Ferrara Vincenzo – Thessaloniki International Vitreo-Retinal Summer School

VINCENZO FERRARA, MD Biella – Milano, ITALY

Vitreoretinal and Cataract Surgeon at VistaVision Eye Centers in Milano and Vitreoretinal Surgical Consultant at Domodossola State Hospital and Sassari
University Eye Hospital.

Until November 2021 Head of Ophthalmology Department in Biella, he started his experience in episcleral surgery under guidance of I. Kreissig in
Tubingen and H. Lincoff, with S. Chang for the vitreous, in New York. He focused later his activity on PVR, Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular
Surgery and lately in complicated cataract and secondary IOL
implantations.

Physician at the San Raffaele Hospital and University of Varese from 1990
until 2001 and Senior Surgeon at the University Eye Clinic of Tübingen in 1997-
1998.

Adjunct Professor of Vitreo-Retinal Pathology and Surgery at the
Specialization School in Ophthalmology of Varese since 1995 until 2007.

Along 15 years, since 2001 until 2015, Head of the Vitreoretinal Unit and
Scientific Director of post-residential advanced courses of vitreoretinal
surgery at the SS. Trinità Hospital in Arona and Borgomanero (Novara).

Faculty Member of International Tubingen Detachment Courses since 1992,
Thessaloniki Vitreoretinal Summer School since 2011 and Esaso (European
School Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology) in Lugano, Switzerland since
2017.

Invited Speaker and Surgeon, performing live surgeries since 2006, at
international meeting around the world.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015– NOW HEAD OF THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RETINA SERVICE AT BIELLA STATE HOSPITAL
2015 VITREO RETINAL CONSULTANT AT BIELLA STATE HOSPITAL
2013 – 2015 HEAD OF THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RETINA SERVICE AT OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE SS. TRINITÀ HOSPITAL IN BORGOMANERO
2009-2012 HEAD OF THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RETINA SERVICE AT OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE SS. TRINITÀ HOSPITAL IN ARONA
SINCE 2002 MEDICAL ASSISTANT AT THE SS. TRINITÀ HOSPITAL IN ARONA
1999 – 2001 PHYSICIAN AT THE BOARD OF REGIONAL BLIND COMMISSION FROM VARESE PROVINCE 1997 – 1998 OBERATZ AT THE UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC OF TÜBINGEN (GERMANY)
1993 – 2001 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSISTANT AT CASA DI CURA MATER DOMINI IN CASTELLANZA 1990 – 1993 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSISTANT AT SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL, CASTELLANZA

DIDACTIC ACTIVITY

2006 – 2011 ORGANISER AND SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED COURSES IN VITREORETINAL
PATHOLOGIES AND SURGERY AT SS TRINITÀ HOSPITAL OF ARONA
2008 ONE WEEK OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TEACHING AT THE CCP HOSPITAL AND
GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITAL OF BAKU (AZERBAIJAN
2006 – 2015 PERFORMING LIVE VITREORETINAL SURGERY AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN MUMBAI, INDIA (2006-‘07-‘08), BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (2010), MOSCOW, RUSSIA (2009-2011-
2013) MILAN, ITALY (2014) , TBILISI, GEORGIA (2014) AND EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
(2015)
1998 – 2005 ORGANIZER OF INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF OCCLUSIVE VASCULAR DISEASES OF THE
RETINA. BAVENO SEPT 10TH
2004 EXTERNAL PROFESSOR IN THE COURSE OF VITREORETINAL PATHOLOGIES OF THE
SPECIALIZATION SCHOOL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VARESE
1995 – 1997 THE TEACHING STAFF OF OPHTHALMOLOGY IN THE VARESE COURSE OF MEDICINE AND
SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellowships and Stages:
1985 Two months Grant at the Warsaw Eye Clinic – Poland
1989 One-month stage at S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Prof. V De Molfetta), Italy
1990 Retina fellowship at the Hopital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon (Prof. M Bonnet), France
1991 Retina fellowship at Universitats AugenKlinik Tübingen (Prof I Kreissig), Germania
1991 Retina Fellowship at the Cornell University – The New York Hospital – N.Y. (USA)
1994 Retina Fellowship at the Barnes Hospital – St.Louis- Missouri -(USA)

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Main research activities:
-Vitreoretinal Surgery and Small Gauge Vitrectomy for PVR, PDR, Vascular Diseases, Macular Surgery, Trauma’s -Episcleral Surgery -Cataract surgery

He has participated among the principal investigators in a multicentric international clinical trial on RON Vs IVT injection in the treatment of CRVO (ROVO Study)

Surgical Experience:
1992- 2001: 450 Pars plana Vitrectomies, 300 Phaco’s with IOL implant, 250 ECCE’s with IOL implant 637 Buckling Procedures.
Since 2002 he is performing per year on average about 600 Phaco-emulsification with IOL implant, 300 Pars Plana Vitrectomies for all the possible vitreoretinal surgeries, 80 Buckling procedures, 10 Corneal grafts

Association memberships:
Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI) Italian Society of Vitreoretinal Surgery (GIVRE) Italian Society of Retina (SIR) American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) European VitreoRetinal Society (EVRS) Bulgarian Ophthalmological Society (Honorary Member)