I spent the last 11 months in the middle of a pandemic creating a team of young surgeons and running a General Surgery Unit in an italian spoke hospital (Valtiberina - Sansepolcro); struggling as all of you, HCWs and not. A brand new role for me started on january 1st 2021: I'm officially in charge as the leader of a group of nurses, certified nurse assistants, janitors and surgeons, all focused on giving our patients the best health care. We offer open and mini-invasive surgery (biliary, abdominal wall, gynaecologic, endocrine, colorectal, UGI). My personal clinical interests include colorectal cancer, enhanced recovery after surgery (including immunonutrition), abdominal wall reconstruction (from multidisciplinary treatment of sporthernia to endoscopic component separation), surgical site infection control/reduction/surveillance. We run a training lab for laparoscopic surgery studying eye-hand coordination, ambidexterity and learning curve, focusing on developing specific pathway to improve young surgeons’ hard skills.