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Personal information

Name		La Maida, Giovanni Andrea
Address		via Felice Poggi, 31. 20131 – Milan / Italy
Telephone		0039-0258296/324-325
E-mail		lamaida.ga@tiscali.it
http//		www.chirurgiavertebrale.it

Nationality		Italian
Date of birth		12, January, 1970
Family		Married, I have two children (4 and 7 yrs old)
Other interests		Sports: cycling, skiing and wind-surfing

Mother tongue		italian
Other languages		good english, basic french

Work experience
• Dates (2010 – today)
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Bernardo Misaggi. Spine Surgery Dpt/G. Pini Orthopaedic Institute - Milan
• Occupation or position held		Assistant

• Dates (2003 – 2010)
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Dario Capitani, Orthopaedic and Trauma Dpt./DEA Niguarda Hospital - Milan
• Occupation or position held		Assistant, responsible for traumatic and degenerative spinal surgery

• Dates (2002 – 2003)
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Marco D’Imporzano, Orthopaedic and Trauma Dpt./ G. Pini Orthopaedic Institute - Milan
• Occupation or position held		Assistant

• Dates (1999 – 2002)
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Salvatore Caserta . Spine Surgery Dpt./G. Pini Orthopaedic Institute - Milan
• Occupation or position held		Resident and fellowship

Education and training

• Dates		1989 – 1995
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training		University of Milan
• Title of qualification awarded		Graduation – Medical Doctor

• Dates		1996 – 2001
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training		University of Milan
• Title of qualification awarded		Post graduation - Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

• Dates		July and August 2001
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Max Aebi and Dante Marchesi, McGill University – Montreal Canada
• Occupation or position held		Spine Surgery AO Fellowship

• Dates		May 2003
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Jean-Charles LeHuec, Spine Unit/Orthopaedic and Traumatology Dpt – Bordeaux University Hospital - France
• Occupation or position held		Spine Surgery Visiting

• Dates		February 2007
• Name and address of employer		Prof. Paul Haini, Spine Surgery Dpt. INSELSpital – Bern Switzerland
• Occupation or position held		Spine Surgery Visiting

• Date		Vienna, January 28th, 2011
• Certificate		European Spine Course DIPLOMA
• Organization		Eurospine Foundation

Affiliations

Since 1996 - Italian Orthopaedicand and Traumatology Surgery Society – SIOT Since 1999 –  Italian Spine Surgery Society – GIS Since 2003 – SO Spine

Technical skills and competences

I spent the last eight years of my training in the study and care of spinal disorders, performing more than four hundred of spinal suregry procedures (80% thoraco-lumbar spine and 20% cervical spine) I especially like to treat cervical spine (anterior and posterior approaches), spinal fractures/dislocations and deformities in young and adult patients I regularly use the microscope to perform spnal neural decompressions, microdiscectomies e other microsurgical procedures all over the spine My surgical training during the last years was focused on minimally invasive surgical procedures

Publications

Authors	G.A. La Maida, A. Acerbi, W. Albisetti, B. Misaggi
Title	Surgical revision of a type C thoracic spine fractures: a retrospective analysis
Journal	Aggiorn Club Ital Osteosint. N°17:57-60. 2011

Authors	G.A. La Maida, L.S. Giarratana, A. Acerbi, B. Misaggi, G.V. Mineo
Title	Gestione delle fratture vertebrali toraco-lombari da osteoporosi
Journal	Archivio di Ortopedia e Reumatologia Vol. 122, n°3/4, pp. 14-15. 2011

Authors	G.A. La Maida, F. Sala, G. Callea, D. Capitani, S. Singh
Title	Efficacy of Unipedicular Baloon Kyphoplasty for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Vertebral Lesions
Journal	Asian Spine Journal Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 162~168. 2011

Authors	G.A. La Maida, L.S. Giarratana, A. Acerbi, D. Peroni, B. Misaggi
Title	Il trattamento chirurgico delle fratture toraco-lombari: approccio posteriore
Journal	Archivio di Ortopedia e Reumatologia Vol. 122, n°2, pp. 9-11. 2011

Authors	G.A. La Maida, L.S. Giarratana, L. Briatico Vangosa, W. Albisetti, B. Misaggi
Title	Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Thoracic-Lumbar Vertebral Fractures due to Osteoporosis – comparison between vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Journal	Medicina e Chirurgia Ortopedica. N° 1, pp. 62-66; Marzo/Aprile 2011

Authors	F. Sala, D. Capitani, F. Castelli, G.A. La Maida, G. Lovisetti, S. Singh
Title	Alternative fixation method for open femoral fractures from a damage control orthopaedics perspective
Journal	Injury. 41: pp. 161-168. 2010

Authors	G.A. La Maida, B. Misaggi
Title	Frattura da scoppio di L1: storia naturale e rischi di una frattura instabile non trattata chirurgicamente subito dopo il trauma
Journal	Archivio di Ortopedia e Reumatologia Vol. 121, n°2/3, pp. 37-38. 2010

Authors	F. Castelli, F. Sala, G.A. La Maida, O. Chiara, D. Capitani
Title	Protocollo di Trattamento del Trauma Addomino-Pelvico
Journal	Sphera Medical Journal. Anno 2, N°2; pp 40-47. Speciale SIOT 2008.

Authors	G. D’Aliberti, G. Talamonti, F. Villa, A. Debernardi, C.V. Sansalone, G.A. La Maida, M. Torre, M. Collice
Title	Anterior Approach to Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Lesions: results in 145 consecutive cases
Journal	Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Vol. 9, N° 5: pp.466-482. 2008

Authors	F. Sala, A. Aloni, R. Spagnolo, G.A. La Maida, M. Bonalumi, D. Capitani
Title	External Fixation and platelet gel in bone transports and treatment of post-traumatic bone loss
Journal	J Bone Joint Surg. (BR) 2006; 88-B: Suppl. III

Authors	S. Brambilla  - C. Ruosi - G.A. La Maida – S. Caserta
Title	Prevention of venous thromboembolism in spianl surgery
Journal	European Spine Journal (2004) 13: 1-8.

Authors	G.A. La Maida, S. Brambilla, B. Misaggi, P. Viganò, D. Peroni, G. Fava, S. Caserta
Title	L’uso dell’osso di banca e dei sostituti ossei in chirurgia vertebrale
Journal	Giornale Italiano di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Vol. XXX, 2004; 30(Suppl.1): S65-S70.

Authors	S. Caserta, G.A. La Maida, B. Misaggi, D. Peroni, R. Pietrabissa, M.T. Raimondi, A. Redaelli
Title	Elastic Stabilization alone or combined with rigid fusion in spinal surgery: a biomechanical study and clinical experience based on 82 cases
Journal	European Spine Journal (2002) 11 (Suppl.2): S192-S197.

Authors	S. Caserta, G.A. La Maida, B. Misaggi
Title	Chapter 59: Elastic Microsurgical Stabilization with Posterior Shock Absorber
Journal	Book Title: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (2nd Ed.) Editor: H. Michael Mayer. Springer

Authors	S. Brambilla, G.A. La Maida, G. Fava, B. Misaggi, D. Peroni, P. Viganò, S. Caserta
Title	La Ricostruzione Istmica nella Spondilolisi Lombare
Journal	ARCHIVIO DI ORTOPEDIA E REUMATOLOGIA – VOLUME SPECIALE. Pag. 19-27, 2002.

Authors	C. Verdoia, G.A. La Maida, C. Corradini, A. Ventura
Title	Il Trattamento dell’Osteoporosi
Journal	ARCHIVIO DI ORTOPEDIA E REUMATOLOGIA – Vol. 113, N°3, Pag. 9-11. 2002.

Authors	P. Viganò, G.A. La Maida
Title	Limite superiore dell’area di artrodesi nella scoliosi dell’adulto
Journal	Abstract pubblicato su European Spine Journal, 10: pp. 352-362. 2001.

Authors	G.A. La Maida, S. Brambilla, S. Caserta
Title	Tethered Cord Syndrome – descrizione di un caso clinico di soggetto adulto con scoliosi
Journal	Abstract pubblicato su European Spine Journal, 10: pp. 352-362. 2001.

Authors	G.A. La Maida, B. Misaggi, S. Caserta
Title	Priapismo – insolita manifestazione clinica di spondilolistesi lombare
Journal	Abstract pubblicato su European Spine Journal, 10: pp. 352-362. 2001.