Ricerc@Sapienza

  CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

December 2025 onwards: Chief of Surgery (UOC “Oncologic and General Surgery”), Sant’Andrea University Hospital of Rome, Italy, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy.

January 2004  2024: Academical Staff Surgeon University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy (MED/18).

Department of Medical Surgical Science and Translational Medicine, Sant’Andrea University Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Experience of more than 6000 surgical procedures involving gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery with special focus on minimally invasive technique (laparoscopic and robotic).

  ACADEMIC CAREER

December 2025 onwards: Chief of Surgery (UOC “Oncologic and General Surgery”), Sant’Andrea University Hospital of Rome, Italy, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy.

December 2024 December 2025: Chief of  Surgery (UOD “Gastrointestinal Surgery”), Sant’Andrea University Hospital of Rome, Italy.

January 2007  onwards: Associate Professor of Surgery

January 2003  January 2007: Research Staff Surgeon in General and Oncologic Surgery. “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy

January 2004: PhD in General Surgery (“Genetic and molecular alterations in colorectal carcinoma”), “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy, Department of Surgery “Pietro Valdoni”.

January 2000: General Surgery Residency Diploma (“Surgical treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma”). Full grades with honors. “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy

January 1996: Medical License (n° 47462), Rome.

July 1995: Medical School Diploma (“Non-neoplastic Portal Vein Thrombosis”). Full grades with honours. “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.

 TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

January 2004  onwards: "General Surgery and Oncological Surgery" course; Medical school. “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.

January 2005  onwards: "General Surgery" course; General Surgery Residency Program. “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.

January 2006  onwards: “Surgery” course; Nurse school; “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.

January 2008  onwards: “Digestive Oncology” course: PhD in Oncology: “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.

  SCIENTIFIC CAREER

National license for Full Ordinary Professor of Surgery

Awardee of 21 University grants for research in Surgical Oncology

Author of 201 publications on national and international peer reviewed journals.

Oral presenter in more than 150 national and international conferences.

CURRENT BIBLIOMETRIC INDEXES

(source: JCR Thompson Reuters)

Total IF: 237

Last 10-years IF: 124.84

Average IF: 1.76

H index (Scopus): 26

Last 5-years H index (Scopus): 23

Total citations (Scopus): 2193

Total documents: 148 (PubMed); 106 (Scopus)

Average citations per article: 18.11 (Scopus)

 MEMBERSHIPS:

Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO)

Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery (SICE)

Italian Society of Surgery (SIC)

European Society of Neuroendocrine Tumors (ENETS)

 PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Mother language: Italian

Other Languages: English  Independent User

Computer Competences: Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)

                                     Very good knowledge of Macintosh system and tools (Moviemaker)

Hobbies and Interests: I am a good tennis player and a proficient skier.