Marco Montorsi is Full Professor of Surgery and Rector of Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, and Head of the Department of General Surgery,Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan (Italy). He served as President of the Italian Society of Surgery from 2016 to 2018. His research and clinical activity is focused on digestive diseases and the surgical treatment of conditions mainly involving the hepatopancreatobiliary system and colorectal tract, as well as on open and laparoscopic surgery of the abdominal wall.