Antonio Gangemi

Prof. Gangemi has been recruited by University of Bologna in 2022 as Associate Professor of Surgery after building his career as accomplished academic surgeon, surgical educator, and clinical scientist in the USA where among other accolades, was awarded the 2017 America’s Top Surgeons Recognition by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.

Prof. Gangemi chairs the Innovative Surgical and Interventional Techniques (ISIT) at the University of Bologna affiliated hospital (IRCCS AOU of Bologna) and serves as international relations delegate for the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and the PhD programme Surgical Sciences and Innovative Technologies.

His research and clinical interest focus prevalently on robotic surgery and its various applications in the field of general, bariatric and foregut surgery. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (DABS), fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS). He has contributed to over one hundred scientific peer-reviewed articles and serves as associate editor of top-ranking journal “Obesity Surgery” (Springer Publ.).