Francesco Boscia MD

Professor Francesco Boscia is Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic and of the School of Specialization in Ophthalmology of the University of Sassari. He graduated in 1986 in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari in 1986 and specialized in Ophthalmology in 1991 at the same University. In 1999 he won a Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology - King's College Hospital and the Vitreoretinal Unit - Moorfields Eye Hospital. The surgical experience mainly includes phacoemulsification interventions under topical anesthesia and vitreoretinal surgery on standard and complicated cases.

Francesco Boscia introduced the combined surgery of cataract extraction and silicone oil under topical anesthesia, an experience presented at the American Academy congress and published. The surgical experience in the traumatology allowed him to be a speaker at conferences and courses on the subject together with the biggest global specialists and to have published works in high impact factor journals .