Andrea Balla

Dr. Andrea Balla is a general surgeon in the Colorectal Surgery Unit at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele.

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Sapienza University of Rome in 2011, where he also specialized in General Surgery in 2018. In 2021, he obtained a Ph.D. in Surgical Pathophysiology from the same university, followed by a Level II Master's Degree in Oncologic Digestive Surgery from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome in 2022.

Work Experience:

• November 2016 – April 2017: Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
• January – April 2019: Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain
• September – December 2019: Tarquinia Civil Hospital (RM), Italy
• 2020 – 2022: San Paolo Hospital, Civitavecchia (RM), Italy
• Since January 2023: Works in the Unit of Coloproctological Surgery and Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, led by Prof. Pierpaolo Sileri, at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Dr. Balla specializes in minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) surgery for colorectal diseases. In the field of minimally invasive surgery and new surgical technologies, he has authored over 130 scientific publications in high-impact journals.