Federica Pediconi MD, PhD

Prof. Federica Pediconi did her medical and residency school at “Sapienza” University of Rome, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology and where she spent her professional career. She has been in charge of the Breast Imaging Unit of the Department of Radiological Sciences, the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, as Professor since 2004, and leads an enthusiastic and productive team of academic breast imagers.

Since March 2011, she has been the chairperson of the Educational Committee of the EUSOBI (European Society of Breast Imaging) and a member of the educational committee of the ESR (European Society of Radiology) for three years. She also served as the ESR for the breast scientific subcommittee for more than three years and as Chairperson of the Breast Subcommittee in 2017.

She was the chairperson of the European Diploma in Breast Imaging from 2010 to 2018 and is still supporting the EDBI as an examiner or observer. Therefore, she also holds the title “EBBI (European Board of Breast Imaging)”. Since 2012, she has also in the executive board of the SIRM (Italian Society of Radiology) breast Section. She has been the coordinator or co-organizer of more than 180 congresses and invited speakers to more than 230 National and International events. She has been the director of the Breast MRI course of EUSOBI since 2010. She presented more than 360 abstracts at National and International congresses and published about 84 papers and books. Her clinical activities are mainly focused on breast imaging, which includes interventional and MRI.