Vito D’Andrea graduated from Sapienza University of Rome in Medicine and Surgery at the age of 23.  He is currently a full professor of General Surgery at the Department of Surgery of Sapienza University of Rome. He is a specialist in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery. He has authored over 300 scientific papers  (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-2530). He has an H-index of 35 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25121507000) and more than 4.000 citations (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25121507000). He is President of the Italian Society for Surgical Research (ricercheinchirurgia.com), a top Italian scientist in clinical sciences (https://topitalianscientists.org/tis/52638/Vito_D), and General Secretary of the Italian Scientists Association (https://www.isa2020.eu)(https://www.linkedin.com/in/profvitodandrea/).