Date of birth: August, 5th, 1984
Address: Gallo 606, Torre 2 piso 16 Dpto 3, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Phone: (+54 9 11) 5813-3699
e-mail: felipe.maglietti@scyt.barcelo.edu.ar / felipemaglietti@gmail.com
Actual position
Head of the Research Laboratory of the Secretary of Science and Technology at the Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2022-present.
Head Teaching Assistant at Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2022-present.
Associate researcher, CONICET, 2018-present.
Background
Diploma in Onco Dermatology. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación Barceló. 2024
Master in Gerontology and Geriatrics. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló. 2022-2024.
PhD in Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2016. Thesis Title: “Electroquimioterapia de tumores”. Grade: Sobresaliente Summa Cum Laude.
Ophthalmology, Hospital General de Agudos Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2010-2012.
Medical Doctor, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010.
PhD thesis under direction
ECT y GET en medicina veterinaria. Phd Student: Matías Tellado, veterinarian. Doctorado en Veterinaria, Facultad de Cs. Veterinarias, UBA.
Electroquimioterapia para el tratamiento de tumores cutáneos múltiples mediante electrodo específico en modelo de enfermedad espontánea. PhD Student: Ana Campastri, médica, especialista en dermatología. Doctorado en Medicina, Fundación Barceló. Scholarship from CONICET.
Tratamiento de lesiones preneoplásicas cutáneas mediante electroquimioterapia en pacientes veterinarios con tumores espontáneos. PhD Student: Antonella Cilio, médica, especialista en dermatología. Doctorado en Medicina, Fundación Barceló. Scholarship from CONICET.
Tratamiento de cáncer de cuello uterino mediante electrodo específico de electroquimioterapia. PhD Student: Selva Cuellar, MD, Gynecologist. Doctorado en Medicina, Fundación Barceló. Scholarship from CONICET.
Published papers
Electrochemotherapy, a new therapy for patients with skin cancer in Latin America: literature review. Maglietti, F. H., Tellado, M., Ramallo, G. F., Martínez, N. S., Campastri, A., Cilio, A., & Acosta, A. C. (2024). O Mundo da Saúde, 48. DOI:10.15343/0104-7809.202448e15462023P
Evaluation of the safety and feasibility of electrochemotherapy with intravenous bleomycin as local treatment of bladder cancer in dogs. Rangel MMM, Linhares LCM, Oliveira KD, Suzuki DOH, Maglietti FH, De Nardi AB. Scientific Reports. 2023. DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-45433-4.
Electrochemotherapy Plus IL-2+IL-12 Gene Electrotransfer in Spontaneous Inoperable Stage III–IV Canine Oral Malignant Melanoma. Tellado M, De Robertis M, Montagna D, Giovannini D, Salgado S, Michinski S, Signori E, Maglietti F. Vaccines. 2023; 11(6):1033. DOI:10.3390/vaccines11061033
Electrochemotherapy using thin-needle electrode improves recovery in feline nasal planum squamous cell carcinoma – a translational model. Tellado M, Michinski S, Impellizeri J, Marshall G, Signori E, Maglietti F. Cancer Drug Resist. 2022. Doi: 10.20517/cdr.2022.24
Veterinary Guidelines for Electrochemotherapy of Superficial Tumors. Tellado M, Mir L, Maglietti F. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2022. DOI:10.3389/fvets.2022.868989
Pulsed electric fields using a multiple needle chamber to improve bioactive compounds extraction from unprocessed Opuntia ficus-indica fruits. Surano B, Leiva G, Marshall G, Maglietti F, Schebor C. Journal of Food Engineering. 2021 Oct 25:110864.DOI:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2021.110864
Electroporation as the Immunotherapy Strategy for Cancer in Veterinary Medicine: State of the Art in Latin America. Maglietti F, Tellado M, De Robertis M, Michinski S, Fernández J, Signori E, Marshall G.Vaccines. 2020 Sep;8(3):537. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8030537.
Electrochemotherapy in treatment of canine oral malignant melanoma and factors influencing treatment outcome. Tellado M, Maglietti F, Michinski S, Marshall G, Signori E. Radiology and Oncology. 2020. DOI: 10.2478/raon-2020-0014
Minimally invasive electrochemotherapy procedure for treating nasal duct tumors in dogs using a single needle electrode. F Maglietti, M Tellado, N Olaiz, S Michinski, G Marshall. Radiology and Oncology. 2017. DOI: 10.1515/raon-2017-0043
pH fronts and tissue natural buffer interaction in gene electrotransfer protocols. M Marino, N Olaiz, E Signori, F Maglietti, C Suarez, S Michinski, G Marshall. Electrochimica Acta 255: 463-471. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.09.021
Electrochemotherapy immune response enhancement by gene electrotransfer using IL-2 and IL-12 genes in canine patients. F Maglietti, S Michinski, S Emanuela, M Tellado, G Marshall. European Journal of Cancer 61, S210.DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(16)61741-0
Combined local and systemic bleomycin administration in electrochemotherapy for reducing the number of treatment sessions. Maglietti F, Tellado M, Olaiz N, Michinski S, Marshall G. Radiology and Oncology. 50 (1). 2016. DOI:10.1515/raon-2016-0015
The Role of Additional Pulses in Electropermeabilization Protocols. Suarez C, Soba A, Maglietti F, Olaiz N, Marshall G. PloS ONE. 2014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113413.
Amelanotic melanoma of the root of the tongue in a canine patient treated by electrochemotherapy. Maglietti F, Michinski S, Ricotti I, Maure P, Mir LM, Olaiz N, Marshall G. Journal of Analytical Oncology. 2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1927-7229.2014.03.04.6.
Canine Oral Eosinophilic Granuloma Treated with Electrochemotherapy. Tellado M, Michinski S, Olaiz N, Maglietti F, Marshall G. Hindawi Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/519197.
The role of pH fronts in tissue electroporation based treatments. Maglietti F, Michisnki S, Olaiz N, Castro M, Suarez C, Marshall G. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080167. 2013.
Tissue damage modeling in gene electrotransfer: the role of pH. Olaiz N, Signori E, Maglietti F, Soba A, Suarez C, Turjanski P, Michinski S, Marsall G. Journal of Bioelectrochemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.05.001. 2014
Mathematical modelling of human glioma growth based on brain tolopological structures: Study of two clinical cases. Cecilia Suárez, Felipe Maglietti, Mario Colonna, Karina Breitburd, Guillermo Marshall. PloS ONE 7(6) e39616. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039616. 2012.
The Role of pH Fronts in Reversible Electroporation. Pablo Turjanski, Nahuel Olaiz, Felipe Maglietti, Sebastian Michinski, Cecilia Suárez, Fernando Victor Molina, Guillermo Marshall. PLoS ONE 6(4): e17303.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017303
Electrochemical treatment of tumors using a one-probe two-electrode device. N. Olaiz, F. Maglietti, C. Suárez, F.V. Molina, D. Miklavcic, L. Mir, G. Marshall. Electrochimica Acta, Volume 55, Issue 20, pp. 6010-6014. 2010. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2010.05.057
Patents
Single Needle Electrode (SiNE®) for electroporation based treatments. Electrodo de aguja única para el tratamiento de tumores profundos mediante electroquimioterapia. – patente número: 20150102788.
Books
Manual de electroquimioterapia en oncología veterinaria. Autores: Matías Tellado, Felipe Maglietti y cols. ISBN: 978-84-18636-13-4. Multimédica, 2022.
Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments. Editors: Damijan Miklavcic and Peter Kramar. Translation by Felipe Maglietti. ISBN: 978-961-243-401-4. ISEBTT, 2020.
Book chapters
Maglietti, F., and Mizrahi Zaladek Gil, R. “Eletroquimioterapia” Capítulo 3 – Oncologia e Hematologia – Edição VII. ISBN: 978-65-6029-135-5. DOI: 10.59290/978-65-6029-135-5.3
Maglietti, F., M. Tellado, and J. Impellizeri. «Electrodes for Unique Anatomical Access in Electroporation.» Electroporation in Veterinary Oncology Practice. Springer, Cham, 2021. 307-319.
Tellado, M., F. Maglietti, and J. Impellizeri. «Electrochemotherapy as a Multi-Modality Component of Cancer Treatment: Combinations with Surgery, Cryosurgery, Radiation Therapy, and Chemotherapy.» Electroporation in Veterinary Oncology Practice. Springer, Cham, 2021. 205-216.
Research grants
2023-2025. Tratamiento de lesiones preneoplásicas cutáneas mediante electroquimioterapia en pacientes veterinarios con tumores espontáneos. ARS 500.000-. Instituto Universitario de Cs de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló.
2023-2025. Electroquimioterapia para el tratamiento de tumores cutáneos múltiples mediante electrodo específico en modelo de enfermedad espontánea. ARS 500.000-. Instituto Universitario de Cs de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló.
2022-2023. Electroquimioterapia en dermatología. Implementación de la terapéutica estándar e investigación en el Hospital Ramos Mejía. Fondos: ARS 30.874.525. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva
2022-2024. Estudio del daño producido por los electrodos utilizados en electroquimioterapia y formas de mitigarlo. Fondos: ARS 200.000. Instituto Universitario de Cs de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló.
Prizes
Finalist of the Merck-MINCyT-CONICET Award for innovation in Medical Science. 2024
Justin Teissie Award for significant contributions in the advancement and spread of the electroporation-based treatments. 5th World Congress on Electroporation, International Society of Electroporation-based Technologies and Treatments. 2024.
3rd Prize on Applied Medicine. “Electrochemotherapy in OncoDermatology, current uses in Argentina”. 4th World Congress on Electroporation, International Society of Electroporation-based Technologies and Treatments. October 9-13, 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Innovar 2022 y 2021: Mención en el catálogo de “Electroquimioterapia para el cáncer de próstata”
1st Prize, Young Investigator. 3erd World Congress on Electroporation. September 3-6,2019. Toulouse, Francia.
Instituto Balseiro: IB50k Tercer Premio: Innovaciones de Base Tecnológica, UN Cuyo, Instituto Balseiro y Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche 2016. Por los resultados obtenidos en: “Melanoma oral canino tratado con electroquimioterapia”
Instituto Balseiro: IB50k Special Prize: Centro de Innovaciones Empresariales y Sociales, UN Cuyo, Instituto Balseiro y Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche 2016.
Instituto Balseiro: IB50k 50k Special Prize: Major Social Impact, Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias, UN Cuyo, Instituto Balseiro y Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche 2016.
Innovar 2014: Mención en el catálogo de: “Campos eléctricos pulsantes aplicados a la producción de alimentos». Surano B, Maglietti F, Molina FV, Marshall G.
I Congreso Internacional de Medicina Interna de Animales de Compañía (CIMAC). 1er Premio: “Electroquimioterapia como herramienta terapéutica en melanoma oral en caninos”. Tellado M, Maglietti F, Olaiz N, Michinski S, Marshall G. 2014.
XXII Jornadas Veterinarias en Pequeños Animales, editorial InterMédica. 1er Premio Poster: “Electroquimioterapia como herramienta terapéutica en neoplasias orales caninas”, Tellado M, Maglietti F, Michinski S. Buenos Aires, 2013.
Technological Transfer
STAN ST534 CONICET. Electroquimioterapia para Veterinaria.
Memeberships
2024 – Active member of the American Association for Cancer Research, USA.
2023 – Miembro del Editoritorial Board de Bioelectricity (https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/bioelectricity/647/), ISSN: 2576-3105, Online ISSN: 2576-3113.
2017 – International Society for Electroporation-based technologies and treatments (ISEBTT)
2016 – Miembro fundador del Grupo Interdisciplinario de Oncología Comparada (GIONCO – AMA)
2015 – Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS)
2015 – The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
2014 – Asociación Médica Argentina (AMA)
Languages
English. Título: Programa Extracurricular de Inglés en la UBA, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA. Fluent speaking and advanced writing.
French, Level 3 de 5. Título: Curso de Francés del departamento de Extensión Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, UBA.
Portuguese, Basic speaking and writing.
Italian, Basic speaking and writing.
Chinese (Mandarin), Level 9/9: Asociación Cultural Chino-Argentina.
Courses and Events Organized
Curso Aplicado de Electroquimioterapia en Oncología. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación HA Barceló. With the endorsement of the International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments. 2023. https://curso.electroquimioterapia.com.ar/
3er Enecuentro Latinoamericano en Electroporación en Medicina. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2 de Diciembre, 2022. www.electroquimioterapia.com.ar/3elem
2nd Latin American Workshop on Electroporation. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 22-23 November, 2019.
1st Latin American Workshop on Electroporation. workshoplatinep.com. 8-9 October, 2018.
Taller Teórico Práctico de Electroporación en medicina veterinaria, presencial y On-Line. 16 editions since 2018 up to now. with the endorsement of the International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments. More than 200 participants had taken the course. https://vetoncologia.com/cursos/curso-electroquimioterapia-veterinaria-online/.
Presentations in scientific events
Squamous-cell carcinoma in the forehead treated with electrochemotherapy. Presentacion oral en World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2022.
Electrochemotherapy in Oncodermatology, current uses in Argentina. 4th World Congress on Electroporation. Copenhagen, Dinamarca. 2022.
Clase de “Electroterapias del cáncer”. Del curso “Cáncer: de la investigación básica a la clínica”. Desde el 2016 a la actualidad. Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental-CONICET.
Curso de Buenas Prácticas Clínicas, 2020. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Bs As, Argentina.
3rd World Congress on Electroporation (3-6th September, 2019, Toulouse, France, https://wc2019.electroporation.net/) Lecture given: “Canine Oral Malignant Melanoma Treated with Electrochemotherapy”. Maglietti F, Tellado M, Michinski S, Marshall G, Signori E.
2nd World Congress on Electroporation (24-28th September, 2017, Norfolk, USA, https://wc2017.electroporation.net/) Lecture given: “Increasing the area of permeabilization by means of increasing the number of pulses”. Maglietti F, Michinski S, Olaiz N, Tellado M, Marshall G.
EACR-24 (9-12 de Julio de 2016, Manchester, UK, http://eacr24.eacr.org/), poster presented: “Electrochemotherapy immune response enhancement by gene electrotransfer using IL-2 and IL-12 genes in canine patients”, Maglietti F., Michinski S., Signori E., Tellado M., Marshall G. With a grant for assisting from the European Association for Cancer Research.
Conference BIOEM 2015, Pacific Grove, California, USA. 2015. Lecture presented: The role of pH gradients in tissue electroporation-based treatments.
Conference BIOEM 2015, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. 2015. Poster presented: Effects of pulsed electric fields on the polyphenols content, antioxidant capacity and juice extraction yield of orange fruit. Surano B, Maglietti F, Cueto M, dos Santos C, Marshall G.
6to Curso de Actualización en Oncología. Asociación Médica Argentina. 2014.
Scientific visit of 7 days to the Herlev Hospital, University of Conpenhagen, Herlev, Denmark. Partial funding from Herlev Hospital. Training in Gene Electrotransfer. 2014.
7th Conference on Experimental and Translational Oncology. COST TD 1104 Action. Work presented: “Amelanotic melanoma of the root of the tongue in a canine patient treated by electrochemotherapy”. Portoroz, Slovenia, 2013.
Probabilidad y estadística (2013), Técnicas Digitales I (2013), Análisis Matemático II (2011), Física I, II y III (2012), Informática I y II (2011/12). Facultad de Ingeniería, UTN, BsAs, Argentina.
Bioelectrochemistry – Gordon Research Conference 2012. Barga, Italy. Poster presented: “pH changes induced by EGT and ECT pulse delivery in tissues“. F Maglietti et al. Partial funding for assisting the conference from Nature.
CBC completo de Ingeniería electrónica (2005), Facultad de Ingeniería, UBA, Bs As, Argentina.
Buenas Prácticas de Laboratorio: Trabajo con animales de laboratorio. 2012. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Bs As, Argentina.
The Complex Membrane in the Electric Field – Gordon Research Conference. University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, USA. 2010. Poster presented: “Ion transport studies in the electrochemical treatment of tumours: Experiments and Simulations”. F Maglietti et al. With a grant from Gordon Research Conference.
Electroporation based Technologies and Treatments. International Scientific Workshop and Postgraduate Course – University of Ljubljana and Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009