Professor Mortini is Director of the Experimental Neurosurgery Unit at San Raffaele Scientific Institute which main fileds of interest are:

Basic Research

• Collagen scaffolds for peripheral nerves regeneration. Project in collaboration with the Bioengineering Department University of Lecce, the Massachussets Institute of Technology Boston (USA)

• Preclinical study on olfactory cell transplantation in spinal cord injuries (Grant Regione Lombardia “Autologous ensheating cell transplantation in humans with spinal cord injuries: an international phase 2 multicentric clinical trial – 2011/2012

• Biomarkers in brain tumors

  Donor: Itaian Ministry of University and Research

Clinical Research

• Minimally invasive surgical tecniques

          Donor: Italian Ministry of University and Research

         International Partner: The George Washington University

• Robotized Brain Surgery
  International Partner: The George Washington University

 SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

• Collaboration with the Institute of Medical Genetics at the University of Milan to study chordomas from the cytogenetic point of view (1996 to date)
• Collaboration with the Max Plank Institut fur Psychiatrie of Munchen (Germany) to study the pathology of pituitary tumors (1992 to date)
• Collaboration with the Chair of Maxillo-facial surgery Università degli Studi di Milano for research on new surgical tecniques for treatment of cranio-facial malformation and cranio-facial tumors. (1992 to date)

PATENTS

• CA 2778238 A1

Method for manufacturing a device for regenerating biological tissues, particularly for regenerating tissues of the central nervous system

SCOPUS