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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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Editorial Board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Fabrizio Rivera, DrPH, SS Annunziata Hospital, Italy           

FOUNDING EDITORS
Francesco Pipino, MD, University of Genoa, Italy [Deceased]
Marco d'Imporzano, MD, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy            

CO-EDITORS
Vincenzo Caiaffa, MD, “Di Venere” Hospital, Italy
Alberto Momoli, MD, S. Bortolo Hospital, Italy    
Biagio Moretti, MD, General Hospital of Bari, Italy             
Alfredo Schiavone Panni, MD, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Italy   

EXECUTIVE EDITORS
Alberto Di Martino, MD, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy              
Filippo Randelli, MD, Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini, Italy      

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Basic Science
Nicola Guindani, MD, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Italy        
Filippo Migliorini, MD, PhD, MBA, RWTH University Clinic, Germany          

Bone Fragility
Maria Luisa Brandi, MD, PhD, University of Florence, Italy              
Umberto Tarantino, MD, PhD, University of Rome Tor Vergata School of Medicine, Italy    

Clinical Pharmacology
Carmelo Scarpignato, MD, DSc, PharmD, FRCP, FEBGH, EuCP, Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology United Campus of Malta, Malta     

Foot and Ankle
Cesare Faldini, MD, University of Bologna, Italy   

Forensic Medicine
Giuseppe Basile, MD, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Italy   

Hand and Forearm
Bruno Battiston, MD, PhD, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, C.T.O. Hospital, Italy           
Christian Carulli, MD, University of Florence, Italy
Max Haerle, MD, Clinic for Hand and Plastic Surgery, Germany     

Hip
Michael Cross, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, United States of America         
Riccardo Compagnoni, MD, ASST Bergamo Est, Bolognini Hospital, italy    
Alberto Fioruzzi, MD, ASST Gaetano Pini, Italy     
Alessandro Massè, MD, University of Torino, Italy              

Infections
Stefano Artiaco, MD, PhD, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Italy          

Knee
Ezio Adriani, MD, Chatolic University A. Gemelli IRCSS, Italy          
Elizabeth Arendt, MD, University of Minnesota, United States of America
Roland Becker, MD, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Germany      
Riccardo Ciatti, MD, Policlinico Casilino, Rome, Italy          
Michael Hirschmann, MD, Kantonsspital Baselland-Bruderholz, Switzerland           
Paolo Ferrua, MD, Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini, Italy            
Fabrizio Matassi, PhD, University of Florence, Italy            

Musculoskeletal Tumours
Davide Maria Donati, MD, University of Bologna, Italy     
Giulio Maccauro, MD, Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy      
Reinhard Windhager, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria 

Paediatric Orthopaedics
Alessandro Aprato, MD, University of Turin, Italy
Pasquale Farsetti, MD, University of Tor Vergata, Italy      

Radiology
Jasminka Igrec Pavlović, MD, Medical University of Graz, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Austria  

Rehabilitation
Giovanni Iolascon, MD, Campania University Vanvitelli, Italy         

Shoulder
Olimpio Galasso, MD, University Magna Graecia, Italy      
Stephano Gumina, MD, PhD, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy             
Pietro Randelli, MD, University of Milan, Italy      

Shoulder and Elbow
Giuseppe Porcellini, MD, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy   
John W. Sperling, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America   

Spine
Matteo Formica, MD, University of Genoa, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Italy  
Enrico Pola, MD, PhD, Campania University, Italy

Sport Traumatology
Ryosuke Kuroda, MD, PhD, University of Kobe, Japan       
Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS (Orth), Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom    

Trauma
Ozkan Kose, MD, PhD, FEBOT, Prof., Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Turkey            
Cyril Mauffrey, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, United States of America               
Luigi Murena, MD, University of Trieste, Italy       
Giovanni Vicenti, MD, PhD, University of Bari, Italy            

ADVISORY BOARD
Robert Buly, MD, Cornell University, United States of America      
Peter Grossi, MD, IRCCS-Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
Henrik Malchau, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States of America [Emeritus/Retired]
Lutz Nolte, PhD, University of Bern, Switzerland [Emeritus/Retired]
Rosemarie Padua, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Paolo Paladini, MD, D. Cervesi Hospital, Italy        
Patrick Prendergast, PhD, ScD, C.Eng, FIEI, FTCD, MRIA, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland       
Pietro Regazzoni, MD, Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland           
David Stulberg, MD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, United States of America 
Francesco Traina, MD, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy   
Richard Villar, MA MS FRCS, Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, United Kingdom          
Leo Whiteside, MD, Missouri Bone and Joint Research Foundation, United States of America         

STATISTICIANS
Barbara Bordini, BSc, IRCSS Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica. Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy 
Andrea Evangelista, MD, IRCSS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy               
 

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