Prof. Paolo Fabbrucci, Thoracic Surgeon - Florence, Italy

Professional experience

• Assistant Surgeon at the Arcispedale of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence and Establishments Gathered from September 1972.

• Assistant Surgeon at the Hospital of Careggi - Florence from June 1973 to October 1979.

• Assistant Surgeon at the Hospital Serristori of Figline Valdarno (Florence) since October 1979.

• Chief of General Surgery by December 1988 at the following hospitals: Hospital Serristori of Figline Valdarno until 1996, Santa Maria Annunziata of Bagno a Ripoli from January to December 1996; Camerata di Fiesole and Santa Maria Nuova in Florence from January 1997 to December 1999; Santa Maria Annunziata of Bagno a Ripoli (Florence) from December 1999 until 31 December 2007.

• Director of Surgical Health Authority 10 of Florence from 1999 to 2001.

• Responsible for U.O. General Surgery of the Clinic Santa Chiara in Florence in 2008 and 2009.

He did about 17,500 surgical procedures:

• General Surgery

Thyroid (300)

Breast (400)

Esophagus-Diaphragm (125)

Stomach (1000)

Liver-biliary-pancreas (2,800)

Colorectal (1,630)

Multivisceral resection for oncological pathology (150)

Minor operations (4,215)

Major surgery for trauma (200)

• Laparoscopic General Surgery

Esophagus-diaphragm (75)

Stomach (60)

Liver-biliary-pancreas (1,650)

Colorectal (350)

Various interventions (200)

• Thoracic Surgery

Major resections (280)

Interventions on the mediastinum (30)

Minor surgery (250)

• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Major resection (35)

Minor interventions of excisions (200)

Interventions for trauma (75)

Minor surgery (200)

• Vascular surgery

Interventions for venous disease (1,000)

Major surgery for arterial disease (200)

• Urological surgery

Major resections (250)

Minor surgery (400)

• Gynecological Surgery

Major surgery for cancer pathology (200)

Minor interventions for benign disease (370)

Publications

• Author of 95 publications in national and international magazines.

• Author of monographs published in the press.

• Co-author of the Treaty of surgically technique video on the DVD "MedTutor Surgery" published by UTET Medical Sciences.