Guarnaccia Giuseppe
Professor
Ophthalmology
Scientific Institut HS Raffaele Clinic
Italy
Biography
Giuseppe Guarnaccia is Director III of the Surgery Department and Director of the Ophthalmic Operating Centre at the BMM Hospital in Reggio Calabria, Italy. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Messina in 1977 with a Specialisation in Ophthalmology, completed at the Scientific Hospital S. Raffaele in Milan in 1985. He became the Director of the Social Ophthalmic Centre of the Civil Hospital in Paola-Cetraro in 1993, followed by the position of Co-ordinator, and later Director, of the Ophthalmic Operative Centre. Dr Guarnaccia took up his initial post at the BMM Hospital in 2001. Dr Guarnaccia is a member of numerous Italian and international ophthalmological societies and has organized several international congresses of ophthalmology. He is speaker at several conferences and training sessions. He is also the recipient of various honours including the National AVIS Prize and the National IARVO Prize. Since 2008 Founder and President of the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology Foundation (ESASO) in Lugano, Switzerland.
Research Interest
Ophthalmology, Retinal Surgery, Community Ophthalmology
