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Michele Reni

  • 4.5 Good 62 reviews
  • 37 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, San Raffaele
  • Professor Michele Reni is an experienced medical oncologist with over 30 years of practice based in Italy. He specializes in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, gastro-esophageal cancers, and central nervous system tumors. He has published over 180 papers on cancer treatment and is the coordinator of Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) guidelines for treatment and management of pancreatic cancer. He has also chaired numerous clinical trials on treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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Gastric bypass
$10,275 - $10,275
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Carlo Meloni

  • 4.5 Good 62 reviews
  • 34 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, San Raffaele
  • Dr. Carlo Meloni is a cardiologist at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. He specializes in cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery and the treatment of heart failure, arrhythmia, heart attacks, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Carlo Meloni performs over 1,000 echocardiograms annually.

    Education

    • 1986 - Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy.
    • 1990 - received specialization in cardiology at the University of Milan, Italy.

    Professional activity

    • 1991-2010 - Cardiologist in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy.
    • Since 2010 - Head of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy.
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Gastric bypass
$10,275 - $10,275
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Maurizio Nava

  • 4.6 Excellent 9 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, La Madonnina Clinic
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Luigi Massimo Zagra

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • 29 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Prof. Luigi Massimo Zagra is the Head of the Hip Surgery Department I at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan.

    He is the visiting professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the University of Milan.

     

    Prof. Zagra has performed more than 5,000 major orthopaedic operations.

    Mainly focused on hip surgery including complex primary, revision (25% of cases), conservative surgery, osteotomies, and pediatric hip diseases arthroplasty.

    He performs hip replacement surgery daily for osteoarthritis, particularly in cases of congenital dysplasia, developmental and post-traumatic malformations, rheumatoid arthritis, necrosis in young and old patients, needing special implants to prevent any possible complications. 

    Dealing with problems with previously placed implants, in particular material wear and tear, such as in metal-on-metal or old-generation polyethylene prostheses, painful, loose, unstable, infected prostheses, using tissue-safe and non-invasive methods and the latest ceramic and titanium implants, including cemented ones.

     

    He is currently Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Hip Society and the Italian Hip Society, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of EFORT, of International Committee of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Arthroplasty Registry. 

    He is author and co-author of 130 articles published in national and international journals, as well as invited specialist and speaker at over 500 congresses in Italy and abroad.

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Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Mattia Glauber

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Alessandro Farnetti

  • 4.6 Excellent 9 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, La Madonnina Clinic
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Ruberto Fausto De

  • 4.6 Excellent 9 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, La Madonnina Clinic
  • Dr. Fausto De is a Gastroenterology and Bariatric Surgery specialist at the Madonnina Clinic in Milan, Italy, who specializes in treating Gastritis, Ascites, Obesity, Stomach Ulcer and Colon Cancer. He speaks Italian.
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Francesco Grecchi

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • 39 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Dr. Francesco Grecchi is a maxillofacial surgeon at the IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute in Milan. He specializes in General Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Grecchi is a founding member of GISOS (Italian Group for the Study of Osseointegration and Synthesis). He has co-authored over 100 publications in national and international journals. His work shows a strong commitment to scientific research.

    Dr. Grecchi is the Referent in Maxillofacial Surgery for the National Ectodermal Dysplasia Association. He also works as a consultant for the Maxillofacial Surgery department at the Italian Stomatological Institute in Milan. These roles highlight his expertise and leadership in maxillofacial surgery.

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Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Stefano Boriani

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • 47 years of experience
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Professor Stefano Boriani is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon and author of unique surgical staging system of spinal tumors and tumor resection techniques. He has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, written over 430 research articles, and invented a carbon fiber system for tumor reconstruction. He is also a professor at the Post-Graduate School of Orthopaedics at the University of Bologna, and a honorary member of several spine societies. He is also the founder of a non-profit association in Mozambique which supports medical activities and trains local surgeons.

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Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Alessandro Luccati

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Orthopedist, Oncologist, Specialist in osteosarcoma treatment

Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Claudio Lamartina

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Spine Neurosurgeon

Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Macro Brayda-Bruno

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Orthopedic Surgeon

Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Pedro Beriano

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Spine Surgeon

Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Roberto Bassani

  • 4.9 Excellent 15 reviews
  • 25 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Italy, Milan, IRCCS OSPEDALE GALEAZZI - SANT'AMBROGIO
  • Dr. Roberto Bassani has performed over 2,500 major spinal surgical operations in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

Laminectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
$13,130 - $13,700
Discectomy
$11,988 - $11,988
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Pasquale Totaro

  • New
  • 32 years of experience
  • Italy, Bari, Ospedale Santa Maria
  • Since January 1993, Dr. Totaro holds the role of the Coordinator of the MAP (Medically Assisted Procreation) Center and of the Obstetrics-Gynecological Ultrasound Center at the Ospedale Santa Maria at the Maternal and Child Department. Under his supervision the Center, one of the leading MAR centers in Italy, performs more than 1,000 procedures a year. Ospedale Santa Maria - is in first position, for number of cycles of IUI, intrauterine insemination (586) - level I technique, while for the number of oocyte thawing procedures - level II and III technique - the hospital of Santa Maria from Bari occupies the 4th place in the national ranking.

    In 1986 Dr. Totaro graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bari, Italy with full marks, where 4 years later he specialized in Gynecology and Obstetrics. He then completed his diploma with participation at numerous professional courses, such as "Biophysical and biochemical monitoring of the fetus" (one year course, 1991, Bari) and obtaining a diploma in Clinical Sexuology from the ELEUSIS – International Center for the study, research and therapy of female, male and couple sexual dysfunctions (two years course, 1996, Bari). 

    In order to broaden his knowledge in the obstetrics-gynecological scientific field, Dr. Totaro participates, both as moderator and speaker and as organizer, in numerous conferences, symposiums, congresses and courses (over 40 national and international congresses) and is the author of more than 30 scientific publications. 

     

    Dr. Totaro is an active member of the following organizations:

    ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)

    SIRU (Italian Society of Human Reproduction)

    SIGO (Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics)

    AOGOI (Italian Association of Hospital Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

    SIMOP (Italian Society of Private Hospital Doctors)

    ESG (European Society of Gynecology).

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In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
$4,075 - $4,650
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Marco De Angelis

  • New
  • 32 years of experience
  • Italy, Bologna, Lucia Magnani Health Clinic
  • Professor De Angelis is an expert in nutrition and physiology. His approach consists of a series of easy-to-follow rules and concepts that revolve around a fundamental principle: for millions of years, food has been a form of communication between the environment and man, according to which the organism has self-regulated, modifying its body composition, its metabolism, the amount of accumulated fat.

    By relying on the De Angelis method, we will finally be able to eat well, that is, to nourish ourselves by following the simple but effective rules dictated by human physiology, which concern the composition of meals, their quantity and, above all, their daily rhythm.

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François Lechanoine

  • New
  • 13 years of experience
  • Italy, Bologna, Maria Cecilia Hospital
  • Dr. Lechanoine is a highly accomplished neurosurgeon with extensive international experience, currently serving as a senior consultant at Maria Cecilia Hospital in Italy. With over 2,500 surgeries performed, including 1,600 as the lead surgeon, Dr. Lechanoine has built a distinguished career specializing in complex brain and spine surgeries. His areas of expertise include brainstem conditions, intraventricular neuroendoscopy for hydrocephalus and tumors, transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas, and minimally invasive spine procedures such as UBE (Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy).

    His medical journey has taken him across Europe and beyond, with positions at prestigious institutions such as CHU de Grenoble Alpes and CHRU de Tours in France, and Ospedale Santobono in Naples, Italy. In addition, his dedication to pediatric neurosurgery has led to international collaborations, including at the General Peltier Hospital in Djibouti and the Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence.

    Dr. Lechanoine’s education is equally impressive. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Caen, France, in 2012 and specialized in neurosurgery at the University of Tours under the guidance of renowned professors Stéphane Velut and Patrick François. His specialization focused on innovative endoscopic treatments for intracranial arachnoid cysts in children. Throughout his career, Dr. Lechanoine has pursued numerous advanced training courses, earning prestigious certifications, including the Diploma of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and the European Diploma of Spine Surgery (Eurospine).

    In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Lechanoine has contributed significantly to the field of neurosurgery through research and education. He has authored numerous scientific publications in leading international journals, with a total impact factor of 71.46. He is also a dedicated educator, serving as a tutor at international workshops on brain and spine endoscopy, and he recently founded a UBE surgical training center at Maria Cecilia Hospital.

     

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Gastric bypass
$17,504 - $17,504
Laminectomy
$12,559 - $19,409
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
$16,410 - $16,410
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Daniele Caviglia

  • New
  • 9 years of experience
  • Italy, Rome, Orthopedic in Rome
  • Dr. Daniele Caviglia is an experienced orthopedic specialist with 8 years in clinical practice. He focuses on fracture care and orthopedic surgeries. He also provides diagnostic services such as x-rays and MRI scans.

    Dr. Caviglia is dedicated to patient-centered care. He offers both in-person and telemedicine consultations. He has a strong record of successful treatments for various orthopedic conditions. He ensures careful follow-up and rehabilitation for every patient.

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Shoulder replacement
$10,000 - $15,000
Rotator cuff repair surgery
$3,000 - $4,000
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Carlo Saltutti

  • New
  • 37 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Italy, Bologna, Maria Cecilia Hospital
  • After graduating in Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Saltutti specialized in Urology, gaining advanced expertise in treating disorders of the male and female urinary system, as well as the male reproductive system. Throughout his professional journey, he has focused on innovative and minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as robotic and laparoscopic surgery, especially for the treatment of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers.

    Over the years, Dr. Saltutti has attended numerous national and international conferences, expanding his knowledge and contributing to the advancement of therapeutic and surgical techniques in the urological field. He is known for his clinical expertise and dedication to his patients, adopting a personalized approach to each case to ensure effective, high-quality care.

    His work at GVM facilities, which boast cutting-edge technologies and a highly qualified medical team, allows Dr. Saltutti to offer comprehensive services ranging from early diagnosis to treatment and post-operative rehabilitation. His areas of specialization include, in addition to urological cancers, the treatment of prostate conditions, kidney stones, urinary incontinence, and male sexual dysfunction.

    Thanks to his experience and passion for the medical profession, Dr. Carlo Saltutti is a reference point for patients seeking excellent urological care at the GVM group

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Gastric bypass
$17,504 - $17,504
Laminectomy
$12,559 - $19,409
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
$16,410 - $16,410
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