Mario Ronga is Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Department of Medicine and Health Sciences ‘Vincenzo Tiberio’ of the University of Molise in Campobasso – Italy.

Current research activity is focusing on various fields of basic sciences, tissue engineering, sport traumatology and road traffic injuries. He was awarded with several national and international research prizes such as the Basic Science Prize of the British Association of Sports Exercise Medicine (BASEM) in 2007. Professor Ronga has had more than 60 papers published in peer reviewed journals on various aspects of basic sciences, tissue engineering, orthopaedic and trauma surgery, sports medicine and traumatology and road traffic injuries.

He is a Founding member of the APKASS (Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society) and actually Secretary-Treasurer of SIGASCOT (Italian Society of Knee, Arthroscopy, Sports, Cartilage, Orthopaedic Technologies) and Advisor of the Board of Directors of SIOT (Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology).

Fields of Interest
– Orthopaedic Sports, Trauma, and Arthroscopy
– Mininvasive techniques for osteosynthesis
– Knee surgery
– Tissue engineering (chondrocytes, mesenchymal cells, cartilage and meniscal scaffolds)
– Biotechnology and biomaterials for joint reconstruction and management of severe bone loss