Prof. Dr. Mario Lima graduated from Medical School and specialized in pediatric surgery at the University of Bologna. He also gained a specialty in microsurgery and experimental surgery at the University of Milan. He has been a professor of pediatric surgery at the University of Bologna since 2001 and Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital since 2003. He is also the director of two university Master's programs: pediatric minimally-invasive robotic surgery and pediatric urology. He is the author of about 500 scientific publications, many monographs, chapters, and texts for medical students, PhD students, and residents. During his career, he has also taken an active part in many national scientific societies. He is known on an international level for the use of minimally-invasive surgical techniques for abdominal, thoracic, and genitor-urinary pathologies of the newborn and the infant.