Dr. Matteo Sacchi graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2007 and specialized in Ophthalmology in 2012, at the University of Milan.
Between 2009 and 2011 he carried out clinical and research activities at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami and Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester.
Since 2012 he has been working at the University Eye Clinic, San Giuseppe Hospital, IRCCS Multimedica, in Milan as Head of the Glaucoma Center.
Since 2016 he has been a leader section and member of the Global Consult Bureau of the World Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and since 2019 he has been a regional referee of the Italian Glaucoma Society. He serves as tutor on the Ophthalmology Residency Program of the University of Milan.
His fields of interest are the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, including surgical techniques of valve and minimally invasive implants. In particular Dr. Sacchi has developed a particular experience in the treatment of congenital and pediatric forms of glaucoma.
He has participated in numerous international clinical trials, and has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and chapters on books on general ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology. In 2010, he received the “Maurizio Quinteri” award of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology for his work: “The Boston keratoprosthesis in the paediatric patient”.
In 2013 he participated in the drafting of the text “Childhood Glaucoma”, of the World Glaucoma Association. He serves as reviewer for several international peer-review journals.