IRCCS Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio is a teaching and research hospital in Milano, Italy. Since 2006, the Italian Ministry of Health recognized Galeazzi as IRCCS Institute for Care and Scientific Research in the field of diseases of movement apparatus. Since more than 10 years, IRCCS Galeazzi is certified according to UNI EN ISO 9001 for health care areas and the management of scientific research.

IRCCS Galeazzi is the first orthopedic hospital in Italy for some complex surgeries, as arthrodesis, hip, knee and ankle arthroplasties, and covers all orthopedic diseases. With about 4.000 hip and knee replacements and 1.400 spinal arthrodesis surgeries per year, Galeazzi is it the first center for orthopedic hospitalization in Lombardy Region and for 48-hour femur treatments and the reference center for diseases of movement apparatus. Besides orthopedics, some additional specialties, as rehabilitation, dermatology, oral surgery, maxillo-facial surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, and endocrinology are present into the hospital.

The IRCCS Galeazzi aim is to define, program and perform a top-level care associated with high quality research in bone and muscle diseases, following a 40-years tradition, innovating assistance through new procedures, new bioengineering techniques and evidence-based and translational medicine.

The link between the high quality care and innovative and clinically based research allow to project, develop and release new organizational models for healthcare, to increase the skills and qualification of healthcare personnel, to improve learning for graduates and postgraduates students, to increase the correct information on services, treatments and outcomes for citizens.