Docenti

Alessandro Morlacco

Associate Professor

E-mail: alessandro.morlacco@unipd.it

Director, Pediatric Urology Unit (UOC) – Padua University Hospital (2025–present).
Associate Professor of Urology (MED/24) – University of Padua / Padua University Hospital (2024–present).
Assistant Professor (RTDA/RTDB) – University of Padua (2018–2024).
Research Fellow in Urologic Oncology – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (2015–2016).
Urology Consultant– ULSS 3 Serenissima, Chioggia Hospital (2018–2019).

Pediatric and reconstructive urology: hypospadias, upper urinary tract disorders, urinary diversions, minimally invasive and robotic techniques.
Regenerative medicine in urology: development of experimental models for bladder and ureter reconstruction (Coris-Lifelab project).
Oncologic urology: diagnosis and treatment of prostate and bladder cancer, focusing on multiparametric imaging, biomarkers, and surgical outcomes.
European networks: ERN eUROGEN representative for rare urogenital diseases.
Teaching activities: courses in Medicine, Nursing, and the Urology Residency Program.

Pediatric Studies

  • Evaluation and Management of Urological Complications Following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation – Medicina (Kaunas), 2024.
  • Efficacy and Safety of Antegrade Sclerotherapy for Varicocele in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review – Urologia, 2024.
  • Nadir Creatinine as a Predictor of Renal Outcomes in Posterior Urethral Valves: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Front Pediatr, 2023.
  • Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Kidney Cyst in a 4-Year-Old Boy – J Pediatr Urol, 2022.
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Pediatric Urology: Urethral and Urinary Bladder Reconstruction – Int J Mol Sci, 2022.

Other High Impact  Studies

  • Coagulation Factor X Promotes Resistance to Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer – Cancer Cell , 2024.
  • MRI-Targeted Biopsy and Risk of Upgrading in Prostate Cancer – European Urology Focus, 2023.
  • Effect of Preoperative MRI on Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy – European Urology Open Science, 2022.
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Urology – Nature Reviews Urology, 2020.
  • Adjuvant vs. Early Salvage Radiation Therapy After Radical Prostatectomy – European Urology , 2017.

Bibliometric Parameters (Scopus –  2025)

  • Documents: 90
  • Citations: 1,305 (from 1,210 documents)
  • h-index: 20