Giovanni Lughezzani, MD, Author at Grand Rounds in Urology

Giovanni Lughezzani, MD

Humanitas University

Milan, Italy

Giovanni Lughezzani, MD, is an Associate Professor of Urology at Humanitas University in Milan, Italy. Dr. Lughezzani specializes in minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery of prostate and kidney tumors. His research interests include prognostic factors of urological malignancies, with particular interest in prostate cancer, renal cancer, and urothelial tumors. Dr. Lughezzani has authored and co-authored over 770 publications within these fields.

Dr. Lughezzani earned his medical degree at Libera Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy. He continued as a medical volunteer in the Urology and Endocrinology Departments, where he completed his residency in Urology. Dr. Lughezzani then completed a research fellowship in Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes at the University of Montreal in Canada. He subsequently completed a clinical fellowship in Urology at the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milano, Italy. Dr. Lughezzani then completed a clinical fellowship in Urology at Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden.

Talks by Giovanni Lughezzani, MD

The Use of PSMA PET/CT Scan in Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated with Focal Therapy

Giovanni Lughezzani, MD | Mar 2026

Giovanni Lughezzani, MD, explores the role of PSMA PET/CT in focal therapy for prostate cancer. Early studies suggest complementary use with multiparametric MRI.