Oncologic Surgical Emergencies / Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma (PDF)

Antonio Tarasconi is a Consultant General Surgeon, currently working in the Acute Care, Trauma and Emergency Surgery Unit of Parma University Hospital, a tertiary facility and regional trauma hub. After his graduation with a thesis on the application of Open Abdomen in non-trauma patients, he worked to improve and extend the general surgeons knowledge in the field acute care and trauma surgery. in his daily clinical practice he works in collaboration with multiple specialists to provide the best treatment to patients and is actively involved in multiple research projects and clinical trials.

Simona Bu is a Medical Oncologist, currently working in the Oncology Department of Parma University Hospital, coordinator of the diagnostic therapeutic protocols and referent oncologist in this hospital for head and neck tumours. For the last 15 yearsshe has been actively inolved in controlled clinical trials in breast, lung, stomach, colon, pancreas, liver, head and neck cancer and supportive care conducted in agreement with GCP. She also worked as a senologist and was involved in breast cancer follow up and screening programs. At the moment, her research interests are focused on gastrointestinal cancer treatment.



Mircea Chirica is an hepatobiliary and oesophageal surgeon currently working as Head of the Hepatobiliary and Liver transplantation Unit in Grenoble. He worked 5 years in the Saint Louis Hospital in Paris where he acquired special expertise in the management of caustic injuries of the upper digestive tract. This resulted in the publication of several original articles in high impact surgical journals (Annals Ann Surg., Br. J Surg, Surg Endosc, World J Surg) and several review papers (Lancet, WJES). He actually performs supra-mesocolic (liver, pancreas, oesophagus, stomach) oncological procedures and liver transplantation in a hospital which is a Level I trauma center.





Gael Roth is associate professor in gastrointestinal