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Dr. Palmas Marco

CV

Qualification

MD

Current assignment

MD at 3rd Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic prevalently Oncologic

Title of qualification awarded

2016: Single Cycle Master’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MD) obtained at the University of Cagliari with honors (110/110 cum laude), presenting a thesis entitled “Total hip arthroplasty with short femoral stem: medium-term clinical and radiographic results”.

Other qualifications awarded
  • 2022: Postgraduate Specialization Diploma in Orthopaedics and Traumatology obtained at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna - Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute with honors (110/110 cum laude), presenting a thesis entitled “Knee reconstruction in pediatric sarcoma patients: experience of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute from 1990 to present”.
  • 2025: 1st Level Professional Master in “Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine” obtained at the University of Parma with honors (110/110 cum laude), presenting a thesis entitled “Multimodal Machine Learning approach for predicting mortality risk and pathological fracture in oncology patients”.
  • 2023: Certificate in Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (Theoretical-Practical), SIUMB Advanced School.
Positions held
  • From 2024 to 2025: Outpatient Specialist Physician in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Bologna Local Health Authority and Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (IOR) for specialized clinical and diagnostic activities at territorial and hospital outpatient facilities.
  • From 2023 to 2024: Medical Research Fellow (Orthopedic Oncology) Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (IOR) - Orthopaedic Oncology Unit. Focus: Research on reconstructive techniques for sarcomas in developmental age (pediatric patients).
Languages

English: fluent

Technologies
  • Digital & Technological Skills (Hybrid Medical-IT Profile)
    Academic Background: Computer Science studies at the University of Cagliari (2005-2010), acquiring strong foundations in logic and programming.
  • Operating Systems & Software: Advanced knowledge of Windows, Unix, and MacOS. Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite and cloud-based applications.
  • Digital Health & Telemedicine: Design and management of telehealth and telemonitoring pathways, focusing on hospital-territory continuity and follow-up for chronic/post-surgical patients.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI): Knowledge of AI fundamentals, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Deep Learning applied to Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) and predictive analysis of healthcare data (Big Data).
Scientific activities

Author and co-author of several scientific publications in national and international journals, with a specific focus on Orthopedic Oncology and reconstructive surgery.
Member of various scientific societies.

Clinical and/or Scientific interests
  • Diagnostic Imaging & Therapy: diagnosis and therapeutic framing of skeletal alterations detected via X-ray, CT, and MRI, including osteolytic lesions, bone sclerosis, soft tissue masses, pathological fractures, and bone metastases.
  • Benign Soft Tissue Tumors: lipoma, angioma, myxoma, neurinoma, schwannoma, giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath.
  • Benign Bone Tumors & Pseudotumoral Lesions: non-ossifying fibroma, enchondroma, exostosis (osteochondroma), simple bone cyst, aneurysmal bone cyst, giant cell tumor of bone, osteoid osteoma, chondroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia.
  • Management of bone metastases from breast cancer (breast tumor), prostate cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, multiple myeloma and other tumor histotypes.
  • Malignant Bone Tumors: osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, bone lymphoma.
  • Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Liposarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, myxofibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, epithelioid sarcoma.
  • Degenerative Pathology: hip and knee osteoarthritis.
  • primary or secondary Osteonecrosis.