Dr. Andrea Atzei (Cagliari, Italy Feb. 05, 1965) graduated cum laude in Medicine at the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 1990.    He was trained in Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Plastic Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Verona, Italy, and attained the European Diploma in Hand Surgery (EBHS) in Paris, in 1996.

Dr. Atzei practiced at the Hand Surgery Unit within the Orthopaedic Department of the University Hospital of Verona from 1993 to 2011.  From the beginning of his career, Dr. Atzei dedicated his clinical practice to hand & wrist surgery and reconstructive microsurgery, with a particular focus on arthroscopic surgery, thus becoming a pioneer of wrist (and small joint) arthroscopy in Italy. 

At the Hand Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of Verona, he was appointed:
- Consultant in Reconstructive Microsurgery of the Hand Surgery Unit;
- Associate Professor at the Post-graduate program in Orthopaedics and in Plastic Surgery (1996 – 2011);
- Clinical Coordinator of the Master Degree in Hand Surgery (2001-2003). 

In 1999, he co-founded the Study Group on Wrist Disorders within the Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand (SICM) and initiated the Wrist Arthroscopy SICM Foundation Course. In 2003, the Course became a yearly cad-lab hands-on course, thanks to a very productive partnership with the University of Barcelona and the Kaplan Institute, Barcelona, Spain, which lasted for about 15 years. Now the SICM Advanced Course on Wrist Surgery is still ongoing at the ICLO Teaching and Research Center (CadLab), in Verona, Italy.

Currently, Dr. Atzei is the Secretary General of the SICM Study Group on Wrist Disorders and Chair of the SICM Advanced Course in Hand Surgery. He is also serving the SICM as the Italian Delegate to the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH). In 2015, Dr. Atzei served as President of EWAS and he is currently the Secretary General of the re-organization of EWAS into the new the European Wrist Arthroscopy Association (EWA), a chapter of IWAS.

He is also involved in other International Scientific Societies: 
- International Wrist Arthroscopy Society (IWAS); Active Member
- International Wrist Investigators Workshop (IWIW); Active Member.
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), International Member

Dr. Atzei is invited as Chairman and Keynote speaker to several hand and wrist meetings and courses in Europe and overseas and has authored more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters. For his contribution to the development of wrist arthroscopic surgery, Dr. Atzei received the Whipple Prize from the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWAS), in 2007.Since 2011, Dr. Atzei has been a Consultant in Hand and Wrist Surgery for several Private Clinics in the in the greater metropolitan area of Venice, Italy.

In 2016, he co-founded PRO-Mano - Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation Center, in Treviso, Italy, where he now actively works as Chief Medical Director and Consultant together with an Orthopedic Surgeon, a Neurosurgeon, an Anesthetist/Pain Therapist and a team of 4 Hand Therapists.From 2018 to 2021, he led the establishment of a Hand Surgery Unit at the Koelliker Hospital in Turin, Italy.Currently, Dr. Atzei chairs the Hand surgery Unit at the San Camillo Hospital in Treviso, Italy.