Piero Barboni MD

Piero Barboni earned an MD in 1986 at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he completed his residency in Ophthalmology in 1990. Appointed professor at the Department of Neurological Science of Bologna University from 2007 to 2011. Currently, he has been a consultant ophthalmologist at Scientific Institute San Raffaele, University of Milan since 2012 and a consultant ophthalmologist at Ospedale Bellaria, University of Bologna since 2016. Private practice at Studio Oculistico d’Azeglio, Bologna

Barboni is also devoted to the study of hereditary optic neuropathies, for which he collaborates with several university-based centers (University of Bologna, University of South California, Los Angeles, USA, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). He has authored more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and several books.