Francesco Bussu

Francesco Bussu is currently a Professor and Chairman in Otolaryngology, as well as the Head of the ENT Division at the University Hospital of Sassari (Italy). He reactivated the Sassari Speech Therapy School in 2020. He is a member of the Italian commission for National Scientific Qualification to Professorship and the treasurer of the Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SIO). He performed about 10,000 surgical procedures as first operator in all the subspecialties of otolaryngology, and...See more

Francesco Bussu is currently a Professor and Chairman in Otolaryngology, as well as the Head of the ENT Division at the University Hospital of Sassari (Italy). He reactivated the Sassari Speech Therapy School in 2020. He is a member of the Italian commission for National Scientific Qualification to Professorship and the treasurer of the Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SIO). He performed about 10,000 surgical procedures as first operator in all the subspecialties of otolaryngology, and in particular head and neck oncology. He introduced the lengthening temporalis myoplasty (Labb� operation) in Italy for long-term facial paralysis rehabilitation, and he has performed over 100 brachytherapy implants for head and neck malignancies, more than 50 for nasal vestibule primaries. He has contributed to clarifying the oncogenic role of HPV in non-oropharyngeal head and neck malignancies, and the clinical limits of the currently employed p16 IHC in the definition of HPV related carcinogenesis in the oropharynx. He has published over 120 papers in indexed journals, mainly on head and neck surgery and oncology and serves as a reviewer for several leading international journals. See less