Biography

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy Diploma of specialization in Orthopaedics at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna Diploma of specialization in Biomedical Technology at the same Faculty From January 18th to March 14th, 1988 Full-time internal medical doctor working in public assistance in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the G.B.Morgagni Hospital in Forlì, Italy From June 21st 1988 to January 6th 1991 Full-time confirmed internal medical doctor working in public assistance in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the G.B.Morgagni Hospital in Forlì, Italy From January 7th 1991 to December 12th, 1994 Full-time confirmed internal medical doctor working in public assistance in the Spine Surgery Department of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy From December 20th, 1994 to December 19th, 1995 Full-time locum manager, 1st level, in the Spine Surgery Department of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy From December 20th, 1995 to April 2000 Full-time confirmed manager, 1st level, in the Spine Surgery Department of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy From April 5th, 2000 to September 30th, 2002 Locum Head of the Spine Surgery Department of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy From November 1st, 2002 to November 2008 Manager of the Hospital Unit “Spinal deformities in pediatric age associated with rare diseases” of the Spine Surgery Dept. at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy. From May 2008 so far Head of a highly specialized outpatient surgery unit, dedicated to the study and treatment of severe spinal deformities associated with rare diseases. From December 2008 to June 2009 Locum Head of the Spine Surgery Department at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute as of December 1st, 2008 From June 2009 so far Confirmed Head of the Department of Spinal Deformity Surgery at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute.. December 9th 2014 has been appointed “deputy director” of Orthopedic and Trauma Specialist Department Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute.

Research Interest

Her main field of interest is the study and treatment of spinal deformities.