Michele Colledan, MD
Director, General Surgery Unit N°II
Associate Director, Liver transplantation
Department of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

Largo Barozzi, 1
24127 Bergamo, Italy
Phone: #39 035-269-717
Fax: #39 035-266-898
E-mail: mcolledan@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it

-	Born in Italy, April 9th 1955ù
-	Married
-	Italian nationality

 Areas of Clinical Interest
-	Liver transplantation in adult and pediatric patients
-	General Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery
-	Lung transplantation

Education and Training:
-	1979 Degree cum laude in Medicine at the Università Statale di Milano (Italy)
-	1984 Specialization in General Surgery at the same University (five year, full-time training in general surgery)
-	1989 Specialization in Vascular Surgery at the same University
-	August-September 1986: Visiting Fellow, Department of Surgery Transplant division (head: Professor T.E. Starzl), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh - U.S.A.
-	March 1989: same
-	October 1990: Visiting Fellow, Section of General Thoracic Surgery (head: Professor J. Cooper), Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St Louis - U.S.A.

Previous positions
-	1997-1999: Associate Director, General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo (Italy) 
-	1992-1997: Associate Director, Liver Transplant Unit, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano - Italy
-	1985-1992: Assistant Director, same institution
-	1984-1985: Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery University of Reims - France

Research Interests:
Clinical problems in liver transplantation, including liver splitting for pediatric and adult patients, prevention and treatment of recurrent B hepatitis, vascular reconstructions.
Dr. Colledan is author or co-author of over 150 scientific articles and over 70 abstracts on different subjects concerning liver transplantation and other surgical fields.

Scientific Memberships:
-	European Society for Organ Transplantation
-	Transplantation Society
-	Italian Society for Organ Transplantation.

Selected Publications:
EXTENSIVE USE OF SPLIT LIVER FOR PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Spada M, Gridelli B, Colledan M., et al.
Liver Transplant, 2000, 6: 415.

A NEW SPLITTING TECHNIQUE FOR LIVER GRAFTS
M. Colledan., Andorno E., Valente U., Gridelli B.
The Lancet  1999, 353: 1763

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY OF THE BILIARY TREE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
M. Colledan, G. Paone, B. Gridelli, G. Rossi, L.R. Fassati, D. Galmarini.
Transplantation Proceedings
26: 3542, 1994

LA SELEZIONE DEL DONATORE ED IL PRELIEVO D'ORGANO
A. Baisi, M. Colledan, G. Rossi, G. Melloni.
IN IL TRAPIANTO DI POLMONE, DI G. PEZZUOLI E P. ZANNINI, UTET, Milano, 1994
Pag. 83

XENOGENEIC ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FROM SHEEP TO PIG
B. Gridelli, S. Gatti, A. Piazzini, M. Colledan, U. Maggi, P. Reggiani, G. Rossi, M. Langer, P. Prato, E. Redaelli, E. Trabucchi, L.R. Fassati and D. Galmarini.
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
24: 614, 1992

PATTERNS OF HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS REINFECTION AND DISEASE IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
A. Ottobrelli, A Marzano, A. Smedile, S. Recchia, M. Salizzoni, C. Cornu, M. Lamy, J. Otte, B. De Hemptinne, A. Greubel, M. Grendele, M. Colledan, D. Galmarini et al..
GASTROENTEROLOGY
101: 1649, 1991

BENCH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GRAFT ARTERIAL SUPPLY IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
M. Colledan, G. Ferla, G. Rossi, B. Gridelli, L.R. Fassati, P. Reggiani, U. Maggi, S. Gatti, A. Piazzini, M. Gislon, D. Galmarini.
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
XXII: 408, 1990

IL TRAPIANTO DI POLMONE SINISTRO NEL MAIALE. TECNICA E RISULTATI
P. Zannini, A. Baisi, G. Pezzuoli, M. Langer, P. Prato, G. Damia, M. Colledan, S. Gatti, D. Galmarini.
CHIRURGIA
3: 210, 1990

HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
M. Grendele, B. Gridelli, M. Colledan, G. Rossi, L.R. Fassati, G. Ferla, G. Lunghi, D. Galmarini.
THE LANCET
ii: 1221, 1989

LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN B AND DELTA HEPATITIS
M. Colledan, M. Grendele, B. Gridelli, G. Rossi, L.R. Fassati, G. Ferla, M. Doglia, M. Gislon, D. Galmarini.
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
21: 2421; 1989