Prof. Giulio Santoro

Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at University of Padua, Italy and Honorary Professor at Shandong University, China

Country

Italy

Speciality

Gastrointestinal Surgery

Subspeciality

Colorectal Surgery

Experience

35 years

Languages

Italian

Areas of expertise

Colorectal Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Pelvic Floor Disorders (Incontinence, Prolapse, Anal Fistula, Hemorrhoids)
Colorectal Tumors
Diverticular Diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Anal and Pelvic Floor Ultrasound

About the expert

Prof. Giulio Santoro is Chief of the Pelvic Floor Unit and Consultant General Surgeon and Colorectal Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Treviso Regional Hospital, Italy, and Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Padua, Italy, and Honorary Professor at Shandong University, China. He is Director of the Italian School of Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography and Past-President of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery. He has performed over 2000 interventions as the first operator in General Surgery, Abdominal and colorectal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, pelvic floor, proctological surgery, kidney harvesting, and transplantation activities.

Prof. Giulio Santoro graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Naples, Italy, in 1991, where he served as a Surgical Registrar for 1 year and a Surgical Resident for 5 years. He also served as a Surgical Resident at several institutions, including Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and St. Mark's Hospital. His experience extends for more than 30 years.

He has been Chief of the Third Referral Center Pelvic Floor and Consultant General Surgeon and Colorectal Surgeon, Department of Surgery at Treviso Regional Hospital, Italy, for 23 years. He was Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

He also holds academic appointments as Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Padua, Italy, and Honorary Professor of Surgery at Shandong University, China. Prof. Santoro is Director of the Italian School of Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography and Past-President of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery.

He is co-editor of Techniques in Coloproctology and a member of the editorial board of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, and Journal of Ultrasonography and Pelviperineology. He is also the author of more than 250 chapters and articles published on peer-review journals, as well as the author of five books (Atlas of Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasonography; Benign Anorectal Diseases; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Rectal Cancer; Pelvic Floor Disorders: a Multidisciplinary Textbook). He attended more than 300 international congresses, workshops, and courses. He was president of the National Congress of Colorectal Surgery, Treviso 2015.

He performed as the first surgeon more than 4000 operations of general surgery, colorectal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, pelvic floor surgery, and proctological surgery

Director
2018 - Today
Third Level Referral Center, Pelvic Floor and Colorectal Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
Director

Italian School of Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography
Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery

University of Padua, Italy
Honorary Professor of General Surgery
2005 - Today
Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Assistant Professor of General Surgery Residency Program
2005 - Today
Departement of Surgery, University of Padua, Italy
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgery
1997 - Today
Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Treviso, Italy
Consultant staff (colorectal)
2014 - 2015
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Digestive Diseases Institute, U.A.E
Research Fellow

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK

Ph.D. in HepatoBiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

University of Siena, Italy

2001
Specialization in General Surgery

University of Naples

1996
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

University of Naples

1991

Founding member of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery
Editorial Board Membership, World Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012)
Editorial Board Membership, Journal of Ultrasonography (2012)
Editorial Board Membership, Journal of Coloproctology (2011)
Editorial Board Membership, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (2010)
Editorial Board Membership, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2009)
Editorial Board Membership, The Open Colorectal Cancer Journal (2008)
Editorial Board Membership, Pelviperineology (2008)