Emilio Pedrotti is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in the Department of Excellence of neurosciences, biomedicine and movement of University of Verona. He is the Director of post Lauream Master in Corneal and refractive surgery. He is Director and Coordinator of the “corneal Pathology, ocular surface and corneal transplant” service with an appointment of high specialization of the Ophthalmology Clinic of University of Verona.
Prof. Pedrotti regularly teaches in the Ophthalmology Course at the Medical School of University of Verona, in the Resident School of Ophthalmology and he regularly organizes Teaching session with medical and surgical topics for others Ophthalmologists, including innovative topics such as: cataract and refractive surgery (including implantation of phakic, refractive and aberrometric intraocular lenses), Additive Keratoplasty for Keratoconus treatment, corneal limbal and conjunctival stem cell transplantation for diseases of the ocular surface, complex vitreoretinal surgery with mini invasive techniques.
He is currently a teacher and examiner in the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO) and in the European Board of Ophthalmology, of which he is also a member.
With regard to innovation in ophthalmic technology, he is the Italian referent for the Nanolaser technology in cataract surgery, he is surgical referent in the development of version 3.4 of Victus Femtosecond Laser (Zeiss, New York, USA) and Medical Consultant for SIFI-group (Italy).
Prof. Pedrotti has cooperated in the development of surgical techniques such as deep lamellar keratoplasty, meniscus-shaped stromal lenticule addition keratoplasty (MS-SLAK; original technique) and simple conjunctival epithelial transplantation (SCET).
Prof. Pedrotti is Section Editor of International Ophthalmology – Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Board Member of Italian Corneal Transplant Society (SITRAC)
Prof. Pedrotti is Scientific Reviewer of the following reviewed international journals and with an impact factor:
– Investigation in Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS); – Ophthalmology- Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (JCRS)- International Journal of OphThalmology.
Currently he is a member of the following Scientific Societies:
International: American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO); Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO); European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS); Société Française d’Ophtalmologie (SFO).
National: Italian Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (AICCER); Italian Society of Ergophthalmology and Ocular Traumatology (SIETO); Italian Laser Society in Ophthalmology (SILO); Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI); Triveneta Ophthalmological Society (SOT); University Ophthalmologists Society (SOU)
He is author of 56 papers focused mainly on ocular surface diseases, including conjunctival and corneal topics, with a total of 1109 citations and has an H-index of 20.
Prof. Pedrotti has performed more than ten thousand surgeries, with a wide expertise on corneal and conjunctival stem cells.
He is referee for international Journals in the Ophthalmological field and he is currently a member of national and international ophthalmology societies. Prof. Pedrotti was invited speaker in several national and international congresses and he has often performed live surgery.
He has an extensive experience on corneal Limbal Stem Cells (LSC) grafts, and on this topic he is a winner of numerous grants, including:
Cariverona Project 2008 entitled “Long term effectiveness of autologous cultured LSC grafts in patients with LSC deficiency due to chemical burns”; “Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata 2008 and 2009” for the treatment of stem cells deficiency; Joint Project 2018 entitled “Simple limbal epithelial translation (SLET): identification of new pharmacological targets for efficient treatment of LSC deficiency”; partner of Caritro Project 2019 with the title “One step 3D bioprinting and in vitro validation of a full thickness corneal tissue”.
Prof. Pedrotti is a two-time winner of Best paper at The International Society of Cornea, Stem Cells and Ocular Surface (SICSSO).