Lorenzo Corbetta

Lorenzo Corbetta, MD, is Associate Professor of Respiratory Diseases at the University of Florence and an interventional pulmonologist at Careggi University Hospital in Florence, Italy, where he directs the programme for advanced training, technological development and international relations in thoracic endoscopy. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery and specialised in Respiratory Diseases and in Sports Medicine at the University of Padua.

His academic and professional contributions are extensive, including:

• Medical education: Since 2009 he has coordinated the University of Florence second-level Master’s programme in Interventional Pulmonology, and he teaches pulmonology at UniCamillus – Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences.
• Scientific societies: He is President-elect of the Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy (SIET).
• International activity: Since 2023 he has been Visiting Professor at Chongqing Medical University, China.

Before joining the University of Florence, Professor Corbetta worked as a pulmonologist in Venice, Ferrara and Modena.