Medical Services
During the fall and spring semesters, SUF employs an English-speaking doctor who visits the campus twice a week. Students can make an appointment with Dr. De Leonardis in the Student Life Office. The visit is a service provided by the university and is, therefore, free of charge.
“Many years ago, Syracuse University in Florence was one of the few programs that had the insight to include a school physician as one of its many services to students; thus began my experience at the SUF. It has been an immensely satisfying experience... SUF students are wonderful and their health is very important to me.”
Vittorio De Leonardis
School Physician
Annex Building
Appointments made
through the Student
Life Office
Dr. Vittorio De Leonardis has been employed by Syracuse University in Florence as a consulting physician since 1988. He is also the Director of Villa Donatello, a private hospital which specializes in internal medicine, rehabilitation, orthopedics and trauma, general surgery, otolaryngology and gynecology.
Read more about Dr. De Leonardis After obtaining his medical degree from the University of Florence, Dr. de Leonardis began his career as a physician for the Guardia Medica, and as a researcher for the Istituto di Semeiotica Medica of the University of Florence. He then continued his relationship with the University of Florence as a professor in the medical school, and as a member of the commission for qualifying exams and final theses.
Dr. de Leonardis is quite familiar with American medical practice, having spent a year as a research fellow, and then a second year as a visiting fellow, at the Department of Cardiology at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. During that time he was also inducted into the American Society of Hypertension as a charter member.
Along with his current position as Director of Villa Donatello, Dr. de Leonardis has held other important positions within the Florentine medical community, including Vice President of the Association of Directors of Private Clinics (A.D.S.O.P.), and Delegate for Tuscany in the Italian Society of Cardiology of the Accredited Hospitals (S.I.C.O.A.).
Dr. de Leonardis has been the organizer and panelist for many international conferences and symposiums. He is also widely published, having contributed numerous articles and abstracts to both Italian and foreign medical journals, and is the author of two books: Appunti di cardiologia (Guido Gnocchi, 1997) and Elettrocardiografia (Guido Gnocchi, 1998).
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