Hallux Valgus (bunion): innovation in surgical techniques

Dr. Alfio Azzarà

2016

PBS – PERCUTANEOUS BIANCHI SYSTEM

Associate.

Since 2016

Professional Association Dr. Andrea Bianchi and Associates, Perugia

Associate.

From January 2013 to October 2016

Ospedale di Borgo Valsugana

Medical Director at the Operative Unit of the Hospital in Borgo Valsugana in charge of Foot Surgery.

From 2000 to 2012

Ospedale di Tione

Miscellaneous assignments:
Vice-Director of the Operative Unit of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital of Tione.
Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic surgery, Hospital of Tione di Trento.
Permanent Medical Director at the Orthopaedics department, Hospital of Tione di Trento.

Specialisation courses in paediatric orthopaedics

2005 Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis – a multi-disciplinary approach– Milan State University
2005 Osteosynthesis in children – Gaslini Genoa
2003 Theoretical-practical Workshop on Foot Surgery at Ospedale Rizzoli in Bologna
2003 The Amerini Seminars – Orthopaedist and Paediatrician compared : in peripuberty – Ospedale Bambin Gesù in Rome
2003 SITOP  (Italian society of Paediatric Orthopaedics)National congress – Padua
2002 The Amerini Seminars – Orthopaedist and Paediatrician compared – Paediatric Hospital  Bambin Gesù Rome
2001 The Amerini Seminars – Orthopaedist and Paediatrician compared, from treating to caring – Paediatric Hospital  Bambin Gesù Rome
1999 Sicilian- Calabrian refresher course  in Paediatrics – Camigliatello Silano
1999 Sicilian- Calabrian refresher course  in Paediatrics – Camigliatello Silano
1998 Paediatric Hospital Bambin Gesù, Rome – Specialisation internship in Paediatric Orthopaedics

Training

2016: Amsterdam “Innovation in total Ankle Arthroplasty, Charcot and Deformity Correction”
2015: Brindisi “International Advanced Foot and Ankle Course”
2015: Augsburg (Germany) “Advanced skills Foot and Ankle Surgery – cadaver Symposium”
2015: Milan “Master Class Meet the Expert TM ANKLE”
2015: Barcelona  (Spain) “4th International Congress of Foot and Ankle Minimally invasive surgery”
2014: Frankfurt (Germany) “Treatment options of foot and ankle”
2014: Arezzo 4th advanced course in foot surgery “Acquired flat foot in the adult”
2013: Forlì: SIA National Course – Arthroscopic ankle surgery
2013: 2nd Monothematic course: Instability of the forefoot: problems and solutions – Rome
2013: Ankle arthrosis: International Consensus Conference
2011: 3rd International Congress of Minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery, Bruges (Belgium)
2009: Course on minimally-invasive foot technique  – Murcia (Spain) – “Foot and ankle Surgery”, Liestal (Switzerland)
2009: Hind foot Training Course – Liestal (Switzerland)
2008: 21st  Advanced AO course, Davos (Switzerland)
2007: Master Course in Knee Surgery, Lyon (France)
2007: AO Course “Foot Surgery”, Graz (Austria)
2006: AO Course “Approaches and Osteosynthesis” and “Fractures Treatment growth”, Graz (Austria)
2006: Course in foot and ankle surgery, Montpellier (France)
2005: Hands-on-course in Traumatology with cadaver dissection, Graz (Austria)
2005: Master Course at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (Sweden)
2003-2004: Workshop in Bone Disease, University of Malmoe (Sweden)and Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (Spagna)
2003: 16th AO Basic Course, Jesolo
2000: University of Messina, Specialisation in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
1992: University of Messina, Degree in Medicine and Surgery