Donatella Tampieri MD

Dr. Donatella Tampieri is a diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist and was appointed Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Surgery at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada in August 2018. She currently is the Lead of the section of Neuroradiology at Queen’s University and she is implementing a complete Interventional Neuroradiology Program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre.

Dr Tampieri's expertise includes all neuro-interventional procedures, particularly EVT, aneurysm treatment, and other vascular tumor pathologies. She has participated in many clinical trials including Escape and Escape NA1. She held the position of Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at McGill University for many years, and as an Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiologist has worked at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University from October 1987 till October 2018.

Born in Bologna, Italy, Dr. Tampieri received her high school degree from the Lycee Scientifique Copernico in Bologna (1976), and her medical degree magna cum laude from the University of Bologna (1982). She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology in 1986 at the University of Bologna. Dr. Tampieri worked as a neuroradiologist at Niguarda Ca’Granda Hospital from 1984 – 1987. Her post-graduate work was undertaken in Bologna as well as at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm and at McGill University, where she completed her fellowship. She has served in many Academic and Professional Societies in Canada and abroad; she was President of the Foundation of the Association of Radiologists of Québec from 2009 to 2017.

She is currently the Past president of the CSNR and she is serving as a member of the outreach committee of the SNIS. Her published works include over 170 peer-reviewed papers and 20 chapters/books. Her work has been recognized with awards that include a first prize for a collaborative scientific paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology and she has received the Bernadette Nogradi Prize in 1992. Dr. Tampieri was also awarded the Prix d’Excellence en Innovation des Soins de Sante from La Direction du Développement Professionel Continue (DDPC) of the Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ) in September 2016.