Prof. Fabio Cianchi is a full professor of general surgery at the University of Florence and the director of the SOD (departmental operational structure) complex. In 1998, he was hired as a researcher in general surgery at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Florence. In 2002, he took up a position as an associate professor at the same university. From 2009 to 2015, he was director of the Simple SOD of Endocrinochirurgia and Minimvasive Surgery at the AOU Careggi in Florence. Since October 2015, he has been the director of the SOD Complex of Surgery of the Digesentee Apparato of the AOU Careggi in Florence. His assistance and research activities are mainly aimed at the treatment and study of the neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract (tumors of the esophagus, stomach, colon, and rectum). In particular, for about 10 years, he has dedicated himself to the development and use of minimally invasive techniques, both laparoscopic and robotic, in the surgery of the aforementioned neoplasms. He is a member of the Faculty of the International School of Robotic Surgery of Grosseto and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tosco-Umbra Society for Surgery.