Riccardo Rosati

Biography

Professor Riccardo Rosati, Full Professor of General Surgery at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, is the Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit and the Week Surgery Unit at the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He collaborates with other facilities within the group, including Casa di Cura La Madonnina in Milan. Since 2014, he has been the Director of the School of Specialization in General Surgery at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, a school renowned both nationally and internationally.

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Milan in 1980, he obtained specialization in General Surgery at the same university in 1985. His training continues at the University of Turin, where he specializes in Thoracic-Pulmonary Surgery in 1988.

His medical practice focuses on surgery of digestive system, using both traditional and minimally invasive approach. Specifically, he treats mainly neoplastic and benign diseases of the esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, while part of his background are hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. Within the scope of endocrine surgery, which is the area of responsibility of the department he heads, he performs laparoscopic interventions for adrenal diseases, preferring, in turn, minicervicotomy of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. The operating units directed by Prof. Riccardo Rosati count more than 25,000 surgical interventions performed in the Operational Units he has directed from 1996 to today.

He has actively contributed to the development of various surgical techniques, especially promoting the spread of minimally invasive surgery (first procedures in 1989) in general surgery, emergency surgery, trauma surgery, and day surgery. He is the first specialist in Italy to introduce outpatient hospitalization for laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia, such as cholecystectomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall for hernia and laparocele.

Under his leadership, San Raffaele Hospital has seen a significant increase in oncological surgery of the digestive system, becoming by far the leading center in Italy for esophageal surgery volumes, and among the top centers for stoma, colon, and rectal surgery. Within the same facility, he established and coordinates two specialized multidisciplinary groups: one dedicated to the study, research, and treatment of diseases of the upper digestive tract (esophagus and stomach), and the other focused on colorectal diseases.

He is the author of more than 478 scientific publications and an active participant of national and international congresses. Professor Riccardo Rosati is a member of many scientific societies, including SIC (Italian Society of Surgery), GIRCG (Italian Research Group on Gastric Cancer), ACS (American College of Surgeons), ESA (European Surgical Association), ISDE (International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus), ESDE (European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus), of which he was president from 2021 to 2023, and SISME (Italian Society for the Study of Esophageal Diseases), of which he is also a founding member.

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Education

University of Milan
Degree in Medicine and Surgery - 1980

University of Milan
Specialization in General Surgery - 1985

University of Turin
Specialization - 1988

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Publications

Latest publications

Enhanced recovery after surgery (eras) pathway in esophagectomy: is a reasonable prediction of hospital stay possible?
Ann Surg. 2019, Jul;270(1):77-83. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002775
P. Parise, C. Ferrari, A. Cossu, F. Puccetti, U. Elmore, S. de Pascale, L. Garutti, U. Fumagalli, M.S. Di Serio, R. Rosati.
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Recovery after intracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2017, Feb;403(1):1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00423-017-1645-y
M. Milone, U. Elmore, A. Vignali, N. Gennarelli, M. Manigrasso, M. Burati, F. Milone, G.D. De Palma, P. Delrio, R. Rosati
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The italian research group for gastric cancer (gircg) guidelines for gastric cancer staging and treatment: 2015
Gastric Cancer. 2017, Jan;20(1):20-30. doi: 10.1007/s10120-016-0615-3
G. De Manzoni, D. Marrelli, G. L. Baiocchi, P. Morgagni, L. Saragoni, M. Degiuli, A. Donini, U. Fumagalli, M. A. Mazzei, F. Pacelli, A. Tomezzoli, M. Berselli, F. Catalano, A. Di Leo, M. Framarini, S. Giacopuzzi, L. Graziosi, A. Marchet, M. Marini, C. Milandri, G. Mura, E. Orsenigo, V. Quagliuolo, S. Rausei, R. Ricci, F. Rosa, G. Roviello, A. Sansonetti, G. Sgroi, G. A. Tiberio, G. Verlato, C. Vin
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Long-term results of minimally invasive surgery for symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum
Am J Surg 2011; 201 (1): 132-135
R. Rosati, U. Fumagalli, U. Elmore, S. De Pascale, S. Massaron, A. Peracchia
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Endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients with early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: results from a prospective western series
Gastrointest Endosc 2010; 71 (4): 715-721
R. Repici, C. Hassan, A. Carlino, N. Pagano, A. Zullo, G. Rando, G. Strangio, F. Romeo, R. Nicita, R. Rosati, A. Malesci
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Laparoscopic rectal resection for cancer. effects of conversion on short term outcome and survival
Ann Surg Oncol 2009, 16 (5): 1279-1286
M. Rottoli, S. Bona, R. Rosati, U. Elmore, P.P. Bianchi, A. Spinelli, C. Bartolucci, M. Montorsi
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Laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer. a prospective analysis of patient survival and outcome
Dis Colon Rectum 2007, 50 (12): 2047-2053
P. Bianchi, R. Rosati, S. Bona, M. Rottoli, U. Elmore, C. Ceriani, A. Malesci, M. Montorsi
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Diverticulectomy, myotomy and fundoplication through laparoscopy: a new option to treat epiphrenic esophageal diverticula?
Annals of Surgery 1998; 227: 174-178
R. Rosati, U. Fumagalli, S. Bona, L.Bonavina, A. Peracchia
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Thoracoscopic esophagectomy: are there benefits?
Seminars in Surgical Oncology 1997; 13: 259-262
Peracchia A., R. Rosati, U. Fumagalli, S. Bona, B. Chella
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Experimental oesophagogastric anastomosis: preliminary report of a new compression device that also fragments
British Journal of Surgery 1996; 83: 1616-1619
C. Rebuffat, R. Rosati, U. Fumagalli, F. Varoli, G. Roviaro, A. Peracchia
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Laparoscopic treatment of paraesophageal and large mixed hiatal hernias
Surgical Endoscopy 1996; 10: 429-431
R. Rosati, U. Fumagalli, S. Bona, B. Chella, A. Peracchia
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Surgical therapy of esophageal leiomyoma
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 1995; 181: 257-262
L.Bonavina, A.Segalin, R.Rosati, M.Pavanello, A.Peracchia
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Laparoscopic approach to esophageal achalasia
The American Journal of Surgery 1995; 169: 424-427
R.Rosati, U.Fumagalli, L.Bonavina, A.Segalin, M.Montorsi, S.Bona, A.Peracchia
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Clinical application of a new compression anastomotic device for colorectal surgery
The American Journal of Surgery 1990; 159: 330‑335
C.Rebuffat, R.Rosati, M.Montorsi, U.Fumagalli, M.Maciocco, M.Poccobelli, G.C.Roviaro, F.Varoli, G.Pezzuoli
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A new mechanical device for circular compression anastomosis: preliminary results of animal and clinical experimentation.
Annals of Surgery 1988; 207: 245‑252
R.Rosati, C.Rebuffat, G.Pezzuoli
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