Born in Naples in 1961 and residing in Forlì since 1970, dr. Porcellini graduated with honors in 1985 from the University of Bologna.
He obtained his qualification for the medical profession with honors and specialized in Orthopedics and traumatology at the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institutes of Bologna, always with honors.
Professor at the Specialization School in Orthopedics and Traumatology of the University of Ferrara for the teaching of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, since February 2000 he has been a consultant at the Morgagni Hospital in Forlì for the teaching of surgical techniques of the shoulder and elbow.
World-renowned instructor for arthroscopic shoulder surgical techniques, he has taught in national courses and abroad.
Among his experiences abroad, he was an instructor at the 3rd International Shoulder Course in Villach (Austria) and boasts a chair at the University of Loyola in Chicago (since 2004) and tutoring for the Chicago course at the Arthroscopic Association of North America (AANA).
He is a contract professor at the University of Magna Graecia in Catanzaro.
Since 1990 he has been involved in the study and treatment of shoulder and elbow pathologies, first at the Riccione Hospital then at the Forlì Hospital, he becomes responsible for the shoulder and elbow surgery module; position held until December 1999.
From January 2000 to 31/12/2005 he was responsible for the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Center at a partner structure.
From 1 March 2005 he was Director of the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Unit at the “Cervesi” Hospital in Cattolica (RN) – Rimini Area – AUSL of Romagna.
From 1 April 2018 Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia with integration to the assistance activity at the University Hospital of the Policlinico of Modena.
In the academic year 1999/2000 he was a professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology of the University of Ferrara for the teaching of diseases of the musculoskeletal system (Prof. Traina – Full Professor) –
He has been a member of the Italian Shoulder and Elbow Society since the foundation year (SICSeG)
He has been an ordinary member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery since 1998 and a “corresponding member” at ASES.
He has been a councilor and President of the Italian Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.
He is currently a student at A.O. of Davos – Switzerland, for teaching osteosynthesis techniques in traumatology.
He is Assistant Editor of the Journal: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, the official journal of the European (SECEC) and American (ASES) societies of Shoulder and Elbow surgery.
He is currently Consulting Editorial Board for the scientific journal “Surgery of the organs of movement” – Musculoskelatal Surgery – editions: Springer
He is currently Consulting Editors of the scientific journal “Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology” – editions: Springer
He was a “Visiting professor” at the University of Loyola, Chicago in the years 2004 and 2005
He was a contract professor at the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro for the academic year 2003/2004.
Since 6 October 2005 he is Director of the 1st Master in Shoulder Surgery organized in collaboration with the University of Bologna (Prof. S. Giannini and currently M. Marcacci). Currently the Master has reached the 8th edition, boasting the presence of n. 12 students per edition.
Since November 2005 he has been a member of the medical committee of the Italian baseball and softball national team.
In 2006 he was one of the members of the Web Committee of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC-ESSSE)
In 2006 he was a member of the board of the SIGASCOT Upper Limb Committee
He participated in the Regional Program for Continuing Education called “Register of Prosthetic Implantology RER” organized by Rizzoli Orthopedic Institutes and held in Bologna in 2009, to establish the regional register (RIPO) for shoulder prostheses, still in force.
He is the inventor and holder of a patent (guardian) n. 0001388427 of 30-05-2011 issued by the Ministry of Economic Development – Italian Patent and Trademark Office
In March 2012, in collaboration with the Local Health Authority of Romagna, he set up the creation and foundation of a Biomechanical Laboratory – Multifunctional Center that makes use of the most advanced biomedical instrumentation and the collaboration of professionals from multiple scientific disciplines, which work synergistically in the study and evaluation of human body movements (movement analysis).
He was Official Consultant of the Italian Volleyball Federation National in the years 2014/2016
He was Consultant to UNIMORE with resolution of the AUSL Director General of Romagna: agreement between the Modena Hospital and the USL company of Romagna for collaboration aimed at professional development in the field of surgical treatment of degenerative and post-traumatic pathology of the shoulder and elbow.
He was member of the Medical Commission of the Italian Judo Federation of Karate Martial Arts (FIJLKAM) on 07-04-2017 who is entrusted with tasks of coordination, consultancy and medical-scientific study of issues related to the health protection of members and prevention and fight against doping.
It has been included in a ranking for the assignment of substitute teaching assignments to be attributed to the winners for the 2017/2018 academic year for teaching in the study courses of Diseases of the Locomotor System / Diseases of the Locomotor System – SSD – MED / 33 – with a result of eligibility with a score of 37 points, at the teaching structure of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE).
Prof. Giuseppe Porcellini was co-investigator in the Mayo Clinic study (200, First Street SW – Rochester, Minnesota 55905) entitled: “Revision of the hemiarthroplasty of the shoulder in reverse arthroplasty: analysis of 157 revision implants.
Prof. Giuseppe Porcellini is collaborating with a team of surgeons and engineers for a research project related to a new total elbow prosthesis that is being developed at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City.