Lorenzo Defidio, MD, FEBU
Professor Defidio is the primary urologist at the Cristo Re Hospital of Rome and serves as a Professor of Urology at the School of Specialization in Urology at the Catholic University of Rome. Professor Defidio is a fellow of the European Board of Urology and Director of the Center of Fellowship in Endourology, which is recognized by the Endourological Society. In 2011, Professor Defidio was the President of the 10th Italian Congress of the Italian Association of Endourology (IEA) of Rome. He also served as the Director of the Stone Center of the Cristo Re Hospital of Rome. Professor Defidio was a member of the International Faculty and the Organizing Committee of the 25 th World Congress of Endourology held in Nov.2007 in Cancun, Mexico as the only Italian representative.
Professor Lorenzo Defidio is a surgeon specializing in Urology and General Surgery focusing on procedures for the endoscopic treatment of diseases of the upper urinary tract. He was an enthusiastic pioneer of Flexible Ureterorenoscopy on which he organized numerous National and International Courses.
Professor Lorenzo Defidio has written numerous publications and is a Urologist consultant for the Vatican City in addition to a Urologist consultant for the American Embassy in Rome.
Professor Lorenzo Defidio has performed more than 7000 interventions with particular attention to endourological techniques of the upper urinary tract and has written more than 150 scientific articles.
He has participated in about 200 congresses meetings serving as a director, speaker and moderator.
Currently, Professor Lorenzo Defidio acts as a visiting professor and tutor in the operating room in numerous Hospital Centers where he taught the technique of RIRS and Percutaneous Supine Litotrissia.
