Healthcare
If you need to find a public or private doctor or a dentist, we recommend some that have been suggested by the international community here. If you’re not in the Italian health system, health insurance is also a must.
Healthcare and Health Insurance
in Italy
Getting health insurance is a requirement of most visas. You usually will have to have sorted it out before arriving in Italy.
Here are some health insurance agencies for short-term travelers and students:
Once you are here, if you’re not in the national health system through your job, you have an option to buy into the system either for a flat annual rate (from January to December) for students or as a part of your income if you are on an elective residence visa or other such situations.
Find a doctor
in Florence
General
Dr. Silvia Kurpanik
Italian, English, Polish, German, Spanish
Private
Dr. Patrizia Miceli
Public
Dr. Beatrice Santucci
Public
Gynecological
Dr. Barbara Brodbeck
English, German, French and Italian.
Private
Via della Fortezza 6
+39 055 470521 and +39 335 8353612
Orthopedic
Endocrinologist
Hospitals and Clinics
English
Via del Pergolino 4-6
+39 331 636 9001
Private clinic for international patients
English
Vicolo degli Adimari, 1
+39 055 212 221
Walk-in
Find a Dentist
in Florence
Dentists and orthodontists in Florence recommended by the international community:
Rifredi
Savonarola
Fortezza da Basso
Centro
Fortezza Da Basso
Orthodontists
Sara Bigagli
English, trained in New York
Specialized in children
Prato and Florence