Prof. Biondi is a Full Professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy. He graduated at the University of Catania in 1993, and undertook his postgraduate training in the Department of General Surgery of the Vittorio Emanuele Hospital in Catania. After a clinical and research fellowship in Milan and Bergamo (Italy), Prof. Biondi returned to the University of Catania and obtained his PhD degree in 2001. He was promoted to Full Professor in the School of Medicine, University of Catania, in 2018. His ongoing research interests are colorectal surgery and laparoscopic procedures. He is a member of the editorial boards and a reviewer of several scientific journals, and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles. Prof Biondi served as elected member of the Italian National University Council (CUN) located at the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in Rome. Currently, he is the Chief of the Laparoscopic Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania and Director of the Multidisciplinary Research Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Diseases, University of Catania.