Antonino Spinelli MD, PhD

Antonino Spinelli Antonino Spinelli is the Director of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Full Professor of Surgery at Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milano.

He graduated as MD in 2001 at the University of Milano. During his education he was awarded several scholarships; he trained for two years at the University of Berlin – Charité, at the Dept of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery. He obtained his Ph.D. in Surgical Physiopathology discussing a thesis on enhanced recovery for laparoscopic colorectal surgery in 2011.

Prof. Spinelli is focused on advanced minimally invasive techniques, including single-port surgery and transanal surgery (TAMIS, TATME, TTSS), and has a special interest in enhanced postoperative patient recovery. Furthermore, his Division is a referral center for colorectal disease and is well-known for sphincter-saving procedures for rectal cancer and for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Prof. Spinelli is General Secretary of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) and Board Member of the Guidelines Committee (GuiCom) of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (ECCO).

Prof. Spinelli is a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (FASCRS), an Honorary Fellow of the Czech Society of Surgery (CSS), and an Honorary Member of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD).

He is a Member of the International Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) and several other national and international scientific societies.

Prof Spinelli is a regular speaker at National and International Meetings (more than 315 invited talks or lectures), particularly on the minimally invasive treatment of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.