Current position
Director of the General Surgery Complex Operating Unit (U.O.C.) – Conegliano Hospital (TV), AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana – Veneto Region
Member of the National Board of the Association of Italian Hospital Surgeons (ACOI)
Vice-President of Sci Club Dolomiti Cadore
Former youth basketball player (Effe Tre Murano; Jargermeister Lido – Venice)
Qualifications and professional licences
Degree in Medicine and Surgery – University of Padua; mark 103/110 (9/11/1988)
Specialisation in General Surgery – University of Padua (5-year programme); mark 70/70 cum laude (7/12/1993)
Specialisation in Thoracic Surgery – University of Padua (5-year programme, Legislative Decree 257/1991); mark 70/70 (15/12/2004)
Registered with the Venice Medical Register, no. 4822 (since 18/1/1989)
Licensed to practise as a Physician and Surgeon – 2nd Session 1988
“Cevese” Prize (7/12/1993) for the best Specialisation thesis in General Surgery – University of Padua
Work experience
1986–1988 – “Intern” student in General Surgery, Clinica Chirurgica I, University of Padua (Dir. Prof. Alberto Peracchia)
1988–1993 – Resident physician in General Surgery, Clinica Chirurgica I, University of Padua (Dir. Prof. Alberto Peracchia)
1990 – Reserve Medical Officer, Surgical Department, Padua Military Hospital
1994 – Resident physician with clinical duties, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Ospedale Maggiore Milano – University of Milan
ULSS 9 Treviso (1995–2010): progressive appointments from Temporary Assistant Physician (1995–1996) to Level I Medical Officer (permanent contract, 1997–1999) and Medical Officer (exclusive contract, 1999–2010) in General Surgery
ULSS 8 Asolo (2009–2016): Director of the Complex Unit, Surgical Area – General Surgery; Director of the General Surgery 2 Complex Operating Unit (Montebelluna); acting appointments in Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery (Castelfranco Veneto)
AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana (since 1/6/2018): Director of the General Surgery Complex Unit – Conegliano Hospital
Surgical caseload and fields of interest
Over 6,000 operations as lead surgeon (over 3,000 laparoscopic) in general, laparoscopic, abdominal, thoracic, robotic and emergency surgery and kidney transplantation
Fields of interest: oncological surgery; laparoscopic oesophago-gastric, colorectal, abdominal wall, gallbladder and biliary tract, pancreatic, renal and adrenal surgery; emergencies; thoracic and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Robotic surgery started in 2001 (Zeus robot); since 2013, major 3D laparoscopic surgery with a robotic arm
2009–2013: head of Bariatric Surgery at Montebelluna Hospital
Live surgery: numerous operations performed and broadcast live at national and international congresses (oesophagus-stomach, colon-rectum, adrenal gland, spleen; thoracotomy and VATS)
Teaching activities
Tutor/Lecturer at the A.C.O.I. Special School of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery (1997–2006; Milan, Elancourt/Paris, Tuttlingen)
Residential courses in Thoracic Pathology – Treviso/Tuttlingen (2003, 2005)
Assessing Tutor for the Physician and Surgeon State Examination (CME: 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013) and Lecturer/tutor for the 2012 licensing examinations
Lecturer at the event “La prostatectomia radicale laparoscopica 2D vs 3D” (Castelfranco Veneto, 2016)
Training “Nuove Tecnologie in chirurgia laparoscopica: visione 3D” (Conegliano, 2019)
Tutor and Reference Centre for the ACOI National School – basic General/Minimally Invasive Surgery and colorectal laparoscopy courses (2021–2024)
Study visits / professional training
1994 – Visiting Surgeon, Transplant Department, University of Pittsburgh (Prof. T. Starzl)
1997 – Visiting Surgeon, Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (Prof. D. Sugarbaker)
1999 – Visiting Surgeon, Thoracic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis (Prof. J. Cooper)
1999 – Visiting Surgeon, Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York (Prof. R. Ginsberg)
2001 – Visiting Surgeon, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, and IRCAD (Prof. J. Marescaux)
2001 – Visiting Surgeon, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen / Bad Homburg (Germany)
2003 – Visiting Surgeon, Bad Homburg Hospital (Prof. D. Rosenthal)
2013 – Invited Speaker, Chinese Hernia Society, Beijing (“Evaluation of Hernia Surgery in Europe”)
2013 – Invited Speaker on “New Technologies in Hernia Surgery”, Nanjing and Chongqing (China)
2014–2016 – Coordinator of advanced laparoscopy courses in Berlin (Germany) and Rubí (Spain)
2023 – Speaker, Aesculap Cadaveric Gastric Course, Rubí/Badalona (Spain); IntoCare Sino Program & FUCCS Joint Symposium on Colorectal Cancer, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
2024 – Medical Education WEU AST, Lafayette Campus Site tour (Boulder, USA); Medtronic Medical Education, Trevoux (France); Faculty Global Surgeons Summit – Meril Academy, Vapi (India)
2025 – China-Italy Medical Cooperation and Exchange Forum – Visiting Surgeon (Beijing, Changchun, Harbin)
Personal, organisational and interpersonal skills
ACOI Regional Coordinator for Veneto (2021–2024); member of the Board of the Società Triveneta di Chirurgia (2022–2024)
Coordinator of the Dysphagia Team and co-organiser of the Thoracic Pathology Group – Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso (2000–2009)
Introduced paediatric minimally invasive surgery in Treviso; coordinated the oesophageal physiopathology outpatient clinic (until 2009)
Head of the Bariatric Surgery Centre – Montebelluna Hospital (2009–2013)
Coordinator of advanced laparoscopy courses – Castelfranco Veneto Hospital (2014–2018)
Head of the Italian and European Centre for 3D laparoscopy with a robotic arm (BBraun – Aesculap, 2013–2018)
Head of the “Pelvic Floor Team” – Castelfranco Veneto Hospital (2015–2018)
Coordinator of the ERAS Team – Castelfranco Veneto (2013–2018) and Conegliano (since 2018); contributed to the ACOI National ERAS Guidelines (Matera, 10–11/6/2019)
Ministerial authorisation (2000) for living-donor kidney transplantation
Consultancy/selection boards for Directors of General Surgery Complex Units: Salerno (7/2016), ASST Melegnano e Martesana – Vizzolo (4/2022), Udine (Chair, 6/2024), Portogruaro – ULSS 4 (Chair, 10/2024)
Party-Appointed Technical Consultant (CTP) for Azienda USL della Romagna
Reviewer for the journal Colorectal Disease (since 2021)
Investigator, iCRAL Study Group; co-author in Surgical Endoscopy (2021) and contributor to the SICE network (laparoscopic right hemicolectomy)
ACOI Editorial Committee, 2024–2027
Scientific activity
Author of 114 published scientific papers and of chapters in books and treatises
Scientific societies
ACOI – Associazione Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani
ERAS POIS – Perioperative Italian Society
Società Triveneta di Chirurgia
SIC – Società Italiana di Chirurgia
IASGO – International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists