
BANDELLO Francesco
Academic Dean “Corso di Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia” University Vita Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan.
National Institute of Health (N.I.H. – U.S.A.) Peer Reviewer for grant-applications since 2006
President Academia Ophthalmologica Europea
Member Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
Fellow of the European Leadership Development Programme (EuLDP) of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Advisory Scientific Board Member of the “Polo Nazionale di Ipovisione”
President of the Scientific Committee of the “IAPB Italia Onlus”
Member of the “Accademia Nazionale di Medicina”
Coordinator AMD Expert Committee EVICR.net
Executive Board Member of ESASO Foundation (European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology)
Coordinator of the “Gruppo di Studio SID Complicanze Oculari del Diabete”
Member of the Board of Directors of Retina Global
Novartis Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) Committee Member
Member of the Subspecialty Jury of the ICO-Allergan Research Fellowship
Member of the Grants Review and Awards Committee (GRAC) of the Bayer Ophthalmology Awards Program (BOAP)
Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Ophthalmology
Editor of Developments in Ophthalmology, Karger, Basel, Switzerland
Co-Editor Medical Retina, ESASO Course Series, Karger, Basel, Switzerland
Associate Editor of Ophthalmologica
Editorial Board Member of APJO (Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology)
Editorial Board Member of “Retinal Physician”
Editorial Board Member of Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Editorial Board member of “Giornale Italiano di Vitreoretina”
Editorial Board member of “ISRN Ophthalmology” (International Scholarly Research Network)
Editorial Board Member of “Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers, and Imaging” (OSLI: Retina)
Editorial Board member of the Springer Healthcare journal “Combination Products in Therapy”
Editorial Board Member of “European Ophthalmic Review”
Editorial Board Member and former Advisory Board Member of “Ophthalmology and Therapy”
Editorial Board Member of “Ophthalmic Research”
Editorial Board Member of “Acta Diabetologica”
Former Member of the Scientific Advisory Board Panel of AMD Alliance International
Member of the Steering Committee of the Osservatorio Malattie Rare (O.Ma.R)
Committee Chair Vitreoretinal Diseases – Residency Curriculum of International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
Member of the Scientific Committee of Vision+ Onlus
Member of the Scientific Committee of “Paladini Italiani della Salute”
Committee Member for Global Ophthalmology Summit 2016
Past President of the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA)
Former Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Member of the Panel Discussion (tavolo oftalmologico) of AIFA (Italian Agency for Drug) from 2010 until 2012
President of the Italian Society of Retina (SIR)from 2010 until 2012
Board Member Club Jules Gonin until 2010
Executive Committee Member of The Macula Society until 2010
Member of the International Executive Committee Michaelson Symposium until 2008
Member of the Subcommittee for Michaelson Award until 2008
Awards: “Società Oftalmologica Italiana” (1985)for the paper: “Clinical and fluorangiographic signs of initial diabetic retinopathy”
“Società Oftalmologica Italiana” (1987) for the poster: “Exophthalmometric values in children”
“Società Oftalmologica Italiana (1988) for the paper: “Four cases of spontaneous regression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy”;
“XXXIII Alfonso Motolese” 2010 for Ophthalmology
“Santa Cesarea Terme per la Medicina” (2010)
“Gabriel Coscas Medal” (2011) for outstanding contributions in the field of retinal diseases
“Eva Kohner Lecture” (2013) EASDEC (European Association for the Study of Diabetes – Eye Complications Study Group)
Prize “Meridiana” 2014
SERV (Sociedad Española de Retina y Vitreo) Award 2016
“Gian Battista Bietti SOI Medal Lecture 2016”
“Premio SOI Progetto Ricerca Scientifica 2017” for the project “Ruolo dei monociti ‘patrolling’ nell’edema maculare diabetico”
“BOA (Bombay Ophthalmology Association) Award 2017”
“Fifth Prof. M.S. Sundaram and Mrs Kamala Sundaram Endowment Award” 2017
“Nataraja Pillai Oration Award 2017”
“Cunha-Vaz Award 2017”
“EURETINA Lecture 2019”
“Premio Leonardo 2019”
“Premio SOU” (2019)
“Regione Lombardia prize for the best scientific article” (Prelevance and phenotypes of age-related macular degeneration in eye with high myopia, 2019)
Prof. Bandello served as trained principal investigator in several clinical trials performed following ICH/GCP and mainly concerning age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmoly, Vitreoretinal surgery, Anterior Segment Surgery.
Prof. Bandello is co-author of eleven books and published 680 articles on Pub-Med journals mainly related to retinal diseases.