Prof. Giacomo Novara

• 1994 — Classical secondary school diploma (60/60), Liceo Classico "Umberto I", Palermo
• 2000 — MD degree with honours (110/110 cum laude), University of Palermo
• 2000–05 — Urology Residency with honours (50/50 cum laude), University of Verona (2000–2005) and University of Padova (2005)
• — Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
• 2014 — Clinical Fellowship in Robotic Surgery, OLV Hospital (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis), Aalst, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Mottrie

• 2008–14 — Researcher in Urology (MED/24), University of Padova
• 2011–23 — Associate Editor, European Urology, official journal of the EAU (Impact Factor 2023: 25.3)
• 2014 — Deputy Scientific Director, Vattikuti Robotic Surgery Institute, Melle, Belgium
• 2014 → — Associate Professor of Urology (MED/24), University of Padova, with clinical activity at the Urology Unit of the Padova University Hospital

Teaching of urology to undergraduate medical and nursing students at the University of Padova (Padova and Treviso campuses) and to residents enrolled in multiple postgraduate speciality training programmes at the University of Padova.

Key international institutions I have collaborated with:

• 🇺🇸 Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
• 🇮🇹 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan
• 🇺🇸 UT Southwestern Medical Center
• 🇨🇦 University of Montreal
• 🇩🇪 Klinikum der Universität München
• 🇩🇪 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 🇩🇪 Universität Regensburg
• 🇧🇪 OLV Vattikuti Robotic Surgery Institute, Aalst
• 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
• 🇨🇦 McGill University Health Centre
• 🇦🇹 Medical University of Vienna
• 🇺🇸 University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• 🇦🇹 Medical University of Graz
• 🇺🇸 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
• 🇺🇸 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• 🇪🇸 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• 🇫🇷 Université Paris Cité
• 🇯🇵 Kitasato University School of Medicine
• 🇫🇷 AP-HP Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
• 🇺🇸 Baylor College of Medicine
• 🇺🇸 Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• 🇫🇷 Sorbonne Université, Paris
• 🇺🇸 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
• 🇫🇷 Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris
• 🇺🇸 City of Hope National Medical Center
• 🇺🇸 The University of Texas at Dallas
• 🇳🇱 The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
• 🇩🇪 Universität Heidelberg
• 🇬🇧 The University of Sheffield
• 🇨🇦 McGill University, Montreal
• 🇬🇧 King's College London
• 🇺🇸 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 🇺🇸 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
• 🇺🇸 UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
• 🇦🇺 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
• 🇩🇪 Universität Bonn
• 🇪🇸 Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona
• 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic, Rochester
• 🇺🇸 Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• 🇬🇧 University College London
• 🇨🇭 University Hospital Basel
• 🇫🇷 Université de Rennes
• 🇺🇸 Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 🇬🇧 Guy's Hospital, London

• 2008Awarded Reviewer of the Month by European Urology (July 2008).
• 2010Awarded Reviewer of the Year by European Urology.
• 2010European Urology Best Scientific Paper Prize — V. Ficarra, G. Novara et al. «Preoperative Aspects and Dimensions Used for an Anatomical (PADUA) Classification of Renal Tumours in Patients who are Candidates for Nephron-Sparing Surgery». European Urology 2009;56:786–793.
• 2011Best Abstract, EAU Annual Meeting – Poster session 42 «RCC: diagnosis and prognosis». G. Novara: «Head to head comparison of the most relevant integrated prognostic systems predicting cancer-specific survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma».
• 2011Best Abstract, EAU Annual Meeting – Poster session 51 «RCC: nephron-sparing surgery». G. Novara: «Partial and radical nephrectomy for pT1 renal cell carcinoma: results of the Saturn project».
• 2013European Urology Prize for the Best Paper on Clinical Research — S. Shariat, M. Rink, G. Novara et al. «Pathologic Nodal Staging Score for Bladder Cancer: A Decision Tool for Adjuvant Therapy After Radical Cystectomy». European Urology 2012.
• 2013European Urology Prize for the Best Scientific Paper by a Young Urologist (≤35 years) — M. Rink, G. Novara et al. «Stage-Specific Impact of Tumor Location on Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Upper and Lower Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Following Radical Surgery». European Urology 2012;62(4):677–684.
• 2015Winner of the Italian Matula Award at the Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Urology (SIU).
• 2017Best Poster, EAU Annual Meeting – Session 79 «Challenges in minimally invasive partial nephrectomy». F. Zattoni, R.H. Thompson, G. Novara et al.: «Partial nephrectomy in the treatment of renal tumors with concomitant venous tumor thrombosis of renal vein branches».