FACULTY
To the 16th Pisa International Diabetic Foot Course 2025
Scientific responsibility
The faculty consists of international experts and local specialists to ensure high quality in both the theoretical and practical sessions of the courses.
Please see below a list of the faculty members for the 2025 course
Alberto Piaggesi, MD, Professor, Diabetologist (CV)
Director of the Diabetic Foot Section of the Pisa University Hospital
Dept of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
International faculty
Vilma Urbancic-Rovan, Slovenia
MD, PhD specialist in internal medicin
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska
José Luis Lázaro-Martínez, Spain
Diabetic Foot Unit, University Podiatry Clinic College of Medicine Complutense University of Madrid
Alexandra Marques, Portugal
PhD in Materials Science & Technology, 3B’s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
Paul Chadwick, United Kingdom
Birmingham City University
Armin Koller, Germany
Mathias Spital Rheine, Dept. Of Technical Orthopaedics
Nina Petrova, United Kingdom
King’s College Hospital, London
Ibby Younis, United Kingdom
Royal Free and University College London Hospitals, London,
Andrea Pokorná, Czech Republic
Department of Nursing, Masaryk University, and faculty of Medicine
National faculty (Italy)
Alberto Piaggesi, Course organiser
Director of the Diabetic Foot Section of the Pisa University Hospital
Dept of Endocrinology and Metabolism University of Pisa
Giacomo Aringhieri
MD, Radiologist, Research Assistant
University of Pisa
Roberto Ferraresi (CV)
Head of the Peripheral Intervention Unit and Scientific Director of the Diabetic Foot Center at the San Carlo Clinic in Paderno Dugnano, Milan, Italy
Laura Crocetti
MD, PhD, EBIR, FCIRSE
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director of the Master in Interventional Radiology
Letizia Pieruzzi
Diabetic Foot Section
Pisa University Hospital
Ilaria Ambrosini
Diabetic Foot Section, University of Pisa
Vinicio Napoli
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Hospital and University of Pisa
Luca Dalla Paola
Prof., MD, Surgeon
Specialist in Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Diabetology
Expert in medical and surgical treatment of Diabetic Foot
Daniele Adami
MD, Unit of Vascular Surgery
CardioThoracoVascular Department
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Antonio Cicorelli
MD, Department of Interventional Radiology
University of Pisa
Elisabetta Iacopi
Diabetologist, Endocrinologist, Diabetic Foot Care Specialist
Diabetic Foot Section – Pisa University Hospital
Carlo Tascini
Head of Infectious Diseases Clinic Udine University Hospital, Italy
Francesco Giangreco
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana
Lorenza Abbruzzese
Universita di Pisa
Claudia Giacomozzi
Instituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS – Department of Technology and Health
Manuela Pogliaghi
Infettivologa – U.O. Malattie Infettive AOUP
Elisa Leporati
Universita di Pisa
Chiara Goretti
Consultant at Diabetic Foot Unit, Department of Medicine-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa
Medicine and Surgery
Elisa Amato
Universita di Pisa
Nicola Riitano
Universita di Pisa
Laura Ambrosini Nobili
Aoup University of Pisa, Diabetic Foot clinic
Agata Janowska
Universita di Pisa
Nicola Riitano
Nicola Riitano