Director of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
Professor of Orthopedics at the San Pietro hospital Fatebenefratelli of Rome Link Campus University.
He is also the director of the Orthopaedic specialization and shoulder Felloship Program.
After terminating his residency, he completed a fellowship program in 1996 in Kerlan Jobe clinic in Los
Angeles and was a visiting professor in many usa and France shoulder surgery centers.
Since 1997, he was in charge of the Shoulder and Elbow Reconstructive Surgery Unit of Campus Biomedico
University in Rome and since the 2014 was the chief of the joint surgery unit. During his tenure, new and
innovated techniques have been introduced, like complex prosthetic procedures and arthroscopic Latarjet
or arthroscopic treatment of massive rotator cuff. In addition, a number of research projects in shoulder
surgery have been initiated and developed.
The main topics his research is focused to are shoulder instability, rotator cuff tear repair and
reconstruction of complex revision shoulder arthroplasty cases. Numerous communications to national and
international meetings have been presented, and more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals
have been published.
He was Associate Editor of the ESSKA journal. He has also been part of the faculty of prestigious shoulder
meetings in Europe and America and organizer of cutting edge international meetings.
Francesco Franceschi is also an active member of national and international scientific societies, like the
European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow (ESSSE), the European Society for Sports, Knee and
Arthroscopy (ESSKA), and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports
Medicine (ISAKOS).
He has now member by appointment of the Shoulder Committee of the International Society of
Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). He is the President of the
arthroscopic committee of the SIAGASCOT.
