Mauro Podda is a General and Emergency Consultant Surgeon (Department of Surgery) and Senior Lecturer in Surgery (Department of Surgical Science) employed at the University of Cagliari (Italy). His current research interests include abdominal wall surgery, especially when focused on laparoscopic procedures plus emergency and trauma surgery. He was a Specialty Registrar at the Department of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari from 2010 to 2016, and a Visiting Registrar at the Department of Surgery, Ninewells Hospital from May 2014 to February 2015. He is a methodologist and researcher on surgery. He is a member of SICE, EAES, and WSES.