• In 1974 he graduated from the Scuola Normale in Pisa.
• In 1978 he specialised in Neurosurgery.

• From 1978 to mid-1993, he worked at the Neurosurgery Clinic in Pescara, where he devoted himself to experimental microneurosurgery and basic neurosurgical pathology.
• From 1983 to 1993 he worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Chieti.
• In 1986, he was awarded the National Certificate of Eligibility as Chief of Hospital Neurosurgery.
• From 1998 to 2002, he became Head of Highly Professional Position, type C2, ‘Organisation of Spinal Surgery’ at the UO 1 of the Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana.
• From 2000 to 2008 he worked as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Specialisation in Neurosurgery at the University of Pisa (Reconstructive Spinal Surgery).
• From 2002 to 2004, he became Head of Highly Professional Appointment, type C2, ‘Neurosurgery of the Spinal Cord’ at the UO 1 of the Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana.
• From 2004 to 2008, he directed an in-house ‘Endocrine Neurosurgery’ section at the complex UO 1 of the Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana.
• From 2005 to 2008, he worked as an Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery for the School of Specialisation in Psychiatry in Pisa.
• From 2008 to the present Dr Acerbi has continued his work at the San Rossore Medical Centre.

Dr Acerbi has participated as a speaker or lecturer in numerous national and international courses and congresses.

• In 1976 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Florence.
• In 1980, he specialised in Neurology at the University of Florence.
• In 1985 he specialised in Neurosurgery at the University of Padua.
• In 1988 he specialised in Endocrinology at the University of Florence.
• In 1987, he became Chief of Neurosurgery in Rome.
• In 1995, he specialised in Radiology/Radiotherapy Oncology at the University of Florence.

• From 1979 to 2000 he worked at the S.O.D. Neurosurgery 1 of the Careggi-Florence University Hospital as an Assistant.
• From 2000 to 2009 he worked as a Level I/C
• From 2009 to 2010 he worked as Acting Director
• From 2010 to 2019, he worked as a tenured director.

• He took part in about 11500 surgeries, of which about 7700 as first operator.

Dr. Ammanati is the author of about 170 scientific papers on neurosurgical topics and about 190 communications at congresses in Italy and abroad.

• In 1991, Dr Carnesecchi graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pisa.
• In 1998 he specialised in Neurosurgery at the University of Florence

Dr Carnesecchi deals with the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies of neurosurgical competence, in the cranio-brain area and with particular interest in spinal pathology (degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic, inflammatory and infectious).

– Effect of surgical experience and spine subspecialty on the reliability of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System. Lambrechts MJ, Schroeder GD, Karamian BA, Vaccaro AR et al., AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification International Members; AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification International Members. J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 Aug 19:1-11. doi: 10.3171/2022.6. SPINE22454.

– Global Validation of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification. Vaccaro AR, Lambrechts MJ, Karamian BA, Canseco JA, et al., AO Spine UpperCervical Injury Classification International Members. Spine Publish Ahead of Print 2022, DOI:10.1097/BRS.0000000000004429

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Ha eseguito circa 4000 interventi come primo operatore.

Il principale campo di interesse è dedicato allo sviluppo e all’innovazione delle tecniche mininvasive alla colonna vertebrale.

Tale continuo impegno negli ultimi dieci anni ha reso possibile rendere oggi disponibili, primi in Italia, le moderne tecniche endoscopiche per il trattamento delle ernie discali, delle stenosi del canale lombare, delle listesi.

• Membro della Spine Alliance.
• Istruttore Europeo certificato di chirurgia endoscopica.
• Referente italiano dell’omonimo gruppo di lavoro per la formazione ed il tutoraggio di tutti i medici interessati alla tecnica.