Matteo Forlini was born in Ravenna (Italy) on 16th March 1981.

He graduated in Medicine at Bologna University (Italy) in 2007 with maximum score (110/110 cum laude), and he completed Ophthalmology Residency at University of Modena (Italy) in March 2012 with maximum score (110/110 cum laude).

Since 2012 to 2015 he worked at University Hospital in Modena as Retinal specialist and Vitreoretinal surgeon.

In 2013 he attended “European Vitreo-Retinal Training School EVRTS” in Bremen (Germany) improving vitreoretinal surgical skills, in addition to observership periods at Ophthalmology Departments abroad, (Weill Cornell Medical College Presbyterian Hospital in New York, IMO Instituto de microcirugìa ocular in Barcelona, Klinikum Frankfurt Hochst in Frankfurt, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital in Mumbai).