Hospital’s Mission:
Research, Clinical Assistance, Teaching in Orthopaedics

Rizzoli’s priority is ensuring the centrality of the citizen and the protection and care of health. The Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute recognizes as its mission the pursuit, with reference to the diseases of the musculoskeletal system, training objectives and research, mainly translational, in the field of biomedical and technological organisation and management of health services, together with the provision of hospitalisation services and care.

Year Founded: 1896

Hospital Type: Public

University Affiliations:
Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna

Accreditations:
1) Healthcare accreditation of the hospital with determination of the General Direction for Personal Care, Health and Welfare of the Emilia-Romagna Region
2) Accreditation for industrial research structures, concerning the Rizzoli RIT Department and some unit (UNI EN ISO 9001:2000)

Hospital Awards/Recognitions:
IRCCS-Scientific Research Hospital since 1981

Number of Orthopaedic Residents: About 80

Length of Residency: 5 years

Number of Orthopaedic Fellows: none (regulation under review)

Length of Fellowship: 3 months to 2 years

Fellowship Categories: Biologist, biotechnologist, physician, chemist, physicist, engineer, health technician

Is CME required in your country? Yes

Does your hospital/center conduct CME programs? Yes, about 120/ year

Average Number of Peer Reviewed Articles Published Annually: 350

Number of Beds: 344

Number of Active Medical Staff (MDs):
Orthopaedic Surgeons – 104
Rheumatologists – 6
Physiatrists – 11
Radiologists – 14
Other- 46

Number of Scientists: over 150

Type of Research:
Musculoskeletal oncology, Regenerative and reconstructive orthopaedics, Innovative technologies for the surgery of musculoskeletal diseases, Inflammatory, infectious, degenerative and/or genetic orthopaedic diseases

Average Amount of Grant Funding Received Annually:
3 million euro

Number of Full Time Employees: 1,440

Number of Operating Rooms: 12

Number of Orthopaedic Surgeries:
- Ambulatory – About 2,500
- Inpatient – About 10,000

Number of Outpatient Visits to Orthopaedists, Rheumatologists, and Other Medical Services:
More than 150,000