IstitutoAuxologico
Laura Perucca has extensive experience in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, currently serving as the Director of the Complex Ambulatory Macro Activities at Istituto Auxologico Italiano since May 2005. In addition, Laura holds the position of Director of the Specialization School in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Università degli Studi di Milano while also serving as an Associate Professor and a confirmed researcher at the same institution since 2011. Previous roles include serving as a medical director at the Salvatore Maugeri Foundation from 1997 to 2005 and holding a scholarship position in the Physiotherapy Service at Ospedale San Raffaele IRCCS from 1993 to 1997. Laura's academic credentials include a degree in Medicine and Surgery from Università degli Studi di Milano, a specialization diploma in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from Università di Pavia, and further education at the University at Buffalo.
IstitutoAuxologico
Istituto Auxologico Italiano is a private law foundation established pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1883 of 6 December 1963 and recognized in 1972 by the Ministries of Health and Education as a Scientific Institute of Admission and Treatment. The recognition was reaffirmed and expanded upon in the subsequent five-year periods. Initially targeted to addressing abnormal growth and primarily pituitary dwarfism - a research area in which the Institute has played a prestigious pioneering role - the scientific and clinical activities of Istituto Auxologico Italiano have progressed into various aspects of human development with the aim of following the development of the individual from conception to maturity by studying anomalies and degenerative processes during prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, with particular attention to the auxo-endocrine-metabolic, cardiovascular, neuroscience and rehabilitation issues. Attention to all stages of human development - including embryonic - is also expressed in medical and molecular genetics. Great importance is attributed in this context to issues of bioethics and attention to rehabilitation as being an integral part of a welfare model that aims to reaffirm the centrality of the human being.