Luis Mariano Palena
MD
Director Endovascular Surgery Unit
Maria Cecilia Hospital

Dr Mariano Palena is currently the Director of __ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY UNIT AT Maria Cecilia Hospital in Cotignola, Ravenna (Italy).
Author and co-author of many scientific papers and abstracts.
From 2009 to 2010, he worked as radiologist at the Sant’Orsola- Malpighi Hospital (Bologna University Hospital, Italy).
From 2010 to 2019 he was co-director of the Interventional Radiology service at the Abano Terme HOSPITAL, Italy, a regional center of reference and excellence in the Veneto region.
He obtained his medical degree from the University of Bologna - Italy. He completed postgraduate and specialization studies at the University of Bologna - Italy. He has written and published more than 50 original and review articles, book chapters, and abstracts. Among them are some articles describing new advanced and extreme techniques for the revascularization of the vessels of the legs and feet, developed and described for the first time by the working group of Dr. Palena. He is actively engaged in advanced clinical research in the endovascular treatment of lower limb ARTERIAL DISEASE and the treatment of diabetic foot. In particular, Dr. Palena's interest focuses on the treatment of chronic arterial occlusions, of the femoral, tibial and foot arteries.
Development and description of new techniques (extreme retrogrades) and new treatments devised and studied by Dr. Palena, combining new technologies and new medical devices.