Paolo Adravanti MD

Paolo Adravanti received his M.D in 1979 from the University of Parma (Italy); he then completed his residency program in Orthopaedics and Traumatology in 1984 at the University of Milano and in Physiotherapy in 1987 at the University of Parma. After 7 years spent at the University Hospital in Parma, he moved to the Clinic “Città di Parma” where he is the Chief of the Orthopaedic Department since 1991. As part of his educational and training program, he attended several fellowships in both knee replacement and sports medicine in some of the most outstanding orthopaedic centres, including the Insall Scott Kelly Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine of New York (Prof. J. N. Insall), the Hospital for Special Surgery of New York (Dr. R. S. Laskin), the Alabama Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center of Birmingham, the East Lansing Medical Plaza of East Lansing (Dr. L. L. Johnson) and the Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud of Lyon – France (Prof. Henry Dejour).

He was President of SIGASCOT (Italian Knee Arthroscopy Sports Cartilage and Orthopaedic Technology Society) in 2012-2014, Founding Member of EKS (European Knee Society), an active member of ESSKA (European Society Sport Knee Arthroscopy), ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine) and AAHKS (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons). He is Authors of peer-reviewed papers and he has been speakers at several national and international Congresses and Courses since 2001.