Tommaso Falcone, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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- Adult
Languages
- French
- Italian
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Tommaso Falcone
Biography
Tommaso Falcone is Executive Vice President and President of International and Emerging Markets. In this role, Dr. Falcone leads and executes Cleveland Clinic’s strategic initiatives in established and emerging international markets. This includes enterprise-wide Global Patient Services, International Operations, Cleveland Canada and Cleveland Clinic Nevada. He also works closely with leaders at Cleveland Clinic London and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Previously, Dr. Falcone was Chief of Staff at Cleveland Clinic London before becoming its interim president in June 2023.
Dr. Falcone graduated from McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec. He then completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at McGill. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and was appointed Fellow (ad eundem) of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the United Kingdom.
Dr. Falcone has held leadership roles in national and international surgical societies and continues to serve as Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Falcone is the senior author on the first publication in the world on gynecologic robotic surgery and is a member of the team that performed the first uterus transplant in the U.S.
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Locations
- Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
- 26900 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 44122
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- A Building - Crile Building
- 2049 East 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Education & Board Certifications
Education
- Fellowship: McGill University, 1989
- Residency: McGill University, 1987
- Internship: McGill University, 1982
- Medical Education: McGill University Faculty of Medicine, 1981
- Graduate School: University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine, 1977
- Undergraduate: McGill University, 1975
Board Certifications
- Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1992
- Obstetrics and Gynecology: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1990
Professional Highlights
- Grant Reviewer
- Federal Review Committee (USA): NICHD Review committee (P01/R03 reviews) 2004, 2005; NIH/NICHD Review committee for U 54 Center grants (Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research), 2006; International Review Committees: NIH PAR-08-105: Optimizing Technologies for the Preservation of Fertility (R21) 2009
- Ad Hoc Reviewer for Medical Research Council of Canada; Ad Hoc Reviewer for Dutch Cancer Society, 2005; Ad Hoc Reviewer for Swiss National Science Foundation, 2006; Ad Hoc Reviewer for MRC (UK) (Uterine Transplantation) 2009;Ad Hoc Reviewer University of Leuven (Endometriosis) 2009
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Editorial Responsibilities: Journals
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology-(JMIG)
- Editorial Advisory Board 2009- 2012
- Editor-in-Chief 2013-
- Fertility & Sterility
- Editorial Board 2002-2009
- Associate Editor 2011-2013
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (official journal of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists)-Editorial Board 2009-2013
- Section Editor-Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery for “Up-To-Date” (www.uptodate.com) 2006-present-
- Journal of Robotic Surgery (Springer): Associate Editor 2006-2014
- Journal of Gynecologic Surgery: Member of the Editorial Board 1999-2010
- US Obstetrics & Gynecology (Touch Briefings)
- Member of the Advisory Panel 2008-2014
Additional Training
- Executive Program Practice Management, Cleveland Clinic
Awards
- 1997 American Society of Reproductive Medicine Infertility surgery video award (National meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Ohio 1997).
- 1998 Endometriosis Society video (VI world Congress on Endometriosis Quebec City 1998)
- 1999 Robotic Laparoscopic surgery. \"Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate\". Part of the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection. Washington, DC; (http://collections.si.edu/search/detail/ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0425-ref4077?date.slider=&q=Robotically-Assisted+Tubal+Reanastomosis&dsort=&record=1&hlterm=Robotically-Assisted%2BTubal%2BReanastomosis)
- 1999 Robotically assisted tubal anastomosis. Best video award for infertility surgery. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Canada.
- 1999 Pelvic anatomy for laparoscopists. Best video award for basic science. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Canada.
- 1999 Endoscopic Surgery in the Pediatric and Adolescent Patient. Video Accepted in the ACOG Audiovisual Library, Philadelphia, PA
- 1999 Primary Left Upper Quadrant Trocar insertion. Best video award in laparoscopy at The Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, American Association of Gynecologic Endoscopy, Las Vegas, 1999 (also a separate award given for the manuscript)
- 2000 Bilateral Adnexectomy by Robotic Assistance. Best video: Open Category. American Society for Reproductive Medicine. San Diego, CA.
- 2000 Robotic Laparoscopic surgery. \"Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate\". It is part of the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection. Washington, DC (web site: archivescenter@si.edu; Archives Center, National Museum of American History-https://web.archive.org/web/20010528051241/http://www.cwheroes.org:80/laureates5.asp
- 2001 Autotransplantation of an entire ovary with vascular anastomosis. Reproductive surgery video award at American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Orlando Florida
- 2001 Ultrasound Guided Embryo transfer. Assisted Reproductive Technology video award at American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Orlando Florida
- 2001 Laparoscopic Repair of Ureteral injuries. “Jerome J. Hoffman” award for best manuscript at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. San Francisco. CA
- 2002 Autotransplantation of intact Cryopreserved-thawed ovary: A Minimally Invasive Approach. Prize paper Pacific Coast Reproductive Society 2002.
- 2002 Autotransplantation of Intact Frozen-Thawed Mammalian Ovary with Micro-Vascular Anastomosis. Prize paper for the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, WA
- 2002 Robotically-Assisted Gynecologic Surgery. Reproductive Surgery Video Award. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, WA
- 2002 “Are Heat Shock Proteins Acting as Modulators of Pre implantation Mouse Embryo Development and Apoptosis”” Prize paper for the Reproductive Immunology Special Interest Group. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, WA
- 2002 Histological Evaluation and in situ localization of Apoptosis in fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Prize poster award. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, WA
- 2003 “Use of the deep inferior epigastric vessels to vascularize cryopreserved-thawed ovarian grafts” Reproductive Surgery video award. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, TX, 2003
- 2004 “Presacral neurectomy revisited: Surgical technique & literature review” “Best Surgical Video” Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 33rd Annual meeting. San Francisco California.
- 2005 “Criteria for Planning Optimal myometrial incision during laparoscopic myomectomy” Prize video at Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 34th Annual meeting. Hilton, Chicago, IL.
- 2006 “Laparoscopic ovarian transposition prior to pelvic radiation” Prize video at Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 34th Annual meeting. Hilton, Chicago, IL.
- 2007 American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists Annual meeting-all 3 film awards won by CCF fellows: Chen C, Gustilo-Ashby AM, Juliano J, Falcone T. Laparoscopic Lateral Ovarian Transposition. Film Presentation, First Prize. Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, San Diego, California, May, 2007.
- 2007 Sokol A, Falcone T. Criteria for Choosing the Optimal Myometrial Incision during laparoscopic Myomectomy. Film Presentation. Second Prize. Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, San Diego, California, May, 2007.
- 2007 Park A, Atiemo H, Goldman H, Goldberg J, Falcone T. Laparoscopic Excision of Bladder Endometriosis. Film Presentation, Third Prize. Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, San Diego, California, May, 2007. (Accepted into the ACOG permanent library-DVD # 197)
- 2008 Mansour G, Falcone T, Sharma R, Agarwal A. Effect of Peritoneal fluid of Endometriosis on the DNA of 2 cell and 8 cell stages of embryos of embryonic development. Junior fellows award at the ACOG District V Annual meeting in Cincinnati October 2008.
- 2008 Ridgeway B, Attaran M, Falcone T. Anatomic implications for the treatment of rudimentary uterine horn. First Prize Video Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, November, 2008.
- 2009 Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) President’s Presenter Award (Mentor) for Skaznik-Wikiel ME (resident)
- 2010 Reddy J, Frick AC, Stein RJ, Paraiso MFR, Falcone T. ASRM Honorable Mention for Technical Achievement in Video: Surgery Category. “Robotic Resection of Ureteral Endometriosis”
- 2010 Bedaiwy M, Falcone T, et al The Society of Reproductive Surgeons Award for best paper titled ‘Robotic assisted, laparoscopic and open myomectomy: a comparison of surgical outcome \" at the 66th Annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, USA October 23-28, 2010.
- 2011 Catenacci M, Attaran M, Falcone T. Laparoscopic assisted myomectomy. ASRM Honorable Mention for Technical Achievement in Video: Surgery Category
- 2012 Bedaiwy M, Falcone T. Video Presentation. First Prize for Technical Achievement. Standardization of laparoscopic pelvic examination. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, California, October 2012. Prize video award
- 2013 Holoch K, Flyckt R, Falcone T, Goldberg J. Video Presentation. Uterine Septum: Reproductive Implications and Surgical Management. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2013. Prize Surgery video award
- 2014 Goodman L, Kremer M, Falcone T. First prize video presentation award “Surgical scar endometriosis: recognition and resection. Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. April 2014. Chicago.
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Innovations & Patents
- Robotic Surgery-first gynecology case in the world (1999); see awards
- Cleveland Clinic Innovation Award- Ohio Cryo: A novel vitrification loading device for homogenized tissue or high cellular contents load (US patent # 61/073392)
Research & Publications
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