Teaching staff

MORA PAOLO, born in Mantua 03/07/71, Italian.

April 1997: Degree with honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Parma (Italy) with a thesis on the treatment of choroidal melanoma.

October 1997: admitted to the National Order of Physicians.

February 1998: admitted to school of specialisation in Ophthalmology at the University of Parma.

January 1999 – March 2000: military service as medical officer with the Italian Airforce.

October 2000 – October 2001: 3rd year of specialisation abroad at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) under prof. L. Zografos. Research programme entitled: “Transscleral Passage of Triamcinolone Acetonide” leading to the title of “Docteur en Médecine de L’Université de Lausanne”.

November 2002: specialisation in Ophthalmology at the University of Parma (50/50 cum laude) with a thesis entitled: “Type of cataract and 10-year mortality in the cohort of the Italian-American case-control study” (with prof. G. Maraini).

December 2002 – February 2004: research programme on: visual accommodation after cataract extraction studied with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM).

November 2003: prix of the National “Bietti” Foundation for the best paper to the annual Ever Meeting in Alicant (Spain).

February 2005: period of voluntary service at the “Eyes and Women Hospital” in Mori village (Andhra Predesh – India), under the direction of prof André Mermoud (Svizzera).

October 2005: University Researcher and Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the University of Parma.

October 2008: Senior University Researcher and Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the University of Parma.

Foreign languages:
• English: excellent spoken and written;
• French: excellent spoken and written.

Knowledge and Practical Experience:
Inflammatory ocular diseases.

Instrumental diagnosis (echograpy and fluorangiography);
Ocular immunology and tumours;
Medical statistic analysis.