Prof Umberto Cillo, MD, FEBS

Professor of General Surgery

Head, Department of Surgical Oncologic and Gastroenterologic Sciences, Padova University

Head, Department of Hepatology Padova University-Hospital

Director, General Surgery 2 – Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Center

University of Padova, Padova - Italy

1. Full Professor of General Surgery at University of Padova since 2011 and Chief of the Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, at the University of Padova Hospital since 2004 (“General Surgery 2 and Liver Transplant Center” since 2019) .
2. Head of the Department of Surgical, Oncologic and Gastroenterologic Sciences of Padova University (DISCOG) (2023-2027)
3. Head, Hepatology Department – Padova University Hospital (2020 - present time)
4. President of the Italian Society of Organ Transplantation (SITO) (2017-2019)
5. Secretary of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, ESOT (2021-2025)
6. Member of ESOT Council (European Society for Organ Transplantation). (2017 - 2021)
7. Co-chair of the ESOT 2021 Congress.
8. President Elect of ESOT 2025-2027
9. Member of the Italian Ministry of Health Commission for National Clinical Practice Guidelines (2024)
10. Italian representative at the European Board of Surgery, section of Transplantation UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists (2010-present time). Member of the Executive Board of the Transplant Division (Senior Secretary) (2022-present time).
11. Director of the Italian School for Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery (I-GO-MILS) 2019-2021

1. Since 2012 on, he led the national consensus process leading to the allocation system for liver transplantation in Italy.

1. 2024: Coordinator of CERTEV (Veneto Region Center for Translational Research on Hepatobiliary Tumors)

1. Prof Cillo is first author or co-author of 526 reviewed publications, 28 chapters and 5 monographs. I.F. (JCR) 1372,892 H-INDEX 64 (Scopus) 70 (Google Scholar) Citations: 17834 (Scopus) 22096 (Google Scholar), mainly dedicated to oncologic hepato-biliary surgery, transplant oncology, immunosuppression.
2. Prof Cillo has performed as first surgeon/tutor over 4000 interventions of general and hepatobiliary surgery, over 900 liver transplants, more than 120 cases of paediatric liver transplantation including split child-adult and adult-adult, living donors and robotic living donations.
3. He performed the first auxiliary liver transplantation (2007), the first liver auto-transplantation (2011), the first “RAPID” technique (2018) and the first “dual Liver Transplantation” (2023) in Italy. He published the first series of the West of full Robotic resection and reconstruction for pCCA (2021).
4. Since 2004 more than 2600 liver resections, 2000 liver transplants and 3900 liver ablations have been performed at his Unit.
5. His scientific interest is focused on the following topics:
6. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Primary Liver Tumors
7. Transplant Oncology
8. Long term ex situ Machine Perfusion Preservation
9. Immunosuppression
10. Organ Allocation

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Umberto Cillo November 2024