Prof. Giuseppe Nigri is Professor of Surgery at the Sapienza University of Roma. His major interest is Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He is USMLE/ECFMG-certified. He trained in Italy and in the USA (Clinical and Research Fellow and Resident in General Surgery) at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Fellow of the Society of Surgical Oncology. He has been a Member of the International Relation Committee and Chair of the Scholar Selection Subcommittee of the American College of Surgeons. He is also Fellow, Member and Committee member of SAGES, SSAT, SSO and the International Society of Surgery (ISS_SIC). He authored and co-authored more than 300 international scientific publications and he is a member of numerous and prestigious editorial boards (CV and bibliography at http://sapienza.giuseppenigri.it/cv/index).