curriculum vitae prof. bussi
Surgeon specialising in Otolaryngology
Professor Mario Bussi was born in Turin, Italy, where he earned his degree in Medicine and Surgery before specializing in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Pathology. He obtained the University Diploma in Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Chirurgie Réparatrice de la Face from Université Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie University) in Paris.
He served as Full Professor of Otolaryngology, Director of the Residency Program in Otolaryngology, and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital in Milan.
He is the Past President of the Italian Association of University Otolaryngologists (AUORL) and the Past President of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SIOeChCF). He currently serves as Senior Consultant in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital in Milan.
To further his professional expertise, Professor Bussi completed advanced training and research fellowships at several prestigious hospitals and universities in North America and France, including the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital in New York, the Straith Memorial Hospital in Detroit, the Institut Gustave Roussy in Paris, and many others.
His research has covered numerous areas within otolaryngology, with particular emphasis on head and neck cancer, ablative and reconstructive surgery, ENT immunology (including regional oncology, Waldeyer’s ring, and the upper airways), and psycho-oncology.
Professor Bussi is the author of more than 300 national and international scientific publications and is a member of several leading scientific societies, including the Italian Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SIOeChCF), the Italian Association of Head and Neck Oncology (AIOCC), the French Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SFORL), and the Italian Association of Functional and Aesthetic Facial Surgery (AICEFF).
His documented surgical experience, gained at the ENT Clinic of the University of Turin—where he served first as Research Fellow and later as Associate Professor—and subsequently at the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, includes more than 20,000 surgical procedures, with over 18,000 performed as lead surgeon.
