FONTANA FEDERICO

From 2005 to present: Permanent Medical Director
Radiology Complex Unit, Varese
Sette Laghi Territorial Health Authority - Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation
Viale Borri 57 - 21100 Varese
From November 1, 2017 to present: Head of the Interventional Radiology Unit within the Varese Radiology Complex Unit.
From November 1, 2018 to November 1, 2019: Acting Director of the Varese Radiology Complex Unit.
From November 30, 2019, appointed to the University of Insubria as a Type B Researcher.
From November 30, 2022, appointed to the University of Insubria as an Associate Professor.
Radiology specialist employed in all areas of the discipline, particularly in Interventional Radiology.
From 2005 (date of hiring) to date, at the Circolo Fondazione Macchi Hospital in Varese, he has performed over 28,000 vascular and
extravascular and oncological interventional radiology procedures, as specified below*:
• • Endovascular procedures (diagnostic arteriography, PTA, vascular metal stents,

endoprostheses, embolizations, arterial fibrinolysis, phlebography, vena cava filters, TIPS): approximately 16,000
• • Extravascular and oncological procedures (biliary-digestive interventions, percutaneous cholangiography,

nephrostomies, pyelography, ureteral stents, TACE/TARE, ablations, musculoskeletal interventions): approximately 12,000
• • Total number of procedures: approximately 28,000

*Interventional Radiology procedures performed in the Operating Room Angiography/Operating Room obtained from the RIS system

- 1992-1993: High School Diploma in Classics

- July 27, 2000: Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Insubria (102/110); thesis title: "Interventional Radiology in Blunt Trauma Lesions of Peripheral Arteries," Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Fugazzola, Director of the Radiology Department at the University of Insubria in Varese.

- 2001: License to practice (first session).

- November 2001: Member of the Provincial Association of Surgeons and Dentists of Varese (registration no. 05962).

- February 9, 2001: Granted unlimited leave of absence, granted pursuant to art. 2 of Law 424/99, issued by the Military District of Milan.

- October 28, 2004: Specialization in Diagnostic Radiology from the University of Insubria-Varese. Grade 50/50 with honors; thesis title: "Emergency Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms"; Supervisor: Prof. Carlo Fugazzola (Director of the Specialization School in Diagnostic Radiology).