Dr. Mario Rigante
Senior Staff Otolaryngologist (Medical Director), ENT Clinic, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS & Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Rome
Italy
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Dr. Mario Rigante is a senior ENT surgeon at Gemelli (Rome) with >20 years’ experience focused on rhinology, endoscopic sinus and endoscopic skull-base/pituitary surgery. He has performed ~3,500 procedures as first operator and over 4,000 as assistant, with extensive work in FESS, CSF-leak repair, pituitary/sellar approaches, DCR and sinonasal/orbital procedures. He previously served as Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Perugia and remains active in clinical research and education, holding the European Joint Diploma in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. His publications span rhinology, skull-base and head-and-neck oncology, with participation on several journal editorial boards.
Dr. Mario Rigante is Senior Staff Otolaryngologist (Medical Director) at the ENT Clinic of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital in Rome, Italy. His practice centers on advanced rhinology and endoscopic skull-base surgery, including pituitary and sellar disease, CSF-leak repair, and complex sinonasal and orbital procedures.
He qualified in Medicine (110/110 cum laude) in 2000, obtained his Italian medical license in 2001, completed ENT specialization with honors in 2004, and earned a PhD in 2008. He also holds the European Joint Diploma in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery (2016).
Professionally, Dr. Rigante served as Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Medical Director at the University of Perugia/S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (2018–2019) before returning to Gemelli as permanent senior staff from 31-Dec-2019. Earlier, he was on the Gemelli ENT staff from 2006 through 2018.
He has performed ~3,500 first-operator operations and >4,000 as assistant across low-, medium- and high-complexity ENT surgery, with particular experience in endoscopic transsphenoidal skull-base procedures, FESS, DCR and orbital decompression. His research output includes recent multicenter and methodological studies in pituitary/skull-base and rhinology. He serves on editorial boards (e.g., Romanian Journal of Rhinology) and holds the Italian National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor (2020–2030).
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Senior Staff Otolaryngologist (Medical Director), ENT Clinic
2019 - TodayFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS & Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Rome
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Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Medical Director
2018 - 2019S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital / University of Perugia
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Permanent Medical Staff Doctor, Otolaryngology
2012 - 2018Policlinico A. Gemelli
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Temporary Medical Staff Doctor, Otolaryngology
2006 - 2012Policlinico A. Gemelli
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European Joint Diploma in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Université Paris Diderot
2015
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PhD – Pathophysiology of the nasopharyngotubal district
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
2008
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Specialization Diploma in Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
UCSC/Policlinico A. Gemelli (
2004
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Board Member, AUORL (Italian University ENT Association) (2019)
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Secretary to the President, Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SIO) (2020)
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