Dr. Cecilia Maria CRACCO

  • 1989: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Torino (110/110 cum laude).
  • 1990 and 1996: attendance for 8 months at the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, U.K. (supervisors prof. G. Gabella and prof. G. Burnstock), as guest researcher.
  • 1991-1994: PhD student in Ophtalmologic Sciences, University of Torino.
  • 1994-1999: Residency in Urology, Urological Clinic, University of Torino.
  • November 1999: Specialization in Urology, University of Torino (70/70 cum laude and “menzione onorevole”
  • May 2000: Urologist (permanent position), Division of Urology, SS. Annunziata Hospital of Savigliano (Cuneo).
  • November 2002: transfer at the Urological Clinic, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Torino), position D, C2 from March 2007.
  • May 1st 2008: she won #1 position for researcher, MED24 Urology, University of Torino, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, always working at the Urological Clinic at the S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Torino). Position C1 from 2009.
  • February 2011: she won a position as Urologist at the Urology Department, Cottolengo Hospital of Torino (still working there nowadays).
  • Member of many national and international urological societies, she won 12 prizes for videos, presentations and research, received research funding for many years, had a constant teaching activity since 1990, first in Anatomy, then in Urology, for University and then for Masterclasses and courses.
  • She is reviewer for many international journals, editor for WJUrol, consultant and tutor for various companies, part of the EAU and SIU Faculties, in the scientific board of Advanced Endourology Courses in her hospital, EBU examiner and EUREP tutor for “Stones and upper tract endourology” starting from 09/2023.
  • She published 250 papers, including more than 115 indexed papers in extenso, many invited book chapters including that on the Smith Textbook of Endourology 4th edition on ECIRS and a Springer book on ECIRS in 2014, and is referee for many international journals.
  • Surgical activity: hundreds of procedures as first surgeon, in particular bipolar TURP, URS and RIRS, Greenlaser vaporization of the prostatic adenoma, bipolar TURB, PDD and SPIES TURB, ECIRS, HoLEP, ThuFLEP, with invited surgeries 2013-2023.
  • She lives in Torino with her husband Alessandro Vercelli; her daughter Eugenia is 4th year resident in Urology and lives on her own in Torino; her son Alberto is 2nd year resident in Neurosurgery and lives in Pisa.