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Dr Alberto Bellone is a medical doctor and specialist in Ophthalmology, and Head of the Ophthalmology Unit at Clinica Sedes Sapientiae in Turin (Humanitas Group). He has practised advanced ocular microsurgery for over twenty-five years, operating regularly in three areas: cataract surgery with high-technology intraocular lens implantation, refractive surgery with excimer laser and ICL phakic lenses, and minimally invasive vitreoretinal surgery. He is the Italian contact for STAAR Surgical and a certified surgeon for ICL lens calculation and implantation.<\/p>\n
At Clinica Sedes Sapientiae he has contributed to the development of the ophthalmic surgical service and to the selection of the unit’s technology, which includes the Leica Proveo 8 operating microscope with EnFocus intraoperative OCT<\/strong>. On this platform he developed the V.I.S.I.O.N. protocol<\/strong> (Visual Intraoperative Sizing In Ophthalmology for NatSized ICL<\/em>), a method that uses intraoperative OCT imaging to measure phakic lens vaulting during surgery and, where the measurement indicates it, to exchange the lens for a more appropriate size within the same procedure.<\/p>\n Over the course of his career Dr Bellone has performed the first implants of several devices:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr Bellone’s surgical register documents, from 2005 to the present:<\/p>\n Combined procedures, such as cataract surgery and vitrectomy performed in the same session, are counted in both categories.<\/p>\n Specialisation in Ophthalmology<\/strong> \u2014 University of Turin, 2000. Awarded 70\/70 with honours (dignit\u00e0 di stampa<\/em>), thesis: “Principles, technique, usefulness and limits of three-dimensional ultrasound in Ophthalmology”<\/em>, supervisor Prof. B. Boles Carenini.<\/p>\n Degree in Medicine and Surgery<\/strong> \u2014 University of Turin, 1996. Awarded 105\/110 with honours (dignit\u00e0 di stampa<\/em>), thesis: “Principles, technique, usefulness and limits of Colour Doppler ultrasound in Ophthalmology”<\/em>, supervisor Prof. B. Boles Carenini. Qualified to practise as a medical doctor and surgeon in 1997.<\/p>\n “Vision Rehabilitation Specialists” course<\/strong> \u2014 1999, within the Horizon 1997-1999 employment project “Insieme per l’autonomia”, with a certificate of competence in vision rehabilitation techniques issued by the Piedmont Region.<\/p>\n In addition to his own private practice in Turin, Dr Bellone works at hospitals and specialist centres across Piedmont.<\/p>\n Registered with the Medical Association (Ordine dei Medici) of Turin, no. 17915. The owner declares that this website complies with the Guidelines on the application of articles 55, 56 and 57 of the Italian code of medical ethics (advertising of health information).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Curriculum Vitae Dr Alberto Bellone is a medical doctor and specialist in Ophthalmology, and Head of the Ophthalmology Unit at Clinica Sedes Sapientiae in Turin (Humanitas Group). He has practised advanced ocular microsurgery for over twenty-five years, operating regularly in three areas: cataract surgery with high-technology intraocular lens implantation, refractive surgery with excimer laser and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3528,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4814","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4814"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22799,"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4814\/revisions\/22799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertobellone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Areas of surgical practice<\/h2>\n
Cataract surgery<\/h3>\n
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Refractive surgery<\/h3>\n
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Keratoconus and corneal ectasia<\/h3>\n
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Vitreoretinal surgery<\/h3>\n
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Introduction of new technologies<\/h2>\n
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\n \nDevice<\/th>\n Date<\/th>\n Field<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n ICL EVO+ V5<\/strong> phakic lens \u2014 first implant in Italy<\/td>\n June 2016<\/td>\n Refractive surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n AcrySof IQ Vivity<\/strong> EDOF IOL \u2014 first implant in Turin<\/td>\n December 2019<\/td>\n Cataract surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Visian ICL VIVA<\/strong> phakic lens for presbyopia<\/td>\n 2023<\/td>\n Refractive surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Clareon Toric<\/strong> IOL with AutonoMe preloaded delivery system \u2014 first implant in Italy<\/td>\n 2024<\/td>\n Cataract surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PanOptix Toric<\/strong> trifocal IOL on the Clareon platform<\/td>\n March 2025<\/td>\n Cataract surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Surgical activity<\/h2>\n
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\n Cataract procedures<\/td>\n over 4,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Minimally invasive 27G and 25G vitrectomies<\/td>\n over 1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ICL phakic lens implants<\/td>\n over 680<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Intravitreal injections<\/td>\n over 600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Intrastromal corneal ring implants<\/td>\n over 300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Corneal cross-linking procedures<\/td>\n over 270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total recorded procedures<\/td>\n over 7,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Education<\/h2>\n
Certifications and registrations<\/h2>\n
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Facilities<\/h2>\n
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\n \nFacility<\/th>\n Location<\/th>\n Period<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Clinica Sedes Sapientiae<\/strong> (Humanitas Group)<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n since 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Studio Medico Bellone<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n since 1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Casa di Cura Fornaca<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n since 1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Istituto CIDIMU<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n since 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Surgy Medica<\/td>\n Ivrea (TO)<\/td>\n since 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Clinica Santa Caterina da Siena (GVM Group)<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n 2020 \u2013 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Blue Eye<\/td>\n Milan<\/td>\n 2015 \u2013 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Clinica Cellini<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n 2004 \u2013 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Centro Chirurgico MOD<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n 2009 \u2013 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n San Carlo Istituto Clinico<\/td>\n Busto Arsizio (VA)<\/td>\n 2009 \u2013 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ospedale Evangelico Valdese<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n 2002 \u2013 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Day Surgery L.I.S.A. \u2014 founding partner<\/td>\n Carmagnola (TO)<\/td>\n 2005 \u2013 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ospedale S. Agostino<\/td>\n Avigliana (TO)<\/td>\n 2001 \u2013 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n CDC<\/td>\n Turin<\/td>\n 2001 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Continuing education and outreach<\/h2>\n
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Languages<\/h2>\n
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Medical deontology<\/h2>\n