Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

Founded in 1963, The Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, I.R.C.C.S. (Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care), in Milan is, since 2001, the first hospital for orthopaedic admissions in the Lombardy Region, with 3300 prosthetic surgeries and 1000 spinal arthrodesis interventions per year, it is the reference center for the locomotor system disorders. Accredited by the Italian National Healthcare System (SSN), it is a center of excellence for clinical and pre-clinical biomedical research and it is well-known for its teaching activity as a learning site for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in agreement with the University of Milan. The Institute is a part of the San Donato Hospital Group as of 2000 and, it has since extended its medical and surgical specialties (in addition to orthopaedic) to include Maxillofacial Surgery, Rheumatology, Plastic Surgery, Physical Medicine, and Neurosurgery, as well as Outpatient Neurology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Otorhinolaryngology, Dentistry, Vascular Surgery and Dermatology. Among the various awards the Institute has earned over the years, in April 2006 the Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute has been recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health as Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) in the area of locomotive apparatus disorders and, for more than ten years, the Institute has prided itself on the UNI EN ISO 9001 certification for healthcare institutions and management of the scientific research. Since 2007, the Institute has become a member of the ISOC - International Society of Orthopaedic Centers, recognized as one of the 19 institutes of excellence in the field of orthopaedics representing 16 countries. In 2013, the IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute was ranked first in Italy for having performed the largest number of knee replacements.