Marino Ortolani

Marino Ortolani ( born July 25, 1904 in Altedo at Bologna, † 1983) was an Italian pediatrician and orthopedist.

He developed a clinical examination method for the detection of congenital hip dysplasia, which is today named after him Ortolani test. Another focus of Ortolanis work was the beta - thalassemia. In 1955 he began a screening program based on screening and genetic counseling. This could achieve the goal of one hundred percent prevention of beta -thalassemia, the Ferrara region first in the world. As medical director of the Children's Hospital in Ferrara, he sat down in the 50s of the last century, not only the rooming of the mothers of his young patients and patients in the hospital one. In addition, he made ​​it possible for the sick children, who often had to stay in hospital for a very long time, were taught by teachers at the station, school failure could be compensated.