Online Consultation with Spinal Surgeon in Italy: Our Best Clinics and Costs 2026

San Donato Hospital is an IRCCS-accredited cardiology and cardiac surgery center. It performs over 9,400 heart and blood vessel operations each year – the most in Italy. Core specialties include cardiology, cardiac surgery, arrhythmology, and rehabilitation.

• 97% success rate for cardiac surgeries, one of the highest in Europe.
• Over 3,000 children treated internationally for congenital heart defects.
• Telepresence robots allow patients to connect with doctors anytime.
• Over 20,000 coronary artery bypass and heart valve surgeries performed.
• A hotel on the clinic grounds for patient and family stays.

San Raffaele Hospital is a top European research center with Italy's IRCCS accreditation. It achieved the world's first stem cell therapy for severe combined immune deficiency. Its main specialties are oncology, neurosurgery, and cardiovascular surgery.

• Performs over 52,000 surgeries a year and treats 12,000 cancer patients.
• Equipped with 3 da Vinci robots, Gamma Knife, Cyber Knife, and PET-MRI.
• Performed the world's first intrauterine spina bifida surgery.
• The hematology unit has completed over 1,000 bone marrow transplants.
• Part of Gruppo San Donato, a network treating 5 million patients annually.

Prof. Dr. Stefano Boriani leads these online spine consultations with over 45 years of experience. He has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures and authored 430 research articles. An online video consultation typically costs around $400. This price includes a review of medical records and imaging. The clinic is an IRCCS-accredited research institute in Milan. It performs 75% of all revision orthopedic surgeries in Italy. Patients submit MRI or CT scans in DICOM format for expert evaluation from home.

Maria Cecilia Hospital is the founding hospital of the GVM Care Research network in Italy. It handles over 15% of the country’s cardiac surgeries and treats 9,000 patients a year. Its main specialties are cardiac surgery, electrophysiology, neurosurgery, diabetic foot care, and weight loss surgery.

• JCI-accredited with a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation.
• Arrhythmology department is a world leader in treating atrial fibrillation with Pulse Field Ablation and cryo-balloon technology.
• One of the few European centers performing Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) for bionic limb control.
• Diabetic Foot Treatment center has a 95% success rate in preventing amputations, directed by Prof. Dalla Paola.
• Located 40 minutes from Bologna International Airport with on-site conference facilities at GVM Campus.