About us

"The Italian Ophthalmologist is a journal of Ophthalmology, which publishes scientific articles, reviews and interviews with the aim of contributing to the scientific and professional updating of Italian EyeCare specialists.
It debuted in 1968 as the first Italian-language ophthalmology journal, widely and freely distributed to all ophthalmologists, with an initial circulation of around 1,500 copies, which increased to around 8,000 copies in 2010.
Since 2012 it has been online in the web edition and is present on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram with constant updates on the main innovations in the field of ophthalmology.

Timeline and essential news

June 1968
The first issue of 'l'Oculista italiano' is published, a quarterly scientific periodical that aims to become "the information organ of all Italian ophthalmologists".
The new publication is the result of a joint initiative of Prof. Giovanni Cucco, an ophthalmologist from Palermo, and Prof. Carmelo Chines of the pharmaceutical company SIFI S.p.A., who became its publisher from the outset

1968 – 1996
Prof. Cucco, the first editor-in-chief of 'l'Oculista italiano', makes the magazine a lively organ for professional and scientific updates.

1996 - 2011
The editorship of the journal passed to the SIFI Communication Office, in the persons of Chiara Amico from 1996 to 2006, and Raffaella Cosentino from 2006 to 2011. The magazine, with the support of an Editorial Board made up of the main opinion leaders of Italian Ophthalmology, is deeply renewed in its contents and graphics.

2008
To celebrate the title's 40th anniversary, an Anthology Special is being produced in which scientific articles of particular relevance to the historical moment in which they were published are presented.

2011 - 2018
Under the leadership of the current editor-in-chief, Carmelo Chines, the series 'Le Monografie' is launched. These scientific volumes are designed as in-depth and up-to-date reviews, aimed at describing the state of the art in diagnostics and therapy on important topics in ophthalmology.
2012 - Monograph No. 1 'Age-Related Macular Degeneration
2013 - Monograph No. 2 'Inflammation: clinic and therapy', dedicated to the vast and complex topic of ocular inflammation - 2 volumes Part I and Part II.
2014 - Monograph No. 3 'Presbyopia: from temporal lens to intraocular lens'
2016 - Monograph No. 4 'Astigmatism: know, understand, correct'
2018 - Monograph No. 5 'Diagnostic Therapeutic Algorithm of Ocular Infections' - Photo Atlas
2019 - Monograph No. 6 "Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Oedema - Diagnostic-Therapeutic Update"

Monographs are flanked by "Special papers", scientific brochures distributed at major National and International Congresses and given to ophthalmologists by SIFI S.p.A. medical-scientific representatives. The papers are structured with a "focus" on topics of immediate topical interest in Ophthalmology, which are addressed both through thematic articles and interviews with the protagonists.

Web and social media
Since 2012, 'l'Oculista italiano' has published a new web edition at www.oculistaitaliano.it.
It is also present on Twitter, Facebook , LinkedIn, Instagram with constant updates on the main innovations in the field of ophthalmology.

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