CLI-C GLOBAL 2026

Scientific Committee

Directors

Dr Marco Giuseppe Manzi - Interventional Radiologist CLI-Courses

Marco Manzi

MD, Interventional Radiologist

Policlinico Abano Terme (Italy)

Dr. Marco Manzi is an Interventional Radiologist with extensive experience in treating CLTI. He has been teaching distal revascularisation since 2001 and he is currently the director of the Interventional Radiology Unit at Policlinico Abano Terme (PD), Italy. He is a member of several international medical societies and author of more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. He has been an invited faculty member and live operator at leading medical congresses in Europe, Middle East, ASIA and the United States, including Cardiovascular and lnterventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE), Leipzig lnterventional Course (LINC), Veith, ISET, Charing Cross and many others.

Dr. Manzi - Biography

Mariano Palena

MD, Interventional Radiologist

Policlinico Abano Terme (Abano, Italy), Hospital Quirónsalud (Marbella, Spain), Hospital Privado Rosario (HPR) (Rosario, Argentina), MHAT St. Karidad Hospital (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), UNHATEM "N.I. Pirogov” (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Dr. Mariano Palena is an Interventional Radiologist with a broad history in treating CLTI. He is currently consultant at Policlinico Abano Terme (PD) Italy and at Hospital Quirónsalud in Marbella, Spain, and he is also actively engaged in advances clinical research of the endovascular treatment of lower limb arterial disease and the treatment of diabetic foot with a specific focus on the treatment of chronical arterial occlusions as well as of the femoral, tibial and foot arteries. He is author of several articles, chapters and abstracts on advanced and cutting edge techniques for the revascularization of the vessels of legs and feet.

Dr. Palena - Biography