, Khouzam S, Marino IR, Cervellera M, D'Andrea V, Tonini V. Destiny for Rendezvous: Is Cholecysto/Choledocholithiasis Better Treated with Dual- or Single-Step Procedures? Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Apr;67(4):1116-1127. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07450-7.
52.Singh U, Singh B, Bellini MI. Immunosuppressive regimens and outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease patients requiring kidney transplantation. World J Transplant. 2022 Feb 18;12(2):21-23. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v12.i2.21.
53.Baldini E, Lauro A, Tripodi D, Pironi D, Amabile MI, Ferent IC, Lori E, Gagliardi F, Bellini MI, Forte F, Pacini P, Cantisani V, D'Andrea V, Sorrenti S, Ulisse S. Thyroid Diseases and Breast Cancer. J Pers Med. 2022 Jan 25;12(2):156. doi: 10.3390/jpm12020156.
54.Bellini MI, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Neyens T, Schneeberger S, Berney T. Editorial: Transplant International Goes for GOLD! Transpl Int. 2022 Feb 3;35:10340. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10340
55.Bellini MI, Nozdrin M, Pengel L, Knight S, Papalois V. How good is a living donor? Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of donor demographics on post kidney transplant outcomes. J Nephrol. 2022 Apr;35(3):807-820. doi: 10.1007/s40620-021-01231-7.
56.Bellini MI, Fresilli D, Lauro A, Mennini G, Rossi M, Catalano C, D'Andrea V, Cantisani V. Liver Transplant Imaging prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Biomed Res Int. 2022 Jan 12;2022:7768383. doi: 10.1155/2022/7768383.
57.Pellino G, Podda M, Pata F, Di Saverio S, Ielpo B; ACIE Appy Study Collaborative. Inequalities in screening policies and perioperative protection for patients with acute appendicitis during the pandemic: Subanalysis of the ACIE Appy study. Br J Surg. 2021 Oct 23;108(10):e332-e335. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab247. Erratum in: Br J Surg. 2022 Apr 19;109(5):464.
58.Bellini MI, Lauro A, D'Andrea V, Marino IR. Benign Hepatic Tumors and Liver Transplantation: A Literature Review. Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 Mar;20(3):231-236. doi: 10.6002/ect.2021.0447.
59.Bellini MI, Nozdrin M, Pengel L, Knight S, Papalois V. The Impact of Recipient Demographics on Outcomes from Living Donor Kidneys: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2021 Nov 26;10(23):5556. doi: 10.3390/jcm10235556.
60.Bellini MI, Biffoni M, Patrone R, Borcea MC, Costanzo ML, Garritano T, Melcarne R, Menditto R, Metere A, Scorziello C, Summa M, Ventrone L, D'Andrea V, Giacomelli L. Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Single Centre Experience and Review of the Literature. J Clin Med. 2021 Nov 12;10(22):5258. doi: 10.3390/jcm10225258.
61.Bellini MI. Women in Surgery, Mentoring, and Social Media. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Sep 28:S1072-7515(21)02137-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.09.003.
62.De Beule J, Vandendriessche K, Pengel LHM, Bellini MI, Dark JH, Hessheimer AJ, Kimenai HJAN, Knight SR, Neyrinck AP, Paredes D, Watson CJE, Rega F, Jochmans I. A systematic review and meta-analyses of regional perfusion in donation after circulatory death solid organ transplantation. Transpl Int. 2021 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/tri.14121.
63.Patrono D, Cussa D, Rigo F, Romagnoli R; Liver Machine Perfusion Survey Group. Heterogeneous indications and the need for viability assessment: An international survey on the use of machine perfusion in liver transplantation. Artif Organs. 2022 Feb;46(2):296-305. doi: 10.1111/aor.14061.
64.Jochmans I, Hessheimer AJ, Neyrinck AP, Paredes D, Bellini MI, Dark JH, Kimenai HJAN, Pengel LHM, Watson CJE; ESOT Workstream 04 of the TLJ (Transplant Learning Journey) project. Consensus statement on normothermic regional perfusion in donation after circulatory death: report from the European Society for Organ Transplantation's Transplant Learning Journey. Transpl Int. 2021 Jun 18. doi: 10.1111/tri.13951.
65.Cozzi E, Schneeberger S, Bellini MI, Berglund E, Böhmig G, Fowler K, Hoogduijn M, Jochmans I, Marckmann G, Marson L, Neuberger J, Oberbauer R, Pierson RN 3rd, Reichart B, Scobie L, White C, Naesens M; for ESOT Workstream 1 of the TLJ (Transplantation Learning Journey) Project. Organ transplants of the future: planning for innovations including xenotransplantation. Transpl Int. 2021 Aug 28. doi: 10.1111/tri.14031.
66.Fresilli D, David E, Pacini P, Del Gaudio G, Dolcetti V, Lucarelli GT, Di Leo N, Bellini MI, D'Andrea V, Sorrenti S, Mascagni D, Biffoni M, Durante C, Grani G, De Vincentis G, Cantisani V. Thyroid Nodule Characterization: How to Assess the Malignancy Risk. Update of the Literature. Diagnostics. 2021 Jul 30;11(8):1374. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11081374.
67.Berney T, Bellini MI, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Neyens T, Schneeberger S. Transplant International: a new beginning. Transpl Int. 2021 Sep;34(9):1586-1587. doi: 10.1111/tri.13994.
68.Vaccari S, Lauro A, Cervellera M, Bellini MI, Palazzini G, Cirocchi R, Tonini V, D'Andrea V. Effect of antithrombotic therapy on postoperative outcome of 538 consecutive emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomies for acute cholecystitis: two Italian center's study. Updates Surg. 2021 Oct;73(5):1767-1774. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-00994-9. Epub 2021 Feb 13.
69.Bellini MI, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Neyens T, Schneeberger S, Berney T. The power of online tools for dissemination: social media, visual abstract, and beyond. Transpl Int. 2021 Jul;34(7):1174-1176. doi: 10.1111/tri.13929.
70.Bellini MI, Lewis C, Welch N, Anderson I, Papalois V. COVID-19 and surgical life: cross-sectional survey. Br J Surg. 2021 Feb 11:znab034. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab034.
71.Bellini MI, D'Andrea V, Rubulotta F, Spennati V, Pugliese F, Bilotta F. Postoperative delirium in kidney transplant patients. Transpl Int. 2021 Jun;34(6):1161-1163. doi: 10.1111/tri.13890.
72.Husen P, Boffa C, Jochmans I, Krikke C, Davies L, Mazilescu L, Brat A, Knight S, Wettstein D, Cseprekal O, Banga N, Bellini MI, Szabo L, Ablorsu E, Darius T, Quiroga I, Mourad M, Pratschke J, Papalois V, Mathe Z, Leuvenink HGD, Minor T, Pirenne J, Ploeg RJ, Paul A. Oxygenated End-Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplant: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2021 Apr 21. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.0949.
73.Montserrat N, Casiraghi F, Amarelli C, Bellini MI, Neyens T, Naesens M, Schneeberger S, Berney T. Task force groups of Transplant International: working together to globally connect the transplant community of tomorrow. Transpl Int. 2021 Mar 24. doi: 10.1111/tri.13869.
74.Bellini MI, Cantisani V, Lauro A, D’Andrea V. Living Kidney Donation: Practical Considerations on Setting Up a Program. Transplantology 2021, 2(1), 75-86; doi: 10.3390/transplantology2010008.
75.Contributors to the C4 article. C4 article: Implications of COVID-19 in transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2020 Oct 11:10.1111/ajt.16346. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16346.
76.Masnou N, Bellini MI, Pengel LHM, Feltrin G; TLJ 2.0 Working Group Expanding the Donor Pool. It is not only extending donor criteria: it is extending the donor pool. A cross-sectional survey from the European Society of Organ Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2021 Apr;34(4):754-755. doi: 10.1111/tri.13838.
77.Berney T, Montserrat N, Naesens M, Schneeberger S, Bellini MI, Neyens T. Editorial: changing of the guard at Transplant International. Transpl Int. 2021 Apr;34(4):609. doi: 10.1111/tri.13843.
78.Bellini MI, Pengel L, Potena L, Segantini L; ESOT COVID-19 Working Group. COVID-19 and education: restructuring after the pandemic. Transpl Int. 2021 Feb;34(2):220-223. doi: 10.1111/tri.13788.
79.Bellini MI, Tortorici, F.; Amabile, M.I.; D’Andrea, V. Assessing Kidney Graft Viability and Its Cells Metabolism during Machine Perfusion. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 1121. 10.3390/IJMS22031121.
80.Bellini MI, Tortorici F, Capogni M. COVID-19 in solid organ transplantation: an analysis of the impact on transplant activity and wait lists. Transpl Int. 2021 Jan;34(1):209-212. doi: 10.1111/tri.13779.
81.Ielpo B, Podda M, Pellino G, Pata F, Caruso R, Gravante G, Di Saverio S; ACIE Appy Study Collaborative. Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study. Br J Surg. 2021 Jun 22;108(6):717-726. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11999. Epub 2020 Oct 8
82.Nassar AHM, Hodson J, Ng HJ, Vohra RS, Katbeh T, Zino S, Griffiths EA; CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Predicting the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: development and validation of a pre-operative risk score using an objective operative difficulty grading system. Surg Endosc. 2020 Oct;34(10):4549-4561. doi: 10.1007/s00464-019-07244-5.
83.Bellini MI, Tortorici F, Capogni M. Kidney transplantation and the lockdown effect. Transpl Int. 2020 Sep;33(9):1142-1143. doi: 10.1111/tri.13639.
84.Bellini MI, Tortorici F, Capogni M. Resuming elective surgical activity after the COVID-19 wave:what the patients need to know. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):e345-e346. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11802.
85.Bellini MI, Courtney AE, McCaughan JA. Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Improves Graft and Recipient Survival in Patients with Multiple Kidney Transplants. J Clin Med. 2020 Jul 5;9(7):2118. doi: 10.3390/jcm9072118.
86.Bellini MI, Magowan H, Houghton O, Reid J, McDaid J. Myelolipoma in the kidney transplant: a unique entity to be acknowledged. Ulster Med J. 2020 Sep;89(2):128-129. PMC7576380.
87.Bellini MI, Parisotto C, Dor FJMF, Kessaris N. Social Media Use Among Transplant Professionals in Europe: a Cross-Sectional Study From the European Society of Organ Transplantation. Exp Clin Transplant. 2020 Apr;18(2):169-176. doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0078.
88.Bellini MI, Koutroutsos K, Nananpragasam H, Deurloo E, Galliford J, Herbert PE. Obesity affects graft function but not graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. J Int Med Res. 2020 Jan;48(1):300060519895139. doi: 10.1177/0300060519895139.
89.Bellini MI, Wilson RS, Veitch P, Brown T, Courtney A, Maxwell AP, D' Andrea V, McDaid J. Hyperamylasemia Post Living Donor Nephrectomy Does Not Relate to Pain. Cureus. 2020 May 21;12(5):e8217. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8217; WoS ID: WOS:000534468000002.
90.Bellini MI, Yiu J, Nozdrin M, Papalois V. The Effect of Preservation Temperature on Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Tissue ATP in Animal and Preclinical Human Models. J Clin Med. 2019 Sep 9;8(9):1421. doi: 10.3390/jcm8091421.
91.El-Sharkawy AM, Tewari N, Vohra RS; CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. The Cholecystectomy As A Day Case (CAAD) Score: A Validated Score of Preoperative Predictors of Successful Day-Case Cholecystectomy Using the CholeS Data Set. World J Surg. 2019 Aug;43(8):1928-1934. doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-04981-5.
92.Bellini MI, Nozdrin M, Yiu J, Papalois V. Machine Perfusion for Abdominal Organ Preservation: A Systematic Review of Kidney and Liver Human Grafts. J Clin Med. 2019 Aug 15;8(8):1221. doi: 10.3390/jcm8081221.
93.Bellini MI, Adair A, Fotopoulou C, Graham Y, Hutson A, McNally S, Mohan H, Vig S, Parks R, Papalois V. Changing the norm towards gender equity in surgery: the women in surgery working group of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland's perspective. J R Soc Med. 2019 Aug;112(8):325-329. doi: 10.1177/0141076819854194.
94.ASiT Consensus Group on Fellowships in General Surgery; Steering Group; Data Collection; Writing Group. Structure and quality assurance of Fellowship Training in General Surgery: Consensus recommendations from the Association of Surgeons in Training. Int J Surg. 2019 Jul;67:101-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.03.002
95.Bellini MI, Charalampidis S, Stratigos I, Dor FJMF, Papalois V. The Effect of Donors' Demographic Characteristics in Renal Function Post-Living Kidney Donation. Analysis of a UK Single Centre Cohort. J Clin Med. 2019 Jun 20;8(6):883. doi: 10.3390/jcm8060883.
96.Bellini MI, D'Andrea V. Organ preservation: which temperature for which organ? J Int Med Res. 2019 Jun;47(6):2323-2325. doi: 10.1177/0300060519833889.
97.Bellini MI, Paoletti F, Herbert PE. Obesity and bariatric intervention in patients with chronic renal disease. J Int Med Res. 2019 Jun;47(6):2326-2341. doi: 10.1177/0300060519843755.
98.Bellini MI, Gopal JP, Hill P, Nicol D, Gibbons N. Urothelial carcinoma arising from the transplanted kidney: A single-center experience and literature review. Clin Transplant. 2019 Jun;33(6):e13559. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13559.
99.Griffiths EA, Hodson J, Vohra RS, Marriott P, Katbeh T, Zino S, Nassar AHM; CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Utilisation of an operative difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2019 Jan;33(1):122-125. doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6377-8. WoS ID: WOS:000534468000002; Correction to: Utilisation of an operative difficulty grading scale for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Surg Endosc. 2019 Jan (vol 33, pg 110, 2019). Wos ID: WOS:000456089200015.
100.Santangelo M, Furian L, Kessaris N, Hadaya K, Kimenai D, Bellini MI. Renal Transplantation: What Has Changed in Recent Years. Biomed Res Int. 2019 Jun 20;2019:3618104. doi: 10.1155/2019/3618104
101.Bellini MI, Charalmpidis S, Brookes P, Hill P, Dor FJMF, Papalois V. Bilateral Nephrectomy for Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease Does Not Affect
the Graft Function of Transplant Patients and Does Not Result in Sensitisation. Biomed Res Int. 2019 Jun 11;2019:7423158. doi: 10.1155/2019/7423158.
102.Bellini MI, Charalampidis S, Herbert PE, Bonatsos V, Crane J, Muthusamy A, Dor FJMF, Papalois V. Cold Pulsatile Machine Perfusion versus Static Cold Storage in Kidney Transplantation: A Single Centre Experience. Biomed Res Int. 2019 Jan 16;2019:7435248. 10.1155/2019/7435248 eCollection 2019.
103.Bellini MI, Graham Y, Hayes C, Zakeri R, Parks R, Papalois V. A woman's place is in theatre: women's perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working group. BMJ Open. 2019 Jan 7;9(1):e024349. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024349. Press-released.
104.Bharamgoudar R, Sonsale A, Hodson J, Griffiths E; CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. The development and validation of a scoring tool to predict the operative duration of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2018 Jul;32(7):3149-3157. doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6030-6.
105.Bellini MI, Koutroutsos K, Galliford J, Herbert PE. One-Year Outcomes of a Cohort of Renal Transplant Patients Related to BMI in a Steroid-Sparing Regimen. Transplant Direct. 2017 Nov 3;3(12):e330. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000747. eCollection 2017 Dec.
106.Sutton AJ, Vohra RS, Hollyman M, Marriott PJ, Buja A, Alderson D, Pasquali S, Griffiths EA; CholeS Study Group and the West Midlands Research Collaborative. Cost-effectiveness of emergency versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder pathology. Br J Surg. 2017 Jan;104(1):98-107. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10317.
107.CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Population-based cohort study of outcomes following cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases. Br J Surg. 2016 Nov;103(12):1704-1715. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10287.
108.CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Population-based cohort study of variation in the use of emergency cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases. Br J Surg. 2016 Nov;103(12):1716-1726. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10288.
109.Sutcliffe RP, Hollyman M, Hodson J, Bonney G, Vohra RS, Griffiths EA; CholeS study group, West Midlands Research Collaborative. Preoperative risk factors for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: a validated risk score derived from a prospective U.K. database of 8820 patients. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Nov;18(11):922-928. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2016.07.015.
110.Thomson DR, Baldwin MJ, Bellini MI, Silva MA. Improving the quality of operative notes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Assessing the impact of a standardized operation note proforma. Int J Surg. 2016 Mar;27:17-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.01.037.
111.Filingeri V, Angelico R, Bellini MI, Manuelli M, Sforza D. Ambulatory therapy with combined hemorrhoidal radiocoagulation. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 Jan;17(1):130-3. PMID: 23329534.
112.Cerci M, Bellini MI, Russo F, Benavoli D, Capperucci M, Gaspari AL, Gentileschi P. Bariatric surgery in moderately obese patients: a prospective study. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2013;2013:276183. doi: 10.1155/2013/276183.
113.Smedile G, Bellini MI, Iaria G, Castrucci T, De Luca L, Leporelli P, Booth C, Orlando G, Tisone G. Emergency endovascular repair in a patient with abdominal aortic aneurysm with pelvic transplant kidneys: case report. Exp Clin Transplant. 2012 Dec;10(6):601-4. doi: 10.6002/ect.2012.0017.
114.Manzia TM, Sforza D, Angelico R, Bellini MI, Ciano P, Manuelli M, Toti L, Tisone G. Everolimus and enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium ab initio after liver transplantation: midterm results. Transplant Proc. 2012 Sep;44(7):1942-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.06.028.
115.Filingeri V, Bellini MI, Gravante G. The role of radiofrequency surgery in the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2012 Apr;16(4):548-53. PMID: 22696885
116.Filingeri V, Angelico R, Bellini MI, Manuelli M, Sforza D. Prospective randomised comparison of rubber band ligation (RBL) and combined hemorrhoidal radiocoagulation (CHR). Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2012 Feb;16(2):224-9. PMID: 22428474.
117.Manzia TM, Gravante G, Di Paolo D, Orlando G, Toti L, Bellini MI, Ciano P, Angelico M, Tisone G. Liver transplantation for the treatment of nodular regenerative hyperplasia. Dig Liver Dis. 2011 Dec;43(12):929-34. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.04.004.
118.Manzia TM, Bellini MI, Corona L, Toti L, Fratoni S, Cillis A, Orlando G, Tisone G. Successful treatment of systemic de novo sarcoidosis with cyclosporine discontinuation and provision of rapamune after liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 2011 Aug;24(8):e69-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01256.x.
119.Iaria G, Sforza D, Angelico R, Toti L, de Luca L, Manuelli M, Bellini I, Manzia TM, Anselmo A, Tisone G. Switch from twice-daily tacrolimus (Prograf) to once-daily prolonged-release tacrolimus (Advagraf) in kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2011 May;43(4):1028-9. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.01.130.
120.Manzia TM, Angelico R, Toti L, Bellini MI, Sforza D, Palmieri G, Orlando G, Tariciotti L, Angelico M, Tisone G. Long-term, maintenance MMF monotherapy improves the fibrosis progression in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C. Transpl Int. 2011 May;24(5):461-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01228.x.
121.Filingeri V, Bellini I, Marino B, Fratoni S, Schiaroli S. A rare case of cystic variety of angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Oct;14(10):887-90. Erratum in: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Dec;14(12):1074. Gravante, G [corrected to Bellini, I]. Erratum in: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2011 Mar;15(3):352. Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-79951815649.
122.Manuelli M, De Luca L, Iaria G, Tatangelo P, Sforza D, Perrone L, Bellini MI, Angelico R, Anselmo A, Tisone G. Conversion to rapamycin immunosuppression for malignancy after kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2010 May;42(4):1314-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.051.
123.Iaria G, Pisani F, De Luca L, Sforza D, Manuelli M, Perrone L, Bellini I, Angelico R, Tisone G. Prospective study of switch from cyclosporine to tacrolimus for fibroadenomas of the breast in kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2010 May;42(4):1169-70. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.035.
124.Berlanda M, Di Cocco P, Mazzotta C, Rizza V, D'Angelo M, Bellini MI, Scelzo C, Famulari A, Pisani F, Hernandez-Fuentes M, Orlando G. Clinical operational tolerance after kidney transplantation: a short literature review. Transplant Proc. 2008 Jul-Aug;40(6):1847-51. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.013.
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
1. Bellini, MI, & Papalois, VE (Eds.). (2020). Gender Equity in the Medical Profession. IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9599-1
2. Bellini, MI, & Kubler A. (2022). Health Literacy and Patient -Reported Outcomes. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Improving Health Literacy Through Patient Communication and Mass Media (pp. 203-217). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-2414-8.ch012