Prof. Paolo Boccato,MD, FIAC ,FASCP:

GENERAL

• Birth Date, April 16,1929
• Birth Place, San Donà di Piave (Venezia), Italy
• Family, wife (Lucia), one son (Angelo) and one daughter(Benedetta)

EDUCATION

• Padua University School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (MD), November 17,1953 (110/110 cum laude)
• Post-Graduate Course of Specialization, Padua University School of Medicine, Respiratory Diseases (1955) and Blood and Haematopoietic Organs Pathology (1959),
• "Libera Docenza", Anatomic Pathology, Padua University School of Medicine , 1962
• Board Certification (Fellowship) of International Academy of Cytology, Vienna, 1984
• "Professore a contratto di Citodiagnostica", Padua University School of Medicine, Post-graduate Course of Specialization, Anatomic Pathology (since Academic Year 1985-1986 till 1999-2000).
• "Professore a contratto di Citodignostica", Parma University School of Medicine, Post-graduate Course of Specialization, Anatomic Pathology (since 2002-2003 till 2008-2009)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• Assistant of Internal Medicine, Civil Hospital, San Donà di Piave
  (Venezia), Italy (1953-1959)
• Assistant of Anatomic Pathology, University of Padua, Italy (1959-1962)
• Assistant of Anatomic Pathology, University of Neaples, Italy (1962-1964)
• Chief of Laboratorio di Anatomia Patologica, Civil Hospital, San Donà di Piave (Venezia), Italy (1964-1988)
• Chief of Servizio di Citodiagnostica 2, Civil Hospital, Padua, Italy (1988-1993)
• Chief of Servizio di Citodiagnostica, Casa di Cura Rizzola, Venice, Italy (1993-2012)
• Chief of Servizio di Citodiagnostica, Casa di Cura Villa Berica, Vicenza, Italy (1993-2014)
• Chief of Servizio di Citodiagnostica, Centro Clinico Chimico, Venice, Italy (1999-2014)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Associzione Italiana di Citologia , Chairman, (1982-1984)
• Comitato Italiano di Standardizzazione dei Metodi Ematologici e di Laboratorio, CISMEL, (Tresaurer)
• International Academy of Cytology (Fellow)
• American Society of Clinical Pathologist (FASCP)
• Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (Member)
• Società Italiana di Medicina di Laboratorio, SIMEL (Member)
• Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e di Citopatologia Diagnostica, SIAPEC ( Honorary Member)
• Società Italiana di Citologia, S.I.Ci. (Honorary Member)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cytopathology (FNAB cytology) of thyroid, salivary glands, breast, lymph nodes, eye and orbit, pancreatic intra-operative cytology
• Methods for evaluation of adequacy of sampled material (FNAB, scraping) using rapid staining procedures
• Quality control in cervical/vaginal exfoliative cytology

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Fine needle aspiration in ophthalmology, Surv Ophthalmol, 29, 6, 410-422, 1985
• How to treat the aspirated material, in:Catania S Ciatto S : Breast Cytology in Clinical Practice, 61-64, Martin Dunitz Editor 1988
• Citologia per aspirazione con ago sottile di linfonodi, Arg Oncol, 10, 459-471, 1989
• Ecografia ed esame citologico ecoguidato delle linfoadenopatie cervicali: analisi morfostrutturale dei linfonodi e risultati citologici, Giorn It Ultrason 1, 2, 67-77, 1990
• La diagnostica citologica broncopolmonare di terzo livello, Min Pneumol 30, 2, 59-71, 1991
• "cyto-assisted", ultrasound -guided biopsy in the diagnosis of focal diseases of the abdomen, Tumori, 77:65-69, 1991
• Linfoma primitivo isolato del fegato: diagnosi citologica "rapida" mediante FNAB, Pathologica, 83, 81-88, 1991
• Citodiagnostica tiroidea, Testo-Atlante, EMSI Ed., Roma, 1991
• Stereotaxis fine needle aspiration cytology (S-FNAC), Senology, 81-84, 1992
• Citodiagnostica in oftalmologia, Testo-Atlante, EMSI Ed., Roma, 1994
• Intraoperative cytology of pancreatic masses: a 10-year experience, Acta Cytol , 39, 1, 23-27, 1995
• FNAB dei linfonodi superficiali: tecnica di prelievo e ruolo diagnostico della citologia, in: Rubaltelli L.: Linfonodi superficiali, Anatomia, Patologia e Imaging, 103-115, Gnocchi Ed., Napoli, 1995
• FNAB of salivary gland lesions: a reappraisal of pitfalls and problems, Acta Cytol 42, 4, 888-898, 1998
• Treatment of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma with topical 5-fluorouracil, Brit J Ophtalmol, 2000; 84: 268-272
• Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and the parotid gland, ORL, 1999; 61: 48-51
• Kimura's disease of the intraparotid lymph nodes: fine needle aspiration biopsy findings, ORL 1999; 61: 227-231
• Histiocitic necrotizing lymphadenitis ( Kichuchi-Fujimoto disease) diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy, ORL 1999, in press
• Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma of the thyroid diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy, ORL 1999; 61: 367-371
• Treatment of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma with topical 5-fluorouracil, Brit J Ophtalmology 200; 84: 268-272
• The art of diagnosis in head and neck tumors, Acta Otolaryngol 2001; 121: 324-328
• A rare tumor of salivary gland origin: hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma, ORL 2001; 63: 119-120
• Endometrial hyperplasia with berry-like squamous metaplasia and shadow cells-pilomatrixoma-like: an intriguing cytohistological case, Acta Cytol: 2002, 46, 5, 887-892
• Reviewer of Trattato Italiano di Medicina di Laboratorio, Piccin Nuova Libraria Editore, Padova, "Volume VIII(I/II), Citopatologia Diagnostica", Second Edition, 2006.
• Solitary fibrous tumor of the deep soft tissue of the neck.The Internet Journal of Head and Neck Surgery,2007.Volume 1, Number 2
• Cyto-assistance. Pathologica, vol.100,n.5,ottobre,431-32, 2008