Role
Professor of Ophthalmology at Sapienza University of Rome and First Level Medical Director in charge of the Ophthalmic Emergency Department at the AOU Policlinico Umberto I in Rome
Bio
Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bari, specialization in Ophthalmology from Sapienza University of Rome; diploma from the European Board of Ophthalmology; fellowship in the fight against AIDS in Barcelona. Head of the Ophthalmic Emergency Department at the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, solid experience in the emergency treatment of ocular trauma .
His scientific activity focuses on the testing of drugs and slow-release intravitreal implants for retinal thrombosis (venous and arterial occlusions) and diabetic macular edema, as well as the clinical approach to rare and degenerative diseases of the eyeball such as retinitis pigmentosa, neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, and Danlos-Ehlers syndrome. He is involved in the development and improvement of medical and surgical therapies for the anterior and posterior segments of the eye , including in national clinical trials. Patent for ophthalmic surgery No. 102022000016197, July 29, 2022
Founder and editorial board member of the scientific journals Senses & Sciences and "La Clinica Terapeutica", she serves as a reviewer for Cineca projects and international journals. For her excellence in ophthalmology research, she received the Kallistos Award (2010) and the Professionalism and Competence Award from the Sapientia Mundi Foundation (2019), and was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (DPR 27 December 2018).