Prof. Dr. Stefano Puleo received an M.D. at the University of Catania in December 1973 (summa cum laude) and a specialization in General Surgery at the University of Catania in 1979 (summa cum laude). From 1974 to 1979, he was a staff surgeon at the Institute of General Surgery at the University of Catania. From 1980 to 1992,  he served as an Aggregate Professor of Surgery at the University of Catania. Then, he became an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Catania in 1992. Since 2013, he has been the Head of the Department of Surgical Sciences, organ transplantation, and advanced technologies at the University of Catania. Furthermore, he has been a co-author of 1 monograph, 7 book chapters, and author/co-author of 266 full papers. From 1990 to 2013, he completed 126 full papers, 47 non-indexed, and 88 indexed on Medline. He has been invited as chairman or speaker 192 times in National and International Meetings from 2000 to 2013. He is a member of the following scientific societies: the International Hepatobiliopancreatic Association (Councilor of the Italian Chapter), the Italian Society of Surgery, the European Society of Hernia, the Italian Society of Oncologic Surgery, the Italian Society of Surgical Research (Councilor), the International Society of Experimental Surgery, the Italian association pancreas study, and the International College of Surgeons (Councilor of the Italian Chapter).