Dr. Luigi Solbiati

Dr. Luigi Alessandro Solbiati is Professor of Radiology at Humanitas University (Rozzano – Milan), and Consultant of Interventional Radiology at Humanitas Research Hospital. He was previously appointed as Contract Professor of “Techniques and Methods of Diagnostic Imaging” at the School of Radiology of the University of Milan. He has also previously served as Chairman of the Department of Oncology and Head of the Division of Interventional Oncologic Radiology at the General Hospital of Busto Arsizio (Milan area)

Dr. Solbiati’s main fields of interest have always been interventional procedures in oncologic diseases (particularly percutaneous image-guided thermal ablation), imaging of the neck and contrast-enhanced sonography. He was one of the pioneers of ultrasound-guided aspiration biopsies (1979), ethanol injection (1983), radiofrequency ablation with cool-tip electrodes (1995) and microwaves (2009) of solid tumors and fusion imaging for the guidance of interventional procedures (2003).

He has one of the largest experiences in the world in the treatment of liver malignancies with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and, more recently, high-power microwaves, accounting for more than 2,200 patients, with technical success rates above 90% and major complication rates of less than 1%. These very favourable results have been achieved thanks to a continuous investigation of technological advancements of the imaging methods for the guidance of thermal ablations and, particularly, the systems of navigation through the real-time fusion of ultrasound and CT, MRI or, more recently, PET scans.