Affiliation: Universitá di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Professor Ugo Boggi was born in Carrara (MS) on June 21, 1965, graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery in 1990 from the University of Pisa and has achieved two specializations, both with honors (General Surgery, Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Digestive Endoscopy, University of Pisa). Prof. Ugo Boggi also received part of his training at the Cabrini Medical Center, a hospital in New York (USA). Currently Professor Boggi is Professor in General Surgery at the University of Pisa, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, directs the U.O. Complex of General Surgery and Transplantation of the University Hospital of Pisa - Department of Integrated Oncology and Transplantation and is an Associate Professor in General Surgery at the prestigious University of Pittsburgh.