Pietro Fusaroli

Prof. Fusaroli graduated from the University of Bologna, Italy, with M.D. degree with distinction in 1994. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology by 1998. He was then recruited to the University of Bologna in 2000 as an Assistant Researcher and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2006 and to Associate Professor in 2015.

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) represents his main interest both for patient care and research. He is also active in operative endoscopy and hepatology.

He is now director of the GI in the hospital of Imola. In this location, he developed since 2002 a EUS program that facilitated multidisciplinary approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of various gastrointestinal diseases. He became an expert in pancreaticobiliary and gut wall benign and malignant conditions, contributing significantly to early diagnosis and improved staging. Additionally, he developed contrast harmonic EUS with contrast agents, transforming it from a prototype technique to a well-established one.

Professor Fusaroli lectured worldwide and participated in courses and live demonstrations, and authored more than 220 peer-reviewed journal publications.