Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo

Dr Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo obtained his Medical Degree in 2000, Certification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2005 and PhD in Human Development, Reproduction and Growth in 2008. He has been member of the Teaching Faculty at Unit of Minimally Invasive Therapy & Endoscopy Training Centre while at the Royal Free Hospital, London in 2003. Winner in 2008 and 2015 of the Golden Hysteroscope Award for the best scientific paper submitted at the Annual Congress of American Association of Gynecological Endoscopy (AAGL) Actually he is Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Hysteroscopy Unit at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy. Author of more than 170 articles published in international peer-review journals, 1 book on hysteroscopy (translated in English and chinese), 15 book chapters and 1 educational DVD He has been personally invited as speakers in more than 200 national and international meetings and he has actively organized 30 national and international courses and scientific meetings. He is actually member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE) and has contributed to the development of the Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgical Education and Assessment (GESEA) programme within the ESGE.

Curriculum Vitae

Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Department of Public Health of the School of Medicine of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and since 2011 has headed the Hysteroscopy Unit of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Urology of the Federico II University Hospital. He is a gynaecologist with proven expertise in gynaecological endoscopy, particularly operative hysteroscopy.

His academic and research contributions are extensive, including:

Surgical innovation: He has conceived and developed new hysteroscopic instruments and techniques, including the H-pipelle for endometrial biopsy during vaginohysteroscopy, the OPPIum technique for submucous fibroids and the HOME-DU technique for dysmorphic uteri.
Academic career: At Federico II he was Researcher from 2010 and Associate Professor from 2015 before becoming Full Professor in 2019; his PhD thesis was devoted to “See & Treat” hysteroscopy in daily practice.
International training: He was a Visiting Clinical Fellow at the Minimally Invasive Therapy Unit and Endoscopy Training Centre of the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Professor Di Spiezio Sardo has contributed to the improvement and diffusion of endoscopic techniques through numerous publications in national and international journals and as an invited speaker, moderator and surgeon at congresses and courses.