The most highly cited author in Orthopaedics, Professor Maffulli is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Surgeons. He became Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London in 2008, from a professorial position in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

Nicola developed research aspects orthopaedics not just from a purely technical side: basic sciences have always been in his mind and has contributed to the literature in sports physiology and the genetics of sports performance. He has published more than 1,800 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals and 12 books and has described more than 50 new surgical techniques in the field of knee, foot and ankle, and sports surgery.

A keen free style wrestler and judo player in his younger day, his dream of going to the Olympics was granted in London: he organised the medical services for the judo and wrestling tournaments at the London 2012 Olympics, and for the World Medical Games in Italy in 2019. Many of Nicola’s trainees have become consultants and professors in their own right, and sports physicians for elite and professional teams.

Nicola is now the Chair in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Sapienza University School of Medicine and Psychology, and Chief of Service at Sant ‘Andrea Hospital, Rome.