Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

Dr. Alessandro Mazzola is a Medical Doctor and fifth-year Resident in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, Italy. He has developed a strong clinical and research interest in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal disorders. His professional activity integrates clinical practice, surgical training, and scientific investigation, with a particular commitment to innovation and evidence-based care in shoulder, knee and hip pathology. Dr. Alessandro Mazzola has compled a six-month clinical and research fellowship focused on advanced shoulder surgical techniques at the Department of Orthopedics, Shoulder Surgery Unit - Centre Orthopédique Santy et Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz - Lyon, France, as well as a three-month observership dedicated to the same subspecialty at the Department of Orthopedics, Upper Limb Surgery Unit - Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care - London, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Alessandro Mazzola is strongly interested in the applications of artificial intelligence in orthopaedics, especially its potential to enhance clinical decision-making, imaging analysis, and surgical planning. He is also a PhD student, at the PhD Course XLI cycle in Bioengineering, Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems of Campus Bio-Medico of Rome University. He has participated in national and international courses and continually strives to advance his expertise in upper and lower limb surgery.

• Orthopaedics & Traumatology
• Shoulder, knee, hip pathology
• Surgical techniques & arthroscopy
• Biomechanics
• Tendon disorders
• Clinical epidemiology
• Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics

Speaker at national & international orthopaedic congresses

Poster presenter (Italy, Netherlands, etc.)

Fellowships in France & Canada

Member of scientific societies:

SIOT – Italian Orthopaedics & Traumatology

SECEC/ESSE – European Shoulder and Elbow Society

AISOT – Italian Orthopaedic Residents Association

SIAGASCOT – Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine Society

Thesis co-supervisor (University Niccolò Cusano)

Participation in over 40+ advanced courses, workshops, cadaver labs

1. The role of estrogen and progesterone receptors in rotator cuff disease: a retrospective cohort study.
2. Biosensors for detection and monitoring of joint infections.
3. Epidemiology of pediatric meniscectomy: a nationwide study in Italy.
4. Histological, radiological, and clinical analysis of the supraspinatus tendon and muscle in rotator cuff tears.
5. Colles' fracture: an epidemiological nationwide study in Italy.
6. How future surgery will benefit from SARS-COV-2-related measures: a survey of Italian surgeons.
7. Epidemiology of spondylolisthesis in Italy: a nationwide study.
8. Bilateral simultaneous hip and knee replacement: epidemiological nationwide study.
9. Annual trends of high tibial osteotomy in Italy.
10. Halving of the meniscectomy rate and their costs in Italy: a 15-year analysis.
11. Trends of ankle arthroscopy in Italy.
12. Epidemiology of hallux valgus surgery in Italy.
13. National trends of wrist arthroscopy in Italy.
14. Epidemiology of hospitalization for hip replacement in Italy.
15. Tibio-tarsal arthrodesis in Italy: a national 16-year study.