Dr Guido Mastellone
English-Speaking Ophthalmologist in Florence, Italy
Consulting Rooms
Eye Department, Piero Palagi Hospital (IOT), Via San Bernardino da Siena, 50125 Firenze
Ambulatorio Misericordia, Piazza del Popolo 43, 50020 Mercatale in Val di Pesa
Curriculum Vitae
Born in London (GB), resident in Florence (IT). Registered with the Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e Odontoiatri of Florence, no. 8341.
Education
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence (1985), with a thesis on extraocular eye movements.
- Clinical placements as a medical student: Department of Surgery (Mr Nevill Gibson), Pembury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells; Department of Ophthalmology (Dr Earl Crouch), Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia (USA); The Eye Hospital (Mr Hung Cheng), Oxford.
- Specialisation in Ophthalmology, Eye Clinic, University of Florence (1989), with a thesis on the potential of the excimer laser in ophthalmology.
- Research fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Education in the Department of Experimental Ophthalmology (Prof. John Marshall), Moorfields Eye Hospital, University of London, working on excimer laser refractive surgery.
- PhD in Applied Ocular Physiopathology, University of Florence, with a thesis on “Clinical and Biological Aspects of Corneal Photoablation”.
Clinical career
- Senior House Officer, Eye Unit (Mr Peter Fison), Sutton General Hospital, London.
- Senior House Officer, Prince Charles Eye Unit (Mr Jack Kanski), King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor.
- Ophthalmologist, Nuovo San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence.
- Consultant ophthalmologist, Ospedale Oftalmico Fiorentino (Florence Eye Hospital), and head of its Paediatric Ophthalmology Service.
- Consultant ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology Unit, Piero Palagi Hospital (IOT), Florence.
Teaching
- Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the eye, Regional Institute of Optics and Optometry, Vinci (Florence).
- Ophthalmology, School of Nursing of the Florence local health authority (USL 10).
Publications
- Italian translation of Jack J. Kanski, Clinical Ophthalmology (Butterworths): Oftalmologia Clinica, USES, Florence, 1990.
- Italian translation of D.J. Spalton, R.A. Hitchings and P.A. Hunter, Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmology (Wolfe/Mosby): Atlante di Oftalmologia Clinica, UTET, Turin, 1995.
- Look after your child’s eyes (originally published in Italian as Guarda gli occhi del tuo bambino), a parents’ guide to children’s eye health: when to have a child’s eyes checked and the common childhood eye conditions.