Managing Director
UPMC Italy
Vice President
Ri.MED Foundation
Director of ISMETT
IRCCS ISMETT
Managing Director
UPMC Salvator Mundi International Hospital
Dott. Luca Angelo
Dr. Luca earned his degree in Medicine and Surgery and completed his training in Gastroenterology and Radiology at the University of Palermo.
As part of his postgraduate education, he completed a four-year fellowship in Hepatic Hemodynamics at Hospital Clínic i Provincial of the University of Barcelona, Spain, followed by a two-year clinical research fellowship in Interventional Radiology at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He obtained a license to practice radiology in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In 1999, Dr. Luca relocated from the U.S. to Palermo and joined IRCCS ISMETT as a UPMC employee. He went on to hold clinical and leadership positions of increasing responsibility, initially serving as Director of Radiology, Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, and Director of Education. In 2014, he was appointed Vice CEO of IRCCS ISMETT.
Dr. Luca subsequently focused his career on healthcare leadership and management. In March 2016, he was appointed Director of IRCCS ISMETT after completing an Executive Master’s degree in Healthcare Management and Social Care Organization, and a program in Healthcare and Social Care Organization Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management.
He expanded his leadership responsibilities in 2018, when he was appointed Vice President of the Ri.MED Foundation in Palermo. In 2023, the UPMC Board appointed him CEO of UPMC Italy and CEO of Salvator Mundi International Hospital, both based in Rome.
Dr. Luca is an adjunct associate professor of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh. His extensive research activity spans hepatology, interventional radiology, and transplantation and has resulted in more than 400 publications, including over 200 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 43). He also presented more than 60 scientific contributions at international conferences.
