Pr Francesco Benazzo

Scientific interest in : Sports traumatology (consultant for national teams of track and field, for Inter FC for 14 years, and many other football teams).

Basic science (from connective tissue to stem cells research).

Prosthetic replacement (designer of different system for hip and knee replacement).

Authors of many papers substantiating the above described interests.

In 2005, Dr. Benazzo became President of the EFOST (European Federation of the National Sports Traumatology Societies) and organized the 4th EFOST Congress held in September 2006.

He previously served as a member of the board of SIOT (Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia).

He is a member of ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society) and ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine), and the Secretary of the Italian College of Professors of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Dr. Benazzo won the Best Scientific Exhibit award for his cartilage stimulation with pulsed electromagnetic fields at the AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) Annual Meeting in 2007.

He also serves as visiting surgeon (Australia, France, and South Korea) and instructor on cadavers for total knee arthroplasty and unicompartmental replacement.