Gianlorenzo Dionigi

Gianlorenzo Dionigi is Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan, Director of the

Department of General Surgery and Chairman of the Section of Endocrine Surgery

He is an active member of the Research Committee of the European Society of Endocrine

Surgery (ESES), the European Thyroid Society (ETA), the American College of Surgeons (FACS),

the American Thyroid Society (ATA) and the Chinese Thyroid Society

He is a member of the European Board of Surgery - Endocrine Surgery Section. Prof. Dionigi

has experience with neuromonitoring since 2004 and founded the International

Neuromonitoring Study Group, the Korean Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Society (KINMoS)

and the Chinese and Italian Neuromonitoring Groups

First use of neuromonitoring in Italy

First provider of endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy in Italy and first provider of robotic

transoral thyroidectomy in Europe

He has led lectures on thyroid and parathyroid surgery and live "hands-on" surgeries in surgical

departments in China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Brazil, Africa, Middle East and Europe. In

Italy there are 3 centres for thyroid surgery decided by the government; Prof. Dionigi heads

the centre in Northern Italy

He has published more than 500 indexed papers, 24 chapters in textbooks, 6 guest editors in

scientific journals. Gianlorenzo Dionigi is the editor of 5 textbooks in general surgery. Professor

Dionigi has been responsible for several national and international endocrine surgery and

interdisciplinary guidelines. Professor Dionigi's special interest is clinical and translational

research in the field of endocrine surgery