Professor Prof. MaurizionBoscaini , Litotripsy, Gastroenterology

Casa di cura PIO XI

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Biography

Maurizio Boscaini earned a degree with honours in Medicine and Surgery at the 
University of Rome “La Sapienza” where he took a degree with honours in Specialist 
in Gastroenterology at the IInd Department of Clinical Medicine and became a 
Resident.
The University of Rome sent him to the Department of Experimental Ultrasound at 
the Oncologic Centre at the “Paoli-Calmettes” Hospital Marseille (France) directed 
by Prof. H. Pietri where he contributed to research. During the same period he also 
worked for one year as a Researcher at the “Unité de Recherces de Pathologie 
Digestive” (INSERM U31) Marseille directed by Prof. H. Sarles with duties in 
experimental ultrasound and pancreatic physiology. In addition, he worked in the 
Department of Gastroenterology and in the laboratories of pancreatic biochemistry at 
the Sainte-Marguerite Hospital Marseille.
He earned a Specialisation in Ultrasound in Hepato-Gastroenterology at the 
University of Marseille where he also held a Course in Ultrasound for seven years.
While in Italy, he remained at IIIrd Surgical Department, University of Rome with 
duties as teaching and research assistant. At the same time, he assumed the Direction 
of the Gastroenterology Research Department at the I.N.I. Institute Grottaferrata 
(Rome) for eight years. He also became Adjunct Professor at the School of 
Specialization in Digestive tract Surgery and Digestive Endoscopy at the University 
of Rome “Tor Vergata”. 
During this period he became interested in the area of extracorporeal lithotripsy of 
biliary stones (still in an experimental stage) and visited several times the Centre for 
Lithotripsy at the Grosshadern Hospital (Germany) directed by Prof. Paumgartner. 
He has been Adjunct Professor in Gastroenterology at the University of Rome “La 
Sapienza” for 20 years.
He has been Lecturer in Ultrasound at the School of Basic Ultrasound (SIUMB) for 
20 years and Lecturer in Interventional and Intraoperative Ultrasound at the School 
of Advanced Ultrasound (SIUMB) for 10 years.
From 1988 until present, he is the Founder and Medical Director of the 
Extracorporeal Lithotripsy Unit at the Pio XI Clinic in Rome where biliary, 
pancreatic, renal and ureteral stones are being pulverized with shock waves through 
an exclusive ultrasound real-time targeting. He has participated as Lecturer and Moderator at 123 National and International 
Congresses and is the Author of 107 publications. 
He is a Member of The Italian Society of Gastroenterology, The Society of Digestive 
Endoscopy, The Italian Association for the Studies of the Liver (AISF), The Italian 
Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, The European Federation of 
Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, The American Gastroenterological 
Association. He is a Senior Member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 
and Biology