Franca Melfi

Professor Franca Melfi is Head of the Multispecialty Center for Robotic Surgery and the Division of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery of the University of Pisa. After her fist robotic intervention in 2001 she has dedicated her professional life to the application of robotic surgery in the thoracic field. Her clinical and research activity focus particularly on the application of new technologies for the treatment of lung cancer, mediastinal pathologies and surgical training with the dissemination of her expertise acquired during her 20 year long experience to the next generation of thoracic robotic surgeons. The Multispecialty Robotic Center, in fact, is home to University Masters and European accredited training courses.

Presently, Prof Melfi is engaged in several research projects at the University of Pisa, in collaboration with other clinical institutions focusing on the application of high-technology for development of precision medicine in the thoracic field though the implementation of the surgical planning with 3D reconstruction and the intra-operative detection of micro-metastasis.