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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

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

Valentina Dini

Department of Dermatology, University of Pisa

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

Manuela Pogliaghi

Infettivologa – U.O. Malattie Infettive AOUP

Nicola Riitano

Nicola Riitano