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Best orthopedists in Italy: TOP 16 doctors

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Luigi Masoni
General surgeon
35 years of experience
5.0
1 review

Luigi Masoni

General surgeon
35 years of experience
Italy, Rome
Ospedale San Carlo di Nancy
5.0
1 review
Doctor's visit price on request
Knee replacement $21559.86 - $26949.82
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Roberto Bassani
Orthopedic spine surgeon
24 years of experience
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Roberto Bassani

Orthopedic spine surgeon
24 years of experience

accreditations:

The Scoliosis Research Society
A.O. Spine International

Dr. Roberto Bassani has performed over 2,500 major spinal surgical operations in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

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Pedro Beriano
Orthopedic spine surgeon
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Pedro Beriano

Orthopedic spine surgeon

Spine Surgeon

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Macro Brayda-Bruno
Orthopedist
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Orthopedic Surgeon

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Enrico Arnaldi
Orthopedic surgeon
46 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Enrico Arnaldi

Orthopedic surgeon
46 years of experience
Prof. Enrico Arnaldi is the Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Knee Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital. He was the medical apprentice of Dr. Lorenzo Spotorno (a master and pioneer in prosthetic surgery). Since 1984, he has dedicated himself to arthroscopic knee surgery and later on shoulder surgery.Medical areas of interest: He is specialized in degenerative and post-traumatic shoulder diseases (rotator cuff tendon injuries, glenomeral arthrosis, shoulder instability) and related surgical treatments, arthroscopic (tendon repairs, capsuloplasty, etc.) and open (latarjet stabilization, orthoprosthesis, etc.). He also deals with degenerative and post traumatic knee pathologies, with particular attention to the osteoarthritis of the knee (primitive or secondary), the post-traumatic complex capsule-ligamentous instabilities, the lesions of the cruciate ligaments, meniscus and cartilage, and open-air surgical treatments (such as corrective osteotomies, first implant orthoprosthesis and revisions) and arthroscopic (meniscectomies and meniscal sutures, meniscal transplants, ACL reconstruction, treatment of focal cartilage lesions). Research areas of interest:There are many research interests, ranging from biotechnology to meniscal transplants and osteochondral grafts, from allogeneic grafts for reviews from failures of ligamentous reconstruction to patella stabilization.He practiced his specialty in the US in some of the world-renowned medical institutions along with internationally famous doctors: the University of Pittsburgh (Dr. Freddie Fu, Dr. Harner, Dr. Savio Lee Wo), the Intermountain Hospital in Salt Lake City (Dr. Rosemberg, Dr. Paulos), Dr. E. Wolf (San Francisco), Dr. Helman and Dr. Morrison (Los Angeles), Dr. Nottage, Dr. Esch (San Diego), Dr. Steadman and Dr. Hawkins (Vail), Dr. P. Fowler (London Ontario Canada), and J. P. Warner in Boston University.He has performed more than 10,000 arthroscopic knee surgeries and approximately 1,200 prosthetic reconstruction of the knee. He has always been very involved in the research works in the area of new biotechnologies, meniscal and osteochondral transplantation, allogeneic grafts for revisions by failures of ligament reconstructions, stabilization of the patella.Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=arnaldi+enricoRead more
Federico Della Rocca
Orthopedist
23 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Federico Della Rocca

Orthopedist
23 years of experience
Dott. Federico Della Rocca is the Prosthetic and Minimally Invasive Hip and Knee Orthopaedics. Medical areas of interest: Pathology of the hip and knee, with particular interest in prosthetic and arthroscopic hip surgery. He performs about 700 surgeries every year. He has numerous participations as speaker at national and international conferences.Previous experience:He was an attending physician at Steadman Hawkins Clinic Hospital, Vail Colorado, USA. He gave a great contribution to the development of the GTS (Global Tissue Sparing) hip prosthetic stem and biomechanical rotational stability tests with Prof Thomsen, Heidelberg (Germany) 12/2012.Research areas of interest: Arthroscopic techniques on the hipTeaching experience: Theory and practical courses in arthroscopic and prosthetic hip surgery at Medical EducationRead more

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Lorenzo Di Mento
Orthopedist
19 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Lorenzo Di Mento

Orthopedist
19 years of experience
Dr. Lorenzo Di Mento is the Head of the Traumatology Unit in Humanitas Research Hospital. He is also part of the council of AO Trauma Italy with the role of Community Development.  He specialized in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Milan (2000-2005), completing several internships abroad: 2003 Marseille (France), Centre Phocea, Dr. Bronsard, vertebral surgery 2003 Marseille (France), Hopital Nord, Dr. Poitout, traumatology 2003-2004 Basse Terre (Guadeloupe), Centro Ospedaliero de la Basse Terre (CHBT), dr Fleurat, acting as intern (equivalent of the French specializing) He also completed a Fellowship of AO Trauma International at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vadois (CHUV) in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2016, at the center of pelvic surgery and treatment of septic complications in orthopedics and traumatology, directed by Dr. Borens. He surgically treats fractures, both acutely ongoing ones (with intervention of reduction and synthesis as soon as possible, in accordance with soft tissues and the patient’s conditions) and as psthumous traumas (pseudoarthrosis, bad or non consolidation). He handles polyfractured and polytrauma patients. Dr. Di Mento also treats infections in a traumatic environment, such as septic psedutoarthrosis and surgically the minor tumoral bone localizations, such as osteolysis, impending fractures and pathological fractures.    Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Di+Mento+L  Read more
Guido Grappiolo
Orthopedist
39 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Guido Grappiolo

Orthopedist
39 years of experience
Prof. Guido Grappiolo is Orthopedics Hip and Prosthesis Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital. Since 1991, Prof. Guido Grappiolo began working as a researcher dedicated mainly to hip surgery in cooperation with internationally renowned authors such as: Prof. Ganz Prof. T. Gruen, Prof. D. Blaha (U.S.A.), Prof. H. Wagner (Germany), Prof. E. Morscher (Switzerland).He collaborates with major international schools in the research of new and modern strategies in the field of minimally invasive prosthetics, computer-assisted surgery and conservative surgery. To encourage research in orthopedics is the main scientific goal of the establishment and organization of the "Foundation Livio Sciutto – NPO", an organization of which Prof. Grappiolo is the scientific director. Playing this role, Prof. Grappiolo has been creating and maintaining contacts with other national and international research institutes, which trained thousands of surgeons coming from every country of the world.The organization has one of the largest hip replacement database of the world: more than 45.000. Dr. Grappiolo is mentored by Dr. Spotorno (a master and pioneer in prosthetic surgery), and their group studied and developed some of the bestselling prosthesis in the world. His research led him to contact the major international schools with which he collaborates in the search for new strategies of improvement in prosthetic minimally invasive and computer-assisted conservative surgery with the development of new prosthetic models and exploration of new materials.To date, he has attended over 170 meetings, both national and international, almost every time in the role of speaker or chairman. His name appears as author, in more than 60 publications and articles. He has performed more than 2600 prosthetic surgery (hip, knee and ankle).Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=grappiolo Read more
Alessandro Castagna
Orthopedist
43 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Alessandro Castagna

Orthopedist
43 years of experience

accreditations:

International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Prof. Alessandro Castagna is the Orthopedic Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital. He performs both traditional surgeries and arthroscopic surgeries. He developed experience in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder in the United States where he studied at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute, under the guidance of Dr. Stephen J. Snyder (famous shoulder surgeon, inventor and co-developer of surgical tools for shoulder arthroscopy). Prof. Castagna gained experience in open surgery of the shoulder under the guidance of Prof. Mario Randelli, founder and past-president of the Italian Society for Surgery of the Shoulder, in Milan (Italy). He has specialized almost exclusively in shoulder surgery for more than 25 years and counts over 40.000 cases in his career. He carries out about 900 surgeries per year, including total shoulder prostheses, reverse prostheses, open and arthroscopic stabilization, rotator cuff repair and proximal humerus fractures. Research areas of interest:  Improvement of surgical and therapeutic methods of shoulder pathology. He gives particular attention to the study of biological and functional aspects with the development of surgical techniques, materials and dedicated tools.  Teaching experience: Adjunct Professor at the Orthopedics Course of Specialization in Diseases of the Locomotor System at the University of L'Aquila. Scientific activity:  Prof. Castagna was president of European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (ESSSE/SECEC) (www.secec.org) from 2012 to 2014 and president of Italian Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow (SICS&G) (www.sicseg.it) from 2010 to 2012. He is also a Member of the Board di International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (ICSES, www.icses.org) nominated for the period from 2013 to 2022. Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=castagna+alessandro     Read more
Mario Tartarone
Orthopedic surgeon
22 years of experience
5.0
1 review

Mario Tartarone

Orthopedic surgeon
22 years of experience
Italy, Rome
Ospedale San Carlo di Nancy
5.0
1 review
Doctor's visit price on request
Knee replacement $21559.86 - $26949.82
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Alessandro Luccati
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Orthopedist, Oncologist, Specialist in osteosarcoma treatment

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Stefano Boriani
Orthopedic oncologist
46 years of experience
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Stefano Boriani

Orthopedic oncologist
46 years of experience

accreditations:

Spine Societies of Israel
Spine Societies of Hungary
Spine Societies of Columbia
Spine Societies of Venezuela
Professor Stefano Boriani is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon and author of unique surgical staging system of spinal tumors and tumor resection techniques. He has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, written over 430 research articles, and invented a carbon fiber system for tumor reconstruction. He is also a professor at the Post-Graduate School of Orthopaedics at the University of Bologna, and a honorary member of several spine societies. He is also the founder of a non-profit association in Mozambique which supports medical activities and trains local surgeons.Read more
Rossano Milani
Orthopedist
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Rossano Milani

Orthopedist
Orthopedic surgeon, specialist in foot & ankle surgeryRead more
Sergio Romanioli
5.0
14 reviews
Italy, Milan
IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO

Head of the Orthopedics Department, Orthopedic Surgeon

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Vincenzo De Santis
Orthopedic surgeon
24 years of experience
Italy, Rome
Mater Oblia Hospital

Vincenzo De Santis

Orthopedic surgeon
24 years of experience

Dr. X is the Director of the Mater Olbia Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Complex Operational Unit. He has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, and a PhD in Experimental methodologies and technological applications in Angiology, Vascular Surgery and Orthopedics. He has experience in hip and knee prosthetic surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, computer assisted and robotic surgery. He has done over 5500 surgical procedures and has held teaching positions since 2009.

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Alessandro Farnetti
4.5
8 reviews
Italy, Milan
La Madonnina Clinic

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