Dr. med. Romina Lombardo
Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology
Surgeon specialized in orthopedics and traumatology with over 15 years of experience in both public and private healthcare. Excellent surgical skills, particularly as the lead surgeon in hand surgery and as an assistant surgeon in hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty, as well as spinal surgery. Additionally, extensive experience in outpatient and emergency care for patients with orthopedic conditions and sports injuries.
Range of services
Orthopedics and Traumatology of the entire musculoskeletal system
Dr. Lombardo primarily focuses on hand surgery, having received training in Italy at the Hand Surgery Center of the Istituto Clinico Humanitas in Milan under the supervision of Dr. Lazzerini.
Furthermore, international “visiting fellowship” experiences:
- At King’s College London with Dr. D. Sammut (congenital pathology and reconstructive hand surgery)
- At the “Dr. N. Tulp Foundation” in Utrecht (Netherlands) during the “Handflaps course and dissection”
Dr. Lombardo has performed numerous procedures including:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Trigger finger
- Excision of ganglions
- Tendon injuries
- Dupuytren’s contracture
- De Quervain’s disease
- Arthrodesis
- Wrist/hand prosthetics (rhizarthrosis-PIP osteoarthritis)
- Wrist/hand fractures
Publications
- September 2008: National SICM Hand Surgery Congress in Palermo, as Scientific Secretary
- September 2010: SICM Congress in Savona
- “The Artelon Spacer in Hand Surgery”, as Speaker, publication in the journal “Chirurgia Mano”
- September 2010: Aosta Conference on “Integrated Management of Ski Trauma”, as Speaker
Career
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery, July 2003, University of Palermo
- Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology, December 2008, University of Palermo
- From 2009 to 2024: Assistant Surgeon for hip, knee, shoulder, foot prosthetics, and spinal surgery; Chief Surgeon for hand surgery at Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Istituto Clinico Valdostano ICV Saint-Pierre, Clinica Eporediese, Clinica San Gaudenzio, Ospedale Gradenigo Humanitas
- From 2009 to 2024: Orthopedic Specialist and head of the First Aid Trauma Centers in Valle D’Aosta (Cervinia, Courmayeur, La Thuile, Champoluc, Pila)
- From 2014 to 2017: Chief orthopedic medical officer at USL VDA, Ospedale U. Parini di Aosta, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- From 2022 to 2024: Emergency orthopedic consultant at USL Valtellina and USL Alessandria
