Dr. Dip completed his medical school in Rosario, Santa Fe Argentina. He completed his residency and fellowship in General Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin in Buenos Aires. He did a Fellowship in Cleveland Clinic Florida, in the city of Miami. He is the current president of the International Society of Fluorescence Guided Surgery. Dr. Dip is a member of multiple Latin American surgical associations and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He conducted clinical trials for FDA approval of fluorescence guided devices.
Selected publications from PubMed
Evaluation of Online Educational Content on Indocyanine Green Fluorescence for Flap Perfusion: Assessment of Quality, Reliability, and Engagement Metrics.
Aleman R, Arean-Sanz R, Dougherty E, Newman M, Mascaro-Pankova A, Schols R, Dip F, Rancati A
J Surg Res. 2026 Sep;325:728-736 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2026.06.018.
Fluorescence-guided surgery in Latin America: A multinational survey of adoption, barriers, and collaboration.
Aleman R, Carrasquilla A, Rodriguez-Zentner H, Lanzarini E, Sinagra D, Rancati A, Marinelli F, Ghiselli J, Gorreri MA, Aleman J, Dip F
Surgery. 2026 Jul 21;:110452 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2026.110452.
Label-Free Facial Nerve Identification During Parotidectomy Using Nerve Autofluorescence: An Initial Clinical Series.
Dip F, Aleman R, Rancati A, Marinelli F, Ghiselli J, Gorreri A, Eiben G, Sinagra D
Cureus. 2026 Jul;18(7):e112732 doi: 10.7759/cureus.112732.
Retrograde intraureteral injections of indocyanine green versus ureteral stents to reduce urinary tract complications during pelvic surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Goldhawk-White PE, White KP, Nezhat C, Dip F, Rosenthal RJ, Wexner SD
Surgery. 2026 Apr;192:110047 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2025.110047.
From reaction to prevention: rethinking vocal fold paralysis after thyroid surgery.
Aleman R, Dip F, Rancati A, Rosenthal RJ
Gland Surg. 2026 Mar 23;15(3):56 doi: 10.21037/gs-2026-1-0011.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has gone through massive changes since the approach was first created in 1985. Just to put it in figures, 750,000 laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures are performed every year in the USA. Dr. Dip discusses an important paper stating that more than 253 laparoscopic bile duct injuries were recorded in 2003. 97% of these injuries were due to the surgeon's visual misperception and the other 3% to defective technical skills. Fluorescence-guided surgery is a very useful emerging technology. The tools required to perform this type of surgery include a light source, a structure, a dye, and a specific camera. The specific dye is Indocyanine Green, which was developed in WWII, which is not metabolized by the human body. The talk focuses on his paper on visualization in different cases where the technique is applied. He discusses a study aimed at establishing whether NIFC (Near-infrared Incisionless Fluorescent) is superior to standard white light when identifying extrahepatic biliary structures. The main conclusion is that NIFC markedly and significantly increased the detection of all extrahepatic biliary structures before and after gallbladder dissection.
With Karl Storz
Published
Mar 2022
One of the most recent and exciting innovations in surgery is fluorescence imaging. Fluorescence imaging has been introduced in virtually every specialty and subspecialty to assess perfusion and to facilitate the delineation of anatomy. The common denominator of the utility of fluorescence imaging is that it has the potential to enhance safety by enhancing the definition of biliary anatomy, verifying anastomotic perfusion, identifying ureters, outlining nerves, accurately discerning parathyroid glands, and other uses. The internationally renowned expert faculty will review the uses of fluorescence imaging and discuss the methods of use, results of studies, current indications, and future directions.
With Arthrex
Published
Mar 2022
Fluorescence Imaging event presented by Dr. Manish Chand and Dr. Steven Wexner.
With Karl Storz
Published
Jul 2021
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