Languages
Italian – English
Curriculum
Since 2007 he has been Coordinator of the Operative Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Maria Cecilia Hospital and Scientific Supervisor of the Orthopedic Area of GVM Care & Research, where every year more than 1,200 cases are treated by his team of orthopedists. Since 2011 he has held the role of president of the Italian Association of Arthroscopy, and of National Councilor of SICOOP, the Italian Society of Orthopedic Surgeons of Private Hospital. He teaches at the School of Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology of the University of Siena and of the Milan University of Bicocca. He is also an orthopedic consultant for Serie A football, basketball and volleyball teams.
He operates in the field of diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of degenerative diseases and traumatic diseases of the knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, foot, hand, spine; in the arthroscopic treatment of the wrist, hip, knee and shoulder and in major prosthetic surgery for the knee, hip, shoulder, as well as in orthopedic and physiatric rehabilitation. In particular, he specializes in the treatment of the following pathologies: femoro-acetabular impingement, pubalgia, chondropathy, Perthes disease, synovitis and the snapping hip syndrome. Since 1977 he has performed about 15,000 operations and 1215 hip arthroscopies between 2009 and 2015.
Education
Dr Zini graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Catholic University of the Sacro Cuore in Rome in 1976, where three years later he obtained the specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology.
Research
His scientific activity over the years has been very intense. In addition to publications in industry journals, monographs and books, he’s also recognized as top expert active member and / or organizer of several courses for scientific societies, such as SIA, AMOTO and numerous international congresses on hip arthroscopy and orthopedic surgery.
Publications
Author of 7 monographs of over 100 publications in national scientific journals. Among the most recent publications: "Thirty years of Arthroscopy in Italy" 2011 Argalia Publishing and "Groin Pain Syndrome" 2017 Publishing Springer-Verlag. He is the author of over 200 reports on Hip, Knee, Ankle, Shoulder Prosthetics, Hip, Ankle, Knee, Elbow, Wrist, Shoulder Arthroscopy, BioTechnology, Sports Traumatology.
Awards
He was awarded twice with the Bellando-Randone Prize of the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatologists (SIOT) for the best monograph of the year 1983 with the book "Radiculography Lombare - Text Atlas", Editrice Roma; and for the best monograph of the 1997 with the volume "Arthroscopy of the ankle - Practical manual of surgical technique" Editrice Fortuna.
Many Italian and international professional athletes have been treated by Dr Zini over the years:
Giovanna TRILLINI National Fencing team 2012; Ario COSTA Basket Scavolini Pesaro 1992; Carolina COSTAGRANDE National Volleyball team 2014; Sasha DJORDJEVIC Basketball Scavolini Pesaro 2005; Filippo MAGNINI National Swimming team 2012; Martina GUIGGI National Volleyball team 2013; Terrel MC INTYRE Basketball team Montepaschi Siena 2008; German SCARONE Basketball team Marr Rimini 2008; Jean PRIOLEAU Baskeball team Sicc Jesi 1998; Luca and Michele VITALI National Basketball team 2015; Michele MAGGIOLI Basketball team Fileni Jesi 2013; Jiri KOVAR Volleyball team Lube Macerata 2014; Carlton MYERS Basketball team Scavolini Marr Pesaro 2008; Massimo AMBROSINI Football team Milan 2006; Lucia CRISANTI National Volleyball team 2013; Simone PARODI Volleyball team Lube Macerata 2015; Domenico CRISCITO Soccer team Zenit Saint Petersburg 2015; Francesco LASCA Caja Rural Cycling team Spain 2014; Mirko CUDINI Football team Ascoli 2006; Alex KALIUZHNY National Ice Hockey team Russia 2014; Luca TONI Football team Bayern Munich 2009; Aleksey VERBOV National Basketball team Russia 2015; Frederik SORENSEN football
team Bologna 2014; Mikailai SIHNEVICH Football team Bate Borisov Belarus 2015; Richard MASON ROCCA Basketball team Fileni Jesi 2015; Marco CARRARETTO Basketball team Montepaschi Siena 2013