Dr Luca Bertolaccini MD, PhD, FCCP is a thoracic surgeon in the Division of Thoracic Surgery, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan (IT). He is an associate editor (Thoracic) of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the editor of the Statistic Corner Column of the Journal of Thoracic Disease. He was the former associate editor (Thoracic) of the Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He also serves on several editorial boards and is a reviewer for many scientific journals. He is a member of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Respiratory Society, Royal Society of Statistics, International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery. His primary clinical interests include lung cancer surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, and thoracic oncology. His research interests and leading publications focus on lung cancer surgery and biostatistics.