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Mattia Loppini

Associate Professor

Orthopaedics
Associate Professor

Academic background and education

  • October 2022 Scientific National Abilitation for Full Professor of Locomotor Apparatus Disease and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine.
  • March 2022 – September 2024 Researcher (RTD-B) in Diseases of Locomotor Apparatus Disease and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (Milan, Italy).
  • September 2018: Scientific National Abilitation for Associate Professor of Locomotor Apparatus Disease and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine.
  • March 2017 – March 2022   Researcher (RTD-A) in Diseases of Locomotor Apparatus Disease and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (Milan, Italy).
  • November 2016-September 2017: Advanced Training Course in Clinical Epidemiology, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
  • March 2012-July 2015: Doctor of Philosophy program in Oncology Orthopaedics, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy.
  • May 2010-May 2015: Resident program in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Vote: 50/50 cum laude, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy.
  • November 2011-August 2012: Clinical and research fellow at Centre of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
  • July 2008-September 2008: Visiting research fellow at Orthopaedic Surgery Department Ferguson Laboratory for Spine Research, University of Pittsburgh, United States.
  • September 2003-July 2009: Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vote: 110/110 summa cum laude, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy.

Academic honors, awards and prices

  • Principal Investigator, call for proposals PRIN: Research projects of major National Interest –2022, Prot. 2022YME9N3, title “Development and validation of an artificial intelligence algorithm based on clinical and radiographic data for the “virtual follow-up” of patients with total hip arthroplasty”. Funding agency: Italian Ministry of Health.
  • Institutional Research Grant, 2021, Humanitas Research Hospital. Title: “Conventional versus mobile application-guided follow-up after joint replacement: a randomized controlled study.” Funding agency: IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital.
  • Institutional Research Grant, 2020, Italian Ministry of Health. Title: “Preoperative diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty revision: development and validation of a machine learning algorithm.” Funding agency: IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Young Researcher Change Promoting, Ricerca Finalizzata 2019. Title: “KneE microbiota in the phYsiopathology of oSteoarthritis. Microbes could play an imporTant rOle in a presumed Non-infectious disease (KEYSTONE).” Funding agency: Italian Ministry of Health.
  • Institutional Research Grant, 2019, Italian Ministry of Health. Title: “Artificial intelligence for the “virtual follow-up” of patients with primary hip and knee arthroplasty: feasibility and efficacy study.” Funding agency: IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital.
  • Principal Investigator, Young Researcher Change Promoting, Ricerca Finalizzata 2018. Title: “Identification of early predictors of hip and knee arthroplasty failure by developing an innovative software for the automated analysis of radiographic examinations.” Funding agency: Italian Ministry of Health.
  • SIOT Level I Research Grant 2017. Title: “Prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic ability of Long-Pentraxin 3 protein for the diagnosis of hip and knee periprosthetic joint infections.” Funding agency: SIOT (Italian Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology).
  • SIOT Level I Research Grant 2014. Title: “Role of preoperative pelvic tilt in determining the range of motion and the rate of dislocation after primary total hip replacement.” Funding agency: SIOT (Italian Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology).

Awards

  • Visiting Fellowship of European Hip Society for 2018 in The Netherlands.
  • Best Presentation Award at 13th Congress of European Hip Society, 20-22 September 2018 The Hague, The Netherlands, “PTX3 as a new biomarker for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: a single-center pilot study”.
  • Recipient of the 2013 ISAKOS Achilles Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Research Award for the paper “Longo UG, Loppini M, Berton A, Marinozzi A, Maffulli N, Denaro V. The FIFA 11+ program is effective in preventing injuries in elite male basketball players: a cluster randomized controlled trial”.
  • Recipient of the Certificate Of Excellence in Reviewing 2013 by Foot and Ankle Surgery journal in cooperation with the European Foot and Ankle Society.
HUMANITAS GROUP

Humanitas is a highly specialized Hospital, Research and Teaching Center. Built around centers for the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular, neurological and orthopedic disease – together with an Ophthalmic Center and a Fertility Center – Humanitas also operates a highly specialised Emergency Department.