Born in Carrara, he graduated with honors in medicine and surgery in 1990 from the University of Pisa, where he later completed two specializations: one in abdominal surgery and one in surgical digestive endoscopy. He then carried out part of his training in the USA, at the Cabrini Medical Center in New York, where he also obtained his medical qualification.
He later became a full professor of general surgery at the University of Pisa, in the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, and became the director of the Complex Unit of General Surgery and Transplants at the University Hospital of Pisa. Additionally, he is also an associate professor of general surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.
He performed the first-ever isolated pancreas transplant with a robot and the first pediatric transplant from a living adult donor ever performed in Italy. He is known for creating certain techniques that have been adopted as international standards by the medical and scientific community and is also the president of the Italian Society of Organ Transplants (SITO).
In 2010, he performed the world’s first robotic pancreas transplant and, in the same year, a simultaneous robotic kidney and pancreas transplant. He also carried out a right robotic hepatectomy for adult-to-adult transplant purposes in 2012 and a selective distal spleno-renal shunt for the treatment of portal hypertension in 2013.
In Europe, he performed the first simultaneous living donor kidney transplant and deceased donor pancreas transplant in 2001, and the first robotic kidney transplant in 2010. In Italy, he became known for experimenting with cross-over kidney transplantation (3 pairs) in 2005, robotic kidney donation for transplant purposes in 2008, single-access laparoscopic kidney donation for transplant in 2010, and laparoscopic liver donation for adult-to-child transplant from a living donor in the same year.
He organized the “First World Consensus Conference on Pancreas Transplantation” from October 17 to 19 in Pisa, bringing together leading experts from around the world to define international guidelines for the application of this important therapeutic option.
He also organized the National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgery, which had not been held in Pisa for 118 years.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Transplantation.
On November 27, 2024, he received the High Civic Merit award in Carrara.
On December 20, 2024, he was awarded the title of Commendatore.
Selected publications from PubMed
Morphology-Based Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis Across Europe: Toward the Next Generation of Unified Guidelines.
Van Veldhuisen CL, Leseman CA, De Rijk FEM, Marques-Antunes JC, Ausania F, Belyaev O, Berrevoet F, Boermeester M, Boggi U, Bouwense SA, Bruno MJ, Busch OR, Conlon KC, Dokmak S, Falconi M, Ghorbani P, Gryspeerdt F, Haen R, Ibrahimli A, Izbicki JR, Krikke C, Kokkola A, Marique L, Mieog JSD, Nappo G, Pavulans J, Plaudis H, Roeyen G, Scognamiglio P, Tamburrino D, Tholfsen T, Toschka M, Uzunoglu FG, Van Dieren S, Van Eijck CHJ, van Hooft JE, Van Santvoort HC, Verdonk RC, Voermans RP, Waage A, Besselink MG, Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group (DSPG) and the Scientific and Research Committee of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA)
Ann Surg. 2026 Sep 4 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007202.
The Italian landscape of robotic-assisted kidney transplantation: results from a national survey.
Guidetti C, Serni S, Boggi U, Solinas A, Tanese F, Lauterio A, Volpe A, Catellani B, Guerrini GP, Manzia TM, Lorenzin D, Puzziello A, Romano M, Spada M, Antonelli A, Carcano G, Bossini N, Iaria M, Vivarelli M, Rossi M, Rigotti P, Furian L, Troisi RI, Di Sandro S, Di Benedetto F
Updates Surg. 2026 Sep;78(5):1929-1934 doi: 10.1007/s13304-026-02561-6.
Preoperative Risk Assessment of Pancreatic Fistula Impact on Adjuvant Chemotherapy Delivery After Pancreatoduodenectomy.
Giannone F, Palucci M, Cassese G, Capretti G, Ginesini M, Iben-Khayat A, De Rosa RV, Ricci C, Lupascu CD, Marchese U, Sánchez-Velázquez P, Rossi R, Rhaiem R, Deloche G, Rompianesi G, Fernández-Baeza M, Gruttadauria S, Dulundu E, Baiocchi GL, Spampinato M, Memeo R, Frigerio I, Chenevas-Paule Q, Miggino M, Grazi GL, Ercolani G, Espin F, Serradilla-Martín M, Troisi RI, Truant S, Piardi T, Vivarelli M, Pessaux P, Ielpo B, Tzedakis S, Chicos A, Casadei R, Sulpice L, Saint-Marc O, Boggi U, Zerbi A, Panaro F, PANACHEF Study Group
Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Sep;33(9):8394-8404 doi: 10.1245/s10434-026-19447-x.
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery: Learning Curves for Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy at 16 International Expert Centers.
Müller PC, Kuemmerli C, Billeter AT, Shen B, Jin J, Nickel F, Guidetti C, Kauffmann E, Purchla J, Tschuor C, Krohn PS, Burgdorf SK, Jonas JP, Bussmann FJ, Saint-Marc O, Iben-Khayat A, Andel PCM, Molenaar IQ, Wellner U, Keck T, Moeckli B, Toso C, Di Benedetto F, Valle V, Giulianotti P, Roulin D, Martinie JB, Rama M, Lavu H, Yeo C, Mavani PT, Shah MM, Kooby DA, He J, Boggi U, Hackert T, Borel-Rinkes IHM, Müller BP, Clavien PA
Ann Surg. 2026 Jul 1;284(1):e22-e30 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006592.
International consensus on mesopancreas and total mesopancreas excision (MESODELPHI).
Leite LF, Belotto M, Sá de Araújo M, Menezes S, de Almeida LF, Hilal MA, Alcázar López CF, Azagra JS, Balakrishnan A, Berrevoet F, Besselink MG, Blanco-Fernández G, Boggi U, Chapa-Azuela O, Coimbra FJF, Dasari BVM, Dokmak S, Duarte ÁA, Falconi M, Oliveira AF, Fusai GK, Frigerio I, Giménez M, Ielpo B, Inoue Y, Jarufe N, Chavarría EJ, Lesurtel M, Malleo G, Marchegiani G, Mazza O, de Oliveira CVC, O'Rourke N, Pandanaboyana S, Rangelova E, Sabater L, Satoi S, Sauvanet A, Serradilla-Martín M, Siriwardena AK, Sparrelid E, Starlinger P, Stättner S, Strobel O, Sturesson C, Villodre C, Werner J, Galvão do Amaral PC, Peixoto RD, Clavien PA, Ramia JM
HPB (Oxford). 2026 Jun 30 pii: S1365-182X(26)00683-0. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2026.06.012.
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