Carlo Salati graduated from Medicine
and Surgery at the University of Udine in 1992 with the highest marks. Starting
in August 2000, he started the vitreo-retinal surgery service at the
Operational Unit of the Palmanova Ophthalmology Division, attending and holding
numerous surgery courses in the front and back segments. In October 2000, he
started a collaboration on the surgical activity of the front segment at the
Hospital of Latisana (Udine). He collaborated with the Janach company for the
production of irons and surgical equipment, in particular for the realization
of surgical instruments used for cataracts. In February 2002, he collaborated
with the Day-Surgery of the Hospital of Tolmezzo and Gemona, performing
cataract surgeries. He is responsible for the surgical retinal clinic of the
SOC of Ophthalmology of the university hospital in Udine. Expert surgeon of the
front and posterior segment with more than 12,000 surgeries carried out, he
also gained experience in the diagnosis and treatment of the retinopathies of
the premature by laser collaboration with the neonatal SOC of the same company.
Author of many publications in national and international journals, he has been
invited several times by the Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI) to perform
surgical interventions as a teacher of various sessions.
Marco Zeppieri obtained a degree in
biology from the University of Toronto in 1992. He obtained his medical degree
at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, in 2003. He then obtained his specialization
in ophthalmology at the University of Udine in 2007. In 2012, he completed his
Ph.D. at the University of Udine. He also completed a post-doctoral glaucoma
research fellowship at the Discoveries in Sight, Devers Eye Institute in
Portland, Oregon, USA in 2006. He obtained his national qualifications as a 2°
level university professor in 2018. Since January 2008, he has worked as an
ophthalmologist at the Department of Ophthalmology at Santa Maria Della
Misericordia Hospital in Udine, Italy. He has won several awards, such as the
Best Video SOI (2004), AIGS Travel Grant (2007), and ARVO GB Bietti Foundation
for Ophthalmology Travel Grant (2007). His scientific interests include new
techniques for the morphological and functional diagnosis of ocular hypertension
and glaucoma, the use of stem cells for corneal wound lesions, ocular surface
and lid diagnostics and treatments, and community-based screening procedures.
He has participated as an invited speaker at numerous national and
international ophthalmology conferences. He is a reviewer for numerous
international peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of over 50 book chapters
and indexed scientific publications in international scientific journals.
