Arcangelo Picciariello, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of General Surgery at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. He is a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (Coloproctology) and Chair of the Young Group of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology. Previously, he served as a clinical and research fellow at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. His research has focused extensively on the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in colorectal cancer patients. He completed his PhD thesis titled: “Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer by the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath.”Donato F. Altomare, MD is a Full Professor of General Surgery at the University Aldo Moro of Bari, Italy, and a Visiting Professor at Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, USA. He is recognized among the top Italian scientists (as ranked by PLOS Biology in 2017). He is a former President of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery and previously served as Chairman of the Scientific Program of the European Society of Coloproctology. He also held the role of Associate Director of the International Society of University Colorectal Surgeons. Professor Altomare is one of the pioneers in investigating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in colorectal cancer.
