Dr. Enrico de Divitiis is a Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery at the University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Naples in 1959 and completed residencies in general surgery and neurosurgery. He has had a distinguished career as a neurosurgeon, researcher, lecturer, and leader in neurosurgical organizations. His clinical work focused on various neurosurgical procedures and he helped pioneer the use of endoscopy for pituitary and skull base surgeries. He has mentored many students who have gone on to achieve high academic positions.

1. ENRICO
DE
DIVITIIS
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Profile
Dr.
Enrico
de
Divitiis
is
a
Professor
Emeritus
of
Neurosurgery
at
the
University
of
Naples
Federico
II
School
of
Medicine.
He
received
his
medical
degree
from
the
Faculty
of
Medicine
and
Surgery
of
Naples
(1959)
and
completed
General
Surgery
Residency
at
the
University
of
Parma
School
of
Medicine
(1960).
Diplomas
of
Specialist
in
Nervous
and
Mental
Diseases
(Naples,1962)
and
in
Neurosurgery
(Turin,1965).
Diploma
of
Assistant
Etranger
at
the
Faculté
de
Medecine
,
University
of
Paris
(1964).
Diploma
for
University
Teaching
Qualification
in
Neurosurgery
(1968);
Assistant
Professor
of
Neurosurgery
(1971);
Chief
of
Department
of
Neurosurgery
at
Salerno
Regional
Hospital
(1978);
Professor
and
Chairman
of
Department
of
Neurosurgery
of
University
of
Naples
(1980);
Director
of
Department
of
Care
of
Neurological
Sciences
(1999-­‐2003);
Chairman
of
Academic
Department
of
Neurological
Sciences
(2003-­‐2007)
at
the
University
of
Naples.
Clinical
practice
After
internships
at
the
University
of
Naples,
Enrico
de
Divitiis
had
worked
in
Paris
for
2
years
(1963-­‐1965)
to
improve
his
neurosurgical
background.
There,
he
trained
under
Jean
Talairach
at
the
Hopital
Sainte-­‐Anne
and
Gerard
Guiot
at
the
Hopital
Foch,
where
he
mastered
stereotactic
techniques
and
transsphenoidal
approach
to
the
pituitary.
Enrico
de
Divitiis’
clinical
work
focused
on
broad
areas.
Having
spent
most
of
his
career
during
the
second
half
of
the
last
century,
Enrico
de
Divitiis’
clinical
work
focused
on
broad
areas.
He
has
performed,
as
occurred
at
that
time,
all
of
tipologies
of
neurosurgical
procedures
(traumatology,
brain
and
spinal
cord
surgery,
functional
and
stereotactic
surgery,
tanssphenoidal
surgery
(micro/endo),
surgeries
for
trigeminal
neuralgia,
facial
spasm
and
other
neuro-­‐vascular
conflict
syndromes).
Over
the
last
few
years
of
his
career,
his
clinical
interests
have
been
particularly
concentrated
on
transnasal
approach
to
pituitary
fossa
and
anterior
skull
base,
directing
many
surgical
procedures
as
an
innovator
in
the
use
of
endoscopy
in
this
field.
He
was
invited
at
the
“King
Hussein
Military
Hospital”
of
Amman,
Jordan
(2004)
and
at
the
“Acıbadem
University
“
of
Istanbul,
Turkey
(2005)
to
carry
out
endoscopic
transsphenoidal
surgeries
on
local
patients.
He
has
organized
and
headed,
in
Naples,
a
yearly
Workshop
on
Pituitary
and
Cranial
Base
Endoscopic
Surgery
(2001-­‐2008),
involving
some
of
the
most
influential
experts
and
a
large
number
of
attendees
from
all
over
the
world.
Dr.
Enrico
de
Divitiis
has
served
as
President
of
Italian
Society
of
Neurosurgery
(1996-­‐1998)
and
President
of
Italian
College
of
Academic
Neurosurgeons
(2007-­‐2010).
He
has
organized
and
chaired
two
National
Congress
(1998,
2006)
of
the
Italian
Society
of
Neurosurgery
(SINCh)
held
in
Naples.

2. Guest
Lecturer
and
Visiting
Professorship
Europe,
United
States,
Mexico,
Latin
America,
Japan,
Korea,
Taiwan,
North
Africa,
Middle
East
Affiliations
• Società
Italiana
di
Neurochirurgia
(SINch)
•
• Societé
de
Neurochirurgie
de
Langue
Française
(SNCLF)
• Congress
of
Neurological
Surgeons
(CNS)
• American
Association
of
Neurological
Surgeons
(AANS)
• European
Association
of
Neurological
Surgery
(EANS)
Publishing
activities
• Review
Board
of
“Neurosurgery”
• Advisory
Board
of
“Operative
Neurosurgery”
• Senior
and
Advisory
Panel
of
“World
Neurosurgery”
• Section
Editors
(History
and
Culture)
of
“World
Neurosurgery”
Scientific
production
He
has
published
over
200
articles
in
peer
reviewed
journals
(PubMed),
and
written
or
coauthored
five
books
and
numerous
book
chapters.
Two
of
his
papers
have
been
selected
as
cover
of
”Neurosurgery”
(October
2004,
March
2008)
Mentoring
activity
Under
his
leadership
several
of
his
alumni
have
achieved
significant
academic
achievements
two
of
them
are
Aggregate
Professors,
five
Associate
Professors
and
four
Full
Professors
and
Chairman.
Contact
Information
Phone
(39)
081
425314
Mobile
(39)
335
421631
e-­‐mail
dediviti@unina.it