Professor Giulio Santoro

Head, Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor Center, Consultant General Surgeon and Colorectal Surgeon, Department of Surgery Treviso Regional Hospital, Italy and Honorary Professor at Shandong University, China

Professor Giulio Santoro  specialized in Gastrointestinal Surgery
Country

Italy

Speciality
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Subspeciality
Pelvic Floor and Colorectal Surgery
Experience
2001 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

Professor 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 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 first operator in General Surgery, Abdominal and Colorectal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Pelvic Floor, Proctological Surgery, Kidney Harvesting and Transplantation Activities.

    Professor Giulio A.Santoro graduated from Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy in 1991, where he then served as Surgical Registrar for 1 year and Surgical Resident for 5 years. He also joined a number of places as Surgical Resident, including Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and St. Mark's Hospital.

    He is currently 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 for 1 year from August 2014 to 2015.

    He also holds academic appointments as Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at 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 member of the editorial board of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Female Pelvic Medicine Reconstructive Surgery, Journal of Ultrasonography and Pelviperineology. He is also 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 was in the faculty of more than 300 international congresses, workshops and courses. He was president of the National Congress of Colorectal Surgery, Treviso 2015.

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

  • Consultant General and Colorectal Surgery

    1997 - Today

    Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Treviso, Italy

  • Director

    2018 - Today

    Third Level Referral Center, Pelvic Floor and Colorectal Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

  • Director

    Italian School of Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography

  • 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 staff (colorectal)

    2014 - 2015

    Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Digestive Diseases Institute

  • Resident

    Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amesterdam

  • Resident

    Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Gastrointestinal Imaging Unit, St.Mark's Hospital, London, UK

  • Resident

    Colorectal Surgical Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

  • Resident

    Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

  • Research Fellow

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

  • Resident

    Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio (USA)

  • Resident

    Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

  • Resident

    Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (USA)

  • 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)

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