Andrea Casini MD (Italy)
Chief of Vascular Surgery Service – Diabetic Foot Department – Humanitas Gavazzeni – Bergamo
University education and degrees:
* M.B.B.ch Faculty of Medicine Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 1996
* Postgraduate degree in Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy 2001
* Vascular Surgery Consultant of the Department for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Disease, IRCCS Policlinico Multimedica Hospital, Milano, Italy
* Senior Consultant Vascular Surgery – Diabetic Foot Unit – Vascular and Endovascular Unit – Istituto di Cura Città di Pavia – Gruppo San Donato
Current Positions:
* Chief of Vascular Surgery Service – Diabetic Foot Department – Humanitas Gavazzeni – Bergamo
* Proctor Surgeon – CVRx – Barostim Neo ™ implant – Area Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East
* Member of Board of Direction – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta – Milano – with appointment of the President of the Lombardy Region
* Member of Board of Direction – CERISMAS – Centro di Ricerche e Studi in Management Sanitario – Università Cattolica – Milano
* Lecturer/Scientific Committee – Summer/Winter School of Diabetic Foot Management
Membership of Institutes and Societies:
* Società Italiana di Chirurgia Vascolare e Endovascolare
* A-DFS Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons
Professional Experience:
* Internship – General and Thoracic Surgery, Milan, Italy 1993 – 1996 (Head Prof. Vincrè M.D.)
* Internship – Vascular Surgery Department, Milan, Italy 1996-1997 (Director Prof. Giorgio Agrifoglio, M.D.)
* Residency in Vascular Surgery, Milan, Italy 1997 – 2001 (Director Prof. Giorgio Agrifoglio, M.D.)
* Vascular Surgery Associate Consultant, Vascular Surgery Department, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy 2000-2003 (Head Prof. L. Gabrielli, M.D.)
* Vascular Surgery Consultant, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Department, IRCCS MultiMedica Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy 2003- to present (Head of Department Prof. Francesco Donatelli MD)
* Chief – Vascular Surgery Unit – Issituto di Cura Città di Pavia – University and Research Hospital – Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato
* Researcher Porject CVRx in Heart Failure. First World Pilot Study. Project Manager Dr. Edoardo Gronda – Prof. Francesco Donatelli
Clinical experience
* Vascular and Endovascular repair of AAA and TAAA
* Endovascular treatment of critical limb ischaemia
* Limb revascularization in Critical limb ischaemia
* Treatment of carotid disease
* Management and treatment of diabetic foot
* Minor and major foot and limb’s amputation in diabetic foot disease
* Vein surgery/Ablation with RF of saphenous vein
* Barostim Neo ™ implant for resistant hypertension and Heart Failure