BIOGRAFIA

MASSIMO NICOLO’

Massimo Nicolò è nato a Genova il 24 Febbraio del 1970.

E’ laureato in medicina e chirurgia dal 1994. E’ stato research fellow nel laboratorio di biologia molecolare delle patologie della retina presso i l new england eyes center – tufts university a boston.

Si è specializzato in oculistica presso la clinica oculistica dell’università di genova  e ha conseguito nella medesima università il dottorato di ricerca im biologia e patologia dell’invecchiamento.

 

Attualmente è Ricercatore Universitario presso la Clinica Oculistica dell’Università di Genova e docente di malattie dell’apparato visivo nei corsi di laurea in medicina e chirurgia, ortottica e neuropsicomotricità dell’età evolutiva.

 

I suoi principali campi d’interesse sono le malattie degenerative e vascolari della retina e della macula. E’ co-investigator e principal investigator in trials clinici sulle patologie maculari.

 

Fa parte del consiglio di amministrazione della Fondazione per la Macula onlus

E’ fondatore e siede nel direttivo della Società degli Oftalmologi Universitari

E’ membro della Società Italiana Retina (SIR) e degli specialisti retinologi europei (EURETINA)

 

  1. Nicolò, M., Musetti, D., Traverso, C.E. Yellow micropulse laser in diabetic macular edema: A short-term pilot study (2014) European Journal of Ophthalmology, 24 (6), pp. 885-889.
  2. Musetti, D., Nicolò, M., Bagnis, A., Traverso, C.E. Chorioretinal folds: Associated disorders and a related maculopathy (2014) American Journal of Ophthalmology, 158 (2), p. 409.
  3. Nicolo M, Eandi CM, Alovisi C, Grignolo FM, Traverso CE, Musetti D, Piccolino FC Half-fluence versus half-dose photodynamic therapy in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan 29. pii: S0002-9394(14)00052-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.01.022. [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Nicolo M, Traverso CE Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges Retina. 2014 Jan;34(1):198-202
  5. Fungi A, Nicolò M, Yzer S, Traverso CE, Yannuzzi LA Eales Disease Associated with Serpiginous Choroiditis. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Nov;130(11):1484-6.
  6. Puddu A, Sanguineti R, Durante A, Nicolò M, and Viviani G. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C secretion is increased by Advanced Glycation End Products: possible implication in ocular neovascularization. Molecular Vision 2012;18: 2509-2517.
  7. Nicolò M, Zoli D, Musolino M, Traverso CE. (2011). Association Between the Efficacy of Half-Dose Photodynamic Therapy With Indocyanine Green Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in the Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, p. 5-9, ISSN: 0002-9394, doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.08.015
  8. Albini A, Fassina G, Nicolò M, Dell’Eva R, Vené R, Cammarota R, Barberis M, Noonan DM. Inhibition of a vascular ocular tumor growth by IL-12 gene transfer. Clin Exp Metastasis. 2007;24(7):485-93. Epub 2007 Jul 25. PMID: 17653825 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  9. Nicolò M, Ghiglione D, Lai S, Calabria G. Retinal angiomatous proliferation treated by intravitreal triamcinolone and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006 Oct;244(10):1336-8. Epub 2006 Mar 8. PMID: 16523293 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  10. Nicolò M, Nasciuti F, Lai S, Ghiglione D, Borgia L, Calabria G. Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide as primary treatment for diffuse diabetic macular edema: a prospective noncomparative interventional case series. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2006 Jan-Feb;16(1):129-33. PMID: 16496256 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  11. Nicolò M, Ghiglione D, Lai S, Nasciuti F, Cicinelli S, Calabria G. Occult with no classic choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration treated by intravitreal triamcinolone and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. Retina. 2006 Jan;26(1):58-64. PMID: 16395140 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  12. Nicolò M, Ghiglione D, Calabria G. Retinal pigment epithelial tear following intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin). Eur J Ophthalmol. 2006 Sep-Oct;16(5):770-3. PMID: 17061236 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  13. Nicolò M, Artioli S, La Mattina GC, Ghiglione D, Calabria G. Branch retinal artery occlusion combined with branch retinal vein occlusion in a patient with hepatitis C treated with interferon and ribavirin. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2005 Nov-Dec;15(6):811-4. PMID: 16329072 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  14. Nicolò M, Ghiglione D, Lai S, Calabria G. Intravitreal triamcinolone in the treatment of serous pigment epithelial detachment and occult choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2005 May-Jun;15(3):415-9. PMID: 15945015 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  15. Nicolò M, Piccolino FC, Ghiglione D, Nicolò G, Calabria G. Multiple bilateral choroidal metastatic tumors from a small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary site. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2005 Jan-Feb;15(1):148-52. PMID: 15751257 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  16. Nicolo M, Calabria G. Choroidal metastasis from a cutaneous malignant melanoma regressed after cisplatin therapy. Retina. 2004 Aug;24(4):622-4. No abstract available. PMID: 15300090 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  17. Nicolò M, Ghiglione D, Polizzi A, Calabria G. Choroidal hemangioma treated with photodynamic therapy using verteporfin: report  of a case. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2003 Aug-Sep;13(7):656-61. PMID: 14552602 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  18. Nicolò M, Birò A, Cardillo-Piccolino F, Castellani P, Giovannini A, Mariotti C, Zingirian M, Neri D, Zardi L. Expression of extradomain-B-containing fibronectin in subretinal choroidal neovascular membranes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jan;135(1):7-13. PMID: 12504690 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  19. Nicolò M, Nicolò G, Zingirian M. Pleomorphic adenocarcinoma of the ciliary epithelium: a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, DNA-ploidy and comparative genomic hybridization analysis of an unusual case. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2002 Jul-Aug;12(4):319-23. PMID: 12220004 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  20. Calvert PD, Krasnoperova NV, Lyubarsky AL, Isayama T, Nicoló M, Kosaras B, Wong G, Gannon KS, Margolskee RF, Sidman RL, Pugh EN Jr, Makino CL, Lem J. Phototransduction in transgenic mice after targeted deletion of the rod transducin alpha -subunit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Dec 5;97(25):13913-8. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 Aug 28;98(18):10515. PMID: 11095744 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  21. Nicolò M, Piccolino FC, Zardi L, Giovannini A, Mariotti C. Detection of tenascin-C in surgically excised choroidal neovascular membranes. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2000 Feb;238(2):107-11. PMID: 10766277 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  22. Nicolò M, Truini M, Sertoli M, Taubenberger JK, Zingirian M. Follicular large-cell lymphoma of the orbit: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical and molecular genetic description of one case. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1999 Jul;237(7):606-10. PMID: 10424312 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  23. Piccolino FC, Borgia L, Zinicola E, Torrielli S, Nicoló M. Silent occult choroidal vascular abnormalities. Retina. 1999;19(1):30-6. PMID: 10048370 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  24. Lem J, Krasnoperova NV, Calvert PD, Kosaras B, Cameron DA, Nicolò M, Makino CL, Sidman RL. Morphological, physiological, and biochemical changes in rhodopsin knockout mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jan 19;96(2):736-41. PMID: 9892703 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
  25. Nicolò M, Chiocca EA.Marker gene transfer and oncolysis of human Y79 retinoblastoma cells mediated by herpes simplex virus mutants. Ophthalmic Res. 1998;30(1):30-6. PMID: 9483585 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]