Dr Attilio Cavezzi

Award of Excellence for Promotion of Phlebology on an International Level

Dr Attilio Cavezzi is a vascular surgeon from S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy. Born on 7th May 1961, he graduated in Medicine at Bologna University in 1988, and obtained his speciality in Vascular Surgery in 1993 at Modena University. Atillio has undoubtedly been instrumental in promotion of foam, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy as a legitimate alternative to surgery in many countries and in particular in Australia and New Zealand. Atillio is an international teach of Phlebology and Lymphology, has hundred of publication and is the author or co-author of a number of books in phlebology and lymphology.

Atillio is the Director of the Post-Graduate School of Angiology and Phlebology and of the Course of manual lymphatic drainage and integrated therapy of lymphoedema in CPMA of VALET, Bologna and the Past Professor in Milan and Ferrara University for Lymphology and Phlebology post-graduation courses. He is a member of The Italian Society of Phlebology and numerous other international scientific societies and a reviewer of the “European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery”. He has also developed the website “phlebolymphology platform” (www.cavezzi.it), one of the most referenced website worldwide, in phlebology-lymphology. Attilio has won the platinum award (2000) and Bronze award (2001) of the American College of Phlebolgy.