FACULTY 2023
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 2023 course:
Scientific responsibility
Alberto Piaggesi, MD, Professor, Endocrinologist (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
Javier Aragón Sánchez, Spain
Department of Surgery and Diabetic Foot Unit
La Paloma Hospital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Alexandra Marques, Portugal
PhD in Materials Science & Technology
3B’s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
Frances Game, United Kingdom
Consultant Diabetologist and Director of R&D, Royal Derby Hospital,
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT
Kirsi Isoherranen, Finland (CV)
Specialist in Dermatology, HUS Helsinki Wound Healing Centre
Edgar J.G. Peters, The Netherlands
MD, PhD, Internist-Infectious Diseases and Acute Medicine Specialist
Bulent M. Ertugrul, Turkey (CV)
Geda Diabetic Foot and Wound Care Clinic, İzmir-Turkey
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
Laura Ambrosini Nobili
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
Chiara Goretti
Consultant at Diabetic Foot Unit, Department of Medicine-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa
Medicine and Surgery
Lorenza Abbruzzese
Enrico Tagliaferri
Infectious Diseases
Unit Medical Doctor
Livorno, Italy