Dr. Massimo Garriboli
Mr. Massimo Garriboli graduated at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan and trained in Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology at the Università degli Studi di Milano He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
Work experience in Italy
He started his clinical activity at the Hospital San Raffaele di Milano working in the General Surgery Department. During the specialist training he worked in Pediatric Surgery Department of Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Policlinico di Milano and “V. Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, Milan.
Work experience in Spain
From November 2007 to October 2008 he worked at the Paediatric Surgery Department of Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, where he gained a particular experience, among other, in multiorgan transplants (kidney, liver, intestine), plastic surgery and urology.
Work experience in UK
In 2010 he moved to the United Kingdom and started working in the Institute of Child Health (University College London) and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
After having completed the Fellowship in the Urology department at GOSH he has been appointed as Locum Consultant Paediatric Urologist at St George’s Healthcare Foundation Trust and at Epsom and St Helier University Hospital.
In March 2014 he has been appointed as Consultant Paediatric Urologist at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and ST. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Expertise
Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Urology.
Languages:
Italian, English, Spanish, French.
Insurance companies
Bupa, Cigna, Axa Insurance, Aviva, WPA and Vitality approved doctor.
In summary:
Dr Garriboli is an Italian Paediatric Urologist in London.
Dr. Andrea Pucci
Dr Andrea Pucci is a consultant in Obesity and Endocrinology at The University College Hospital in London.
Work experience in Italy
Dr Andrea Pucci graduated in Medicine and Surgery and obtained a postgraduate degree in Endocrinology at the University of Pisa, Italy. He also received a PhD degree (Neuroscience and Endocrino-metabolic sciences), at the University of Pisa, Italy
Between 2003 and 2011, Dr Pucci was a Registrar and a Locum Consultant, at the Department of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Italy. During those years he gained expertise and experience in managing endocrine diseases, diabetes, obesity and bariatric surgery. For 2 years, he also directly collaborated with Professor Aldo Pinchera’s private clinic as a physician assistant.
Work experience in UK
Dr Andrea Pucci is a consultant obesity physician (Obesity Medicine, Diabetes, & Endocrinology) at the Centre for Obesity Research, Department of Medicine, University College London. UCLH Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, University College Hospital, London. He is also a researcher and an honorary professor at University College of London. His research is focused on identifying pre-operative predictors of bariatric surgery health outcomes and he has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and textbook chapters.
He is member of the of Obesity UK, the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO), Società italiana dell’obesità (SIO) British obesity and metabolic surgery society (BOMSS) and of the “Associazione Allievi dell’Endocrinologia Pisana” (AAEP). He got a SCOPE Certification, an internationally recognised standard of obesity management expertise, which promotes and acknowledges excellence in obesity prevention and treatment.
Expertise
Dr Andrea Pucci is an expert in general endocrinology, but specifically in Thyroid diseases. He can perform ultrasound screening of thyroid glands and fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules. He is also an expert in the treatment of obesity including the obesity-related co-morbidities, especially type 2 diabetes with a special focus on the new anti-obesity medications including GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists.
Languages
Italian and English
Insurance Companies
Cigna, Aviva and WPA approved doctor
Summary
Dr. Andrea Pucci is an Italian Endocrinologist in London
Dr. Sara Pruneddu
Dr Sara Pruneddu is an Italian fully trained Dermatologist and Venereologist.
Work experience in Italy
She graduated at the University of Sassari medical school in Italy where she completed her training in Dermatology. During her experience in Italy she gained knowledge in general dermatology and expertise in dermoscopy focusing in allergology and paediatric dermatology.
During her training she attended for 9 months as a clinical fellow the Dermatology department of Queen’s Hospital and Royal London Hospital.
Work experience in UK
Dr Sara Pruneddu is one of the few dually certified Dermatologist and Venereologist, with several years of experience gained both in the UK and in Italy.
She is a Consultant Dermatologist and Clinical Lead at one of the most prestigious teaching Hospital in London, King’s College Hospital, were she deals with all aspects of skin conditions of both adults and children. Prior to that, she was lead clinician at North Middlesex Hospital where she worked for over 7 years, offering services in the field of allergic conditions, patch testing, paediatric dermatology and inflammatory skin conditions.
She currently consults on all aspects of skin disease in both adults and children, and will treat conditions such as acne, eczema, allergy and psoriasis.
Expertise
She is an expert in Allergic Dermatology and paediatric dermatology, Skin Cancer, Dermoscopy, Venereology.
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish
Insurance Companies
WPA, Cigna, Aviva approved doctor
Summary
Dr. Pruneddu is an Italian dermatologist in London
Dr Roberta Forlano
Dr Roberta Forlano, MD, works as a Research Assistant at Imperial College London, where she is also enrolled in a PhD program.
Work experience in Italy
In 2011, she graduated cum laude at the University of the Study of Foggia and, in 2017, she completed her Specialty Training in Internal Medicine cum laude.
During her specialty training, she acquired experience in managing chronic disease (gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, metabolic disease such as diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia) in both an inpatient and in outpatient setting.
She particularly trained in the field of liver disease, with an interest in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and metabolic liver disease.
She holds the National Diploma of Clinical Ultrasound (Italy 2018) and has an ongoing training in diagnostic endoscopy.
She worked as an ad Locum consultant in the Accident and Emergency Department of both a secondary and tertiary care centre.
Work experience in UK
In 2016, she had a clinical attachment at King’s College London for 5 months, attending the Liver Intensive Care Unit. Since August 2016, she has been a clinical research fellow at Imperial College London in the Department of Digestive Disease – Liver Unit (St Mary’s Hospital).
She has published several articles and conference papers in the field of NAFLD and she is in the editorial board member of 3 journals.
She has been granted several bursaries and has been awarded a PhD Juan Rodes fellowship 2018-2021 from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
Expertise
Clinical and research background in Liver Disease.
Clinical background in Internal Medicine (cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, gastrointestinal disease).
Languages
Italian, English, French
Summary
Dr Roberta Forlano is an Italian medical expert in metabolic disease and liver disease, with a broader background in Internal Medicine.
Dr Francesco Lo Giudice
Dr Francesco Lo Giudice, Cardiologist.
Work experience in Italy
Dr Francesco Lo Giudice graduated with summa cum laude in 1992 and completed his specialist training in cardiology with full marks in 1998 at the University of Palermo. In 2000 he started working as consultant cardiologist at San Raffaele-Giglio Hospital of Cefalu’ and from 2004 at the University Hospital of Trieste. Since 2009 he has been in charge of the Pulmonary Hypertension service at the cardiovascular department of the University Hospital of Trieste. He has participated in various clinical trials and he is involved in clinical research.
Work experience in the UK
After his specialist degree he spent 18 months at St. George’s Hospital Medical School in London as a research fellow in cardiology, with a grant from the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialised Therapies. He was also awarded with a research grant from the British Heart Foundation for a project on the use of a specific echocardiographic technique (Doppler tissue imaging) for the early detection of heart transplant rejection. He returned to the London in September 2017 where he works as consultant cardiologist at the Hammersmith Hospital being part of the Pulmonary Hypertension National service team.
Expertise
Pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease, non-invasive and invasive cardiac investigations.
Languages
English, Italian.
Insurance companies
Bupa, Axa Insurance, Aviva, WPA and Vitality approved doctor
Summary
Dr Lo Giudice is an Italian Cardiologist in London.
Dr. Lucia Venneri
Dr Lucia Venneri, Cardiologist.
Work experience in Italy
Dr. Lucia Venneri graduated with honors in 2000 from the University of Pisa. In 2003, she completed her Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology at the Sant’Anna- School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. In 2007, she completed her specialist training in cardiology with honors. From 2000 to 2008, she worked as a Researcher at the Institute of Clinical Physiology-Pisa/National Research Council (CNR). Since 2008, she has been worked as consultant cardiologist at G. Monasterio Foundation in Pisa, Tuscany. She has participated in numerous clinical trials and research projects.
Work experience in UK
Since 2014, she has been based in London, working until November 2020 at the Royal Brompton Hospital as a Specialty Doctor in Cardiology. During this time, she contributed to organizing the Echocardiography Service dedicated to the Cardio-Oncology Clinic and the Hereditary Cardiomyopathies Clinic. From February 2021, she has been working as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Free Hospital, where she is part of the multidisciplinary team at the National Amyloidosis Centre-NAC, serving as the head of the Echocardiography Service. She is also involved in cardiac magnetic resonance and cardio-pulmonary stress testing.
Expertise
Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardio-Oncology, Hereditary Cardiomyopathies, Valvular Cardiomyopathies, Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging – Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance.
Languages:
English, Italian.
Insurance:
Aetna Global Benefits, AXA Health, Aviva, e VitalityHealth approved doctor.
In summary:
Dr Venneri is an Italian Cardiologist in London.
Dr Simone Speggiorin
Dr Speggiorin is a Consultant paediatric and congenital cardiac surgeon at East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre-University hospitals of Leicester
Work experience in Italy
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Padua, Italy where we gained experience mainly in paediatric cardiosurgery.
Work experience in the UK
In 2005 He finished a research fellowship in cardiac anatomy at l’Institute of Child Health (UCL) di Londra.
in 2009 Dr. Speggiorin moved to the UK where he subspecialised in Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Complex Paediatric Airway Surgery at Great Ormond Street hospital in London.
He also obtained a clinical fellowship in paediatric interventional radiology in 2011.
In 2012 he moved to India to work at Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital of Bangalore (India) as Junior consultant Paediatric cardiac surgeon.
At the end of the same year he returned to the NHS to work as consultant at East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre in Leicester where in 2015 he became head of paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery. During this period he got increasingly involved in 3D cardiac modelling and 3D printing, forming a unit for advanced imaging for complex cardiac anatomy. From September 2017 to December 2022 he worked at Guy’s and ST. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Evelina London Children’s Hospital and in January 2023 he moved to East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre-University hospitals of Leicester.
Expertise
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Paediatric Tracheal Reconstruction
3D cardiac modelling
Languages
Italian and English.
Summary
Dr Speggiorin is an Italian Paediatric Cardiothoracic surgeon in London with expertise in 3D cardiac reconstruction and virtual surgery.
Dr. Giulia Perucca
Dr Giulia Perucca is Consultant in Pediatric Radiology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
She graduated in Medicine with honours in 2008 and specialized in Radiology with honours in 2014 in Turin, Italy. She dedicated one year of her training to Pediatric Radiology at Vienna University Hospital, Austria (Allgemeine Krankenhaus Wien) and Montpellier University Hospital, France (Hôpital Gui de Chauliac). She subsequently obtained the Pediatric Radiology Diploma (Diplôme Inter Universitaire) at Kremlin Bicêtre, Université Paris-Sud, France.
Work experience in Italy
Dr Perucca worked for a year as a Consultant in Pediatric Radiology at Bordeaux University Hospital, France (Hôpital Pellegrin). She then came back to Italy to work as a consultant in Pediatric Radiology at Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita until December 2021.
Work experience in UK
Between 2019 and 2020 Dr Perucca worked for a year as a Locum Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, during a period of leave from the Italian hospital. Since January 2022 she is Substantive Consultant in Pediatric Radiology at GOSH. She covers every diagnostic modality (ultrasound, xray, CT, MRI). She is a member of the abdominal radiology Task Force of the European Society of Pediatric Radiology (ESPR) and of numerous other scientific societies. She has published on prestigious international papers, for which she is also a reviewer, and regularly attends the most relevant international congresses.
She was awarded with grants from the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the Société Francophone d’imagerie pédiatrique et prénatale (SFIPP), the Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Radiologie (GPR) and the European Society of Pediatric Radiology (ESPR).
Expertise
Dr Perucca is an expert in Paediatric Radiology.
Insurance companies
Cigna and WPA approved doctor.
Languages:
Italian, English, French.
Dr. Annamaria Deganello
Dr. Annamaria Deganello is a Consultant in Radiology
Work experience in Italy
Dr. Annamaria Deganello graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padova in 2004. She completed her training in Radiology in Padova in 2009.
Work experience in UK
Since 2013, Dr. Deganello has been working as a Radiologist at the Department of Radiology at King’s College Hospital in London. Additionally, she is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s Col-lege London.
Dr. Deganello has extensive international experience. With over 50 publications and book chapters, she is a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and a member of important com-mittees and scientific associations. She has been an invited lecturer at over 60 national and in-ternational conferences, sharing her expertise in ultrasound and pediatric radiology.
Expertise
Dr. Deganello is specialised in Pediatric Radiology, with a particular interest in the imaging of adult and pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and liver transplantation, Contrast Enhanced Ultra-sound, imaging of trauma, and ultrasound-guided procedures.
Languages:
Italian, English, Spanish.
Summary:
Dr. Annamaria Deganello is an Italian radiologist in London.
Dr. Barbara Faissola
Dr. Barbara Faissola is a Consultant Radiologist.
Work experience in Italy
Dr. Barbara Faissola graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Turin in 1990 and specialised in Radiology at the same university in 1994. She worked as a Consultant Radiologist at the Radiology Department of Molinette Hospital in Turin from 1994 to 2001. She then worked at the Breast Radiology Unit of the European Institute of Oncology in Milan from 2001 to 2002.
Work experience in UK
Since 2003, Dr. Faissola has been working as a Consultant Radiologist at the Breast Radiology Unit of Imperial College NHS Trust and at the Breast Screening Unit of St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Royal London Hospital. She plays a significant role in the double-reading and assessment of screen-detected lesions and is involved in all activities of the Symptomatic Breast Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. With a career enriched by publications and teaching roles, she is recognized for her expertise in diagnostic and interventional breast procedures.
Expertise
Dr. Faissola specialises in Breast Radiology, with particular expertise in digital and analog mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and interventional procedures such as biopsies (FNAC, core-biopsy, VAB) and pre-surgical localisation of non-palpable lesions.
Languages:
Italian, English.
Insurance:
AXA, BUPA, WPA, AVIVA.
In summary:
Dr. Barbara Faissola is an Italian radiologist in London.