Paolo Nucci

Prof. Paolo Nucci is an ophthalmologist, university lecturer and science popularizer. A full professor at the University of Milan, he teaches diseases of the visual apparatus. After specialising in ophthalmology, he perfected his professional skills with a fellowship in paediatric ophthalmology at the University of Chicago. Author of more than 250 publications on SCOPUS with an H index of 38, his main interest lies in childhood pathologies, a field in which he has 8 scientific monographs to his credit. He is currently President of the Italian Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (SIOPS) and President of the Degree Course in Orthoptics at the University of Milan. He also holds the role of Ambassador of the International Myopia Institute. For a number of years now, he has dedicated himself to popularisation and communication in Medicine with a particular focus on the modern figure of the doctor and the reinterpretation of our National Health System. His divulgation activity has often seen him as a guest on numerous television programmes and he is present on WIKIPEDIA. He is a member of the National Technical Committee for the Prevention of Blindness of the Ministry of Health.