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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