Domenico D'Ugo is a Full Professor of Surgery at the Catholic University of Rome, “A.Gemelli” Medical School.
He has extensive practice in different and various fields of General, abdominal and thoracic surgery with a high number of endoscopic exams throughout the first years plus >3000 surgical operations until June 2003, 2000 of them as the first operating surgeon (from the official data bank of “A.Gemelli” University Hospital)
>1300 major oncologic treatments as responsible of the Surgical Oncology Unit at the “Centro ad alta Tecnologia per la formazione e ricerca nelle scienze biomediche”, sede di Campobasso UCSC (from the official data bank: S.I.S. Campobasso).
From November 1st 2006, as the Director of the General Surgical Unit of “A. Gemelli” Hospital, has performed and/or supervised >800 medium-major procedures per year
The peculiar personal experience that can be deducted from the complex of such yearly activity has been mainly focused on diverse aspect of surgical oncology techniques, starting from lung, esophageal, thyroid, and breast surgery (during the years of service in Thoracic Surgery), up to the most recent interests in pancreas, colo-rectal and especially gastric neoplasms
Peculiar attention has been deserved to the development, implementation and teaching of new technologies In all fields of abdominal surgery; has been initiator and leader of laparoscopic techniques at “A. Gemelli” Hospital” for cholecystectomy, anti-reflux procedures, splenectomy, laparoscopic colon resection for cancer and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, laparoscopic anterior resection of the rectum and video-assisted Miles Operation; lately has initiated a program of laparoscopic D2 gastric resection.
Administrative reports of all Surgical Units directed by D.D’Ugo, up to date, witness a very efficient organizational planning of a highly specialized level of surgical care, especially in the field of abdominal surgical oncology.
Domenico D'Ugo is the past President of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).
Selected publications from PubMed
Bridging prediction and reality: AI-based external validation of predictive models for lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer.
Santos LL, Finamore AC, Gisbertz S, Romario UF, Kielan W, Rosati R, Kołodziejczyk P, Wijnhoven B, Gockel I, Giacopuzzi S, Polkowski WP, Davies A, Morgagni P, Hoelscher A, Allum W, D'ugo D, Hartgrink H, Bencivenga M, Viganò J, Pera M, Reim D, Schneider PM, Mönig S, De Manzoni G, Baiocchi GL, Antunes C, Matos da Costa P, GASTRODATA Consortium (European Chapter of International Gastric Cancer Association)
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2026 Sep;52(9):111928 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2026.111928.
Standard reporting on duodenal stump leakage after gastric cancer resections: multicentre analysis from the GASTRODATA Study Group (the STARDUST study).
Molteni M, Puccetti F, Baiocchi GL, Piessen G, Allum W, Davies A, Hoelscher A, Gockel I, Reim D, Morgagni P, Fumagalli Romario U, D'Ugo D, Reddavid R, De Manzoni G, van Sandick J, Gisbertz S, Wijnhoven B, Polkowski W, Kołodziejczyk P, Kielan W, Matos da Costa P, Lara Santos L, Pera M, Moenig S, Schneider PM, Gutschow CA, Elmore U, Rosati R, Other Members of the GASTRODATA Study Group
Br J Surg. 2026 Aug 27;113(9) pii: znag105. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znag105.
Postoperative quality of life after minimally invasive repair of giant hiatal hernias.
Tirelli F, Lorenzon L, Galati C, Chicchi F, Santoro G, Agnes A, Ferri L, Persiani R, Biondi A, D'Ugo D
Hernia. 2026 Jul 17;30(1) doi: 10.1007/s10029-026-03804-6.
Rectal Cancer in the Elderly: To Operate or Not to Operate? A Nationwide Retrospective Study of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology-Colorectal Cancer Network Collaborative Group.
Reddavid R, Elmore U, Azzolina D, Moro J, Ceraolo S, De Nardi P, Biondi A, Persiani R, Solaini L, Pafundi DP, Cianflocca D, Sasia D, Milone M, Turri G, Mineccia M, Pecchini F, Gallo G, Rega D, Gili S, Maiello F, Barberis A, Costanzo F, Ortenzi M, Divizia A, Foppa C, Anania G, Spinelli A, Sica GS, Guerrieri M, Polastri R, Bianco F, Delrio P, Piccoli M, Ferrero A, Pedrazzani C, De Palma GD, Borghi F, Coco C, Cavaliere D, D'Ugo D, Rosati R, Degiuli M
Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Mar 1;69(3):392-401 doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003961.
Impact of prognostic nutritional index on oncological outcomes and mortality among advanced gastric cancer patients: European GASTRODATA registry analysis.
Pelc Z, Sędłak K, Mlak R, Endo Y, Gockel I, van Sandick J, Baiocchi GL, Wijnhoven B, Gisbertz S, Pera M, Morgagni P, Framarini M, Hoelscher A, Moenig S, Kołodziejczyk P, Piessen G, Eveno C, da Costa PM, Baker C, Davies A, Allum W, Romario UF, Rosati R, Reim D, Santos LL, D'ugo D, de Manzoni G, Kielan W, Schneider P, Pawlik TM, Polkowski W, Rawicz-Pruszyński K
Int J Cancer. 2025 Oct 15;157(8):1734-1745 doi: 10.1002/ijc.35489.
Welcome & Introduction: A Global Vision for Surgical Equity – Dr. Romina Pena (Spain) The Global Footprint: Mapping the Robotic Revolution and Regional Leadership - Dr. Ramon Vilallonga Puy (Spain) Addressing the Divide: Strategies for Expanding Robotic Access in Emerging Economies - Dr. Andre Teixeira (USA) The Cutting Edge: How Emerging Technologies Are Redefining Robotic Surgical Capabilities - Dr. Domenico D’Ugo (Italy) What Surgeons Need: Perspectives from the Front Lines - Dr. Luigi Marano (Poland) Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks - All faculty moderated by Dr. Romina Pena (Spain)
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