Luigi Fontana

Luigi Fontana MD, PhD is full professor and chairman of the Ophthalmology Unit IRCCS-AOSP University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Following his Residency Program in Ophthalmology at the University of Bologna, he completed a Fellowship in Visual Science at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College of London, a Fellowship in Glaucoma at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, and a Fellowship in Cornea at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He completed his Ph.D. in the vascular pathogenesis of normal tension glaucoma at the University la Sapienza in Rome. Dr. Fontana has worked for more than 20 years on the treatment of complex eye anterior segment diseases including cornea, ocular surface, cataract and glaucoma. He founded and directed the regional Eye Bank of Emilia Romagna for 10 years. His research encompassing more than 200 articles, book chapters, and books is mainly focused on new surgical techniques of corneal transplantation, glaucoma surgery and cataract surgery. He is former and current Board Member of several scientific societies including the Cornea Society, European Cornea Society, Società Italiana Trapianto di Cornea. Dr. Fontana is member of the Editorial Board of several international journals of ophthalmology.