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Elisa Pala

Associate Professor

Telefono: 0498213354

E-mail: elisa.pala@unipd.it

Education
18/09/2008: Medical degree at University of Bologna with 110/110 cum laude with the follow thesis: “Sacral resection for sacral chordoma: the Rizzoli experience and presentation of a new technique”

08/07/2014: Board of Orthopedics at University of Bologna with 110/110 cum laude with the follow thesis: “Treatment of malignant sacral tumors: experience of the Rizzoli Institute”

11/05/2015: PhD in “Oncology and Experimental Pathology” at the University of Bologna with the follow thesis: "Nuovi protocolli chemioterapici per i sarcomi dei tessuti molli ad alto grado di malignità negli adulti: risultati clinici, radiologici ed istologici comparando chemioterapia standard e orientata sull’istotipo”

09/04/2018: Achievement of qualification as associate professor for the 06/F4 sector (Malattie dell’apparato locomotore e medicina fisica e riabilitativa) according to decreto direttoriale n. 1532/2016. Valid until 09/04/2029

03/07/2020: Achievement of qualification as full professor for the 06/F4 sector (Malattie dell’apparato locomotore e medicina fisica e riabilitativa) according to decreto direttoriale n. 2175/2018. Valid until 03/07/2031


Positions
03/10/2008 to 29/06/2009: Medical doctor and resident in orthopedics at Rizzoli Orthopedic Insitute, University of Bologna, under the guidance of Prof. Mario Mercuri and Prof. Pietro Ruggieri. The main field of activity was musculoskeletal oncology.

From October 2014 to June 2015 Researcher at University of Bologna, Dept. of Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, working as staff surgeon at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli.

From June 2015 to December 2016 Orthopaedic Surgeon at Infermi Hospital, Rimini.

01/12/2016 to 14/02/2024: Fixed-term recruitment with the qualification of 1st level Medical Doctor in Orthopedics and Traumatology at Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology, University of Padova, directed by Prof. Pietro Ruggieri.

Since 15/02/2024: Permanent recruitment with the qualification of Associate Professor for the 06/F4 sector at the University of Padova with assistance activities at the Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology, directed by Prof. Pietro Ruggieri.

Publications: She is the author of 61 scientific papers on National or International Journals. She is the author of more than 400 abstract for congress or meetings.
Total citation 3239, H-index 29, i10-index 42.

Congresses and Meetings: She attended more than 70 National and International Meetings. She has been a speaker or lecturer in more than 30 National or International Congresses or Scientific Meetings.

Reviewer for the following Journals: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, EJOST.

Society Memberhip: Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia (SIOT), International Society Of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) since 2017, Co-Chair of ISOLS young member’s initiative since 2018, CIOSM (Club Italiano Oncologia Muscolo Scheletrica), EMSOS (European Musculo Skeletal Oncology Society) since 2019, SidA (Società Italiana Dell’anca)

  1. RUGGIERI P, MAVROGENIS AF, CASADEI R, ERRANI C, ANGELINI A, CALABRÒ T, PALA E, MERCURI M. “Protocol of surgical treatment of long bone pathological fractures.” Injury. 2010 Nov; 41(11):1161-7. Epub 2010 Oct 14.
  2. HENDERSON ER, GROUNDLAND JS, PALA E, DENNIS JA, WOOTEN R, CHEONG D, WINDHAGER R, KOTZ RI, MERCURI M, FUNOVICS PT, HORNICEK FJ, TEMPLE HT, RUGGIERI P, LETSON GD. “Failure mode classification for tumor endoprostheses: retrospective review of five institutions and a literature review.” J Bone Joint Surg. Am. 2011 Mar 2; 93(5): 418-29. Review.
  3. MAVROGENIS AF, PALA E, ROMAGNOLI C, ROMANTINI M, CALABRÒ T, RUGGIERI P. “Survival analysis of patients with femoral metastases.” J. Surg. Oncol. 2011, Aug 3. doi: 10.1002/jso.22061.
  4. ANGELINI A, GUERRA G, MAVROGENIS AF, PALA E, PICCI P, RUGGIERI P. “Clinical outcome of central conventional chondrosarcoma.” J surg Oncol. 2012 May 30.  vol. 106(8), p. 929-937.
  5. RUGGIERI P, MAVROGENIS AF, PALA E, ROMANTINI M, MANFRINI M, MERCURI M. “Outcome of Expandable Prostheses in Children.”J Pediatr Orthop. 2013 Apr-May;33(3):244-253.
  6. PALA E, MAVROGENIS AF, ANGELINI A, HENDERSON ER, LETSON DG, RUGGIERI P.”Cemented versus cementless endoprostheses for lower limb salvage surgery.” J BUON. 2013 Apr-Jun;18(2):496-503
  7. PALA E, HENDERSON ER, CALABRÒ T, ANGELINI A, ABATI CN, TROVARELLI G, RUGGIERI P. “Survival of current production tumor endoprostheses: Complications, functional results, and a comparative statistical analysis.” J Surg Oncol. 2013 Sep 4.
  8. PALA E, TROVARELLI G, CALABRÒ T, ANGELINI A, ABATI CN, RUGGIERI P. “Survival of Modern Knee Tumor Megaprostheses: Failures, Functional Results, and a Comparative Statistical Analysis.” Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 May 30.
  9. Pala E, Trovarelli G, Angelini A, Maraldi M, Berizzi A, Ruggieri P. Megaprosthesis of the knee in tumor and revision surgery. Acta Biomed 2017; Vol. 88, Supplement 2: 129-138. 
  10. ANGELINI A, TROVARELLI G, BERIZZI A, PALA E, BREDA A, RUGGIERI P. Three-dimension-printed custom-made prosthetic reconstructions: from revision surgery to oncologic reconstructions. Int Orthop. 2019 Jan;43(1):123-132.