Riccardo Accetta

Professor Riccardo Accetta is Head of the Traumatology Unit at IRCCS Galeazzi - Sant’Ambrogio Hospital and Contract Professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Milan. He also collaborates with Casa di Cura La Madonnina. Professor Accetta is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in sports traumatology.

After graduating from the University of Milan in 1979 with a degree in Medicine and Surgery, in 1984 he again received a specialization in orthopedics and traumatology at the same university.

His work experience:

• From 1983 to 1989 – Full-time assistant at the Clinica Ortopedica of the University of Milan at the Ospedale San Paolo in Milan;
• From 1989 to 1999 – Full-time assistant at the Clinica Ortopedica of the University of Milan at Ospedale San Paolo;
• From 2000 to 2003 – Level I Manager in the Department of Knee Operative Surgery II at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan;
• From 2004 to 2006 – Head of the Department of Operative Traumatology DiPSON IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi;
• Since 2006 – he has been the head of U. O. Traumatology and emergency care at the IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio (ex IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi).

Regarding his teaching activities, Professor Riccardo Accetta taught Orthopedics and Traumatology at the National Cancer Institute in Milan (1980-1982) and at the Italian Red Cross Nursing School (1980-1985). He was a contract professor at the University of Milan in the postgraduate internal medicine course (1995-1997). He served as a mentor for professional qualification practices in the 2006-2010 academic years and as an adjunct professor in the medical-surgical emergency care course at the University of Milan (2010-2012). Since 2006, he has been a mentor for orthopedic and traumatology residents at the University of Milan.

He has over 26 publications in renowned national and international journals and has been a speaker at numerous national and international congresses in orthopedics and traumatology.