Antonio Di Zazzo

Dr. Antonio Di Zazzo

Ophthalmology Complex Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Biography

Prof. Antonio Di Zazzo is now an associate professor in Ophthalmology at the Università di Roma “Campus Bio-Medico”. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Università di Roma “Campus Bio-Medico” in 2008 and obtained a specialization diploma in Ophthalmology in 2014. He has worked as a clinical fellow at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US Center of Excellence for Cornea Pathologies and Refractive Surgery since 2013. In the same period, he conducted, as a research fellow, various studies on “Angiogensesis and Corneal Immunology, Cornea and Ocular Surface Diseases” at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. In 2018, he returned to Italy as a type A fixed-term university researcher in ophthalmology at the Università di Roma “Campus Bio-Medico”. Since 2019, he has been appointed professor of the School of Specialization in Ophthalmology. Finally, in 2021, he was appointed Associate Professor in Ophthalmology. His research topics are mainly focused on lamellar and perforating surgery for corneal transplants, keratoprostheses, and stem cells and on reconstructive surgery of the ocular surface and laser and multifocal cataracts is combined with a scientific activity mainly addressing the immunology of corneal transplants, as well as pathologies that cause dry eyes and age-related inflammatory changes.

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