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    IAPB ITALY GOVERNANCE – INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS

     

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    PRESIDENT
    Giuseppe CASTRONOVO

    Mr Castronovo holds the highest position within the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness-IAPB Italy. He is also President of the National Association of Civil War Victims (Associazione Nazionale Vittime Civili di Guerra onlus-ANVCG).

    VICEPRESIDENT
    Michele CORCIO
    THIRD MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENCY OFFICE
    Filippo CRUCIANI

    Former Acting Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic of the “Sapienza” University in Rome- Umberto I Polyclinic.

    SECRETARY GENERAL
    Tiziano MELCHIORRE
    MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE

    Mario BARBUTO

    President of the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti)

    Adoriano CORRADETTI

    Member of the National Directorate of the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti)

    Leonardo MASTROPASQUA

    Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic-Regional Centre of Excellence of the Chieti-Pescara University “G. D’Annunzio”.

    Matteo PIOVELLA

    President of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology (Società Oftalmologica Italiana-SOI)

    Stefano TORTINI

    Vice President of the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti).

    Carlo Maria VILLANI

    Former Chief Ophthalmologist of the “S. Giovanni dell’Addolorata” Hospital in Rome.

    NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

    PRESIDENT
    Francesco BANDELLO

    Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic of the Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan.

    VICEPRESIDENT
    Emilio CAMPOS

    Director of the Ophthalmology Unit of the University of Bologna.

    MEMBERS

    Teresio AVITABILE

    Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic of the V. Emanuele Polyclinic – University of Catania.

    Aldo CAPOROSSI

    Director of Ophthalmology at the A. Gemelli Polyclinic of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

    Edoardo MIDENA

    Director of the Ophthalmological Clinic and the Ophthalmology Residency Program at the University of Padua.

    HONORARY PRESIDENT
    Emilio BALESTRAZZI

    Former Director of the Ophthalmology Unit of the A. Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.

    NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF STATUTORY AUDITORS

    PRESIDENT
    Claudio ZUCCHELLI
    Former State Councilor

    Sergio CARNABUCI

    Carmine SILANO