Professor Alberto Arezzo
- General Surgeon with 25 years of experience in minimally invasive techniques, including robotics, transanal endoscopic surgery and operative digestive endoscopy
- Chair of the Multi-disciplinary Treatment team for ColoRectal Cancer at the University of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital
- Elected General Secretary of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), which has around 5,400 members
- on April 4th, 2025 nominated President Elect of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
- on May 1st, 2025 appointed member of European Surgical Association (ESA)
- Educated and trained at the School of Surgery of the University of Tuebingen (Germany), under the guidance of Prof Gerhard Buess, pioneer of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery
- Worked as Assistant Professor first and Associate Professor then, at the University of Turin, Department of Surgical Sciences under the guidance of Prof Mario Morino, also pioneer of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery
- Nominated Distinguished Full Professor of Surgery by the Rector of the University of Turin
- Principal Investigator in 8 European Projects in FP5, FP6, FP7, H2020 and HEU, 4 of which are ongoing (CLASSICA, PALPABLE, TENTACLE and DAEDALUS)
- Co-Principal Investigator of a HEU ERC Synergy Project (ERC SyG-2023 #101118626), ENDOTHERANOSTICS (Multi-sensor Eversion Robot Towards Intelligent Endoscopic Diagnosis and Therapy) in collaboration with King’s College London, Queen Mary University London and Federico II University of Naples (www.endtheranostics.com).
- Awarding of approximately 73 million euros in funding with his research proposals, of which more than 18 million for his own institution
- 6 international patents registered or pending on microrobotics and endoluminal therapies
- Author of 335 publications on Scopus (ID: 6701795382), H-index 54, 9.762 citations.
- ORCID: 0000-0002-2110-4082
- Editor-in-Chief of Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies Journal (Impact Factor 1.7)
- Head of the Minimally Invasive Therapy and Innovation Center (MITIC) Lab at the Department of Surgical Sciences of the University of Turin.
- Coordinator of the Doctorate Course in Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences, inter-university in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Turin
- Coordinator of the research activities of the Minimally Invasive Therapy and Innovation Center (MITIC) at the Department of Surgical Sciences of the University of TURIN (www.mitic-lab.com).
