Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Biography

Director of Moscow Research Institute of Eye Microsurgery and father of the modern Radial Keratotomy for the surgical correction of myopia, Massimo Lombardi is the first European ophthalmologist who attends in Moscow the courses on training in the most recent techniques for the microsurgery of the eye. 1987: He is the only private in the world who comes to an arrangement with the Moscow Institute of Eye Microsurgery, through the Soviet Ministry of Health. This agreement allows him the possibility to try new ideas in the field of ophthalmological research with the help of several équipes. He obtains the Specialization in Ophthalmology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza. He performs for the first time in the world the operation of “Lasik” on pig eyes. He holds in Atlanta a specialization course in refractive surgery to ophthalmologists from many different countries.

Research Interest

Micro Surgery,Mini Asymmetric Selective Radial Keratotom,Stem Cells