Dr GIOVANNI DAPRI

Curriculum Vitae

Education & Training


6-5-1975: born in Treviglio (Bergamo), Italy
1994-2000: Medical School at the University of Milan, Italy
2000-2006: Residency in General Surgery at the University of Milan, Italy

1998: internship at the Department of Surgery of the University of California San Diego, San Diego CA, US (Chief: Pr. A.R.Moossa)
1999: internship at the Department of Surgery of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle WA, US (Chief: Pr. C.A.Pellegrini)
2002: fellowship at the Service of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco, Principaute of Monaco (Chief: Pr. C.Huguet)
2004-2006: fellowship at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium (Director and Chief: Pr. G.B.Cadière)

Academic Experiences


Award Congress Session

  • 19th Annual Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) (June 17 2011, Turin, Italy)
  • 16th Annual Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) (June 13 2008, Stockholm, Sweden)
  • 109e Congrès Français de Chirurgie (AFC), session International Club of Young Laparoscopic Surgeons (ICYLS) (October 3 2007, Paris, France)
  • 108e Congrès Français de Chirurgie (AFC) (October 3 2006, Paris, France)
  • 14th Annual Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) (September 14 2006, Berlin, Germany)
  • 9th Annual Meeting of European Society of Surgery (ESS) (November 12 2005, Vienna, Austria)
  • 107e Congrès Français de Chirurgie (AFC) (September 30 2005, Paris, France)
  • 13th Annual Congress of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) (Juin 3 2005, Venice, Italy)
  • MISCJU 2008 Award for Technical and Scientific Research (Caceres, Spain, October 17-18, 2008)
  • WCES Young Investigators Award (YIA) at 11th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (Yokohama, Japan, September 2-6, 2008)
  • European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) Educational Grant at 10th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (Berlin, Germany, September 13-16, 2006)

International and National Congress participations

  • 259 oral presentations
  • 121 abstracts published
  • 33 session moderator
  • 31 LIVE surgeries
  • 14 lab instructor

Author and Co-author

  • 75 scientific papers on reviewed and no-reviewed Journals
  • 28 book chapters
  • Brochure+DVD: First Single-Portal Laparoscopic Surgery Using Curved and Reusable Instruments (printed in April 2010)
  • Brochure+DVD: First Single-Portal Access Using Curved Instruments for Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Cholecystectomy (with DVD) (printed in in June 2009)
  • Atlas+DVDs: Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery (printed in October 2007, ISBN Nr. 978-2-9600728)
  • 3 DVDs of Laparoscopic Surgery:
    - Minimal invasive esophagectomy and gastrectomy for tumor
    - Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
    - Laparoscopic hernia repair
  • DVD of the Use of Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement in Digestive and Obesity Surgery

Development

  • Set for Single Access Laparoscopic Surgery:
    - Dapri curved grasping forceps I
    - Dapri curved grasping forceps II
    - Dapri curved grasping forceps III
    - Dapri curved dissecting and coagulating electrode
    - Dapri curved scissors
    - Dapri curved bipolar scissors
    - Dapri curved dissecting forceps
    - Dapri curved needle holder I
    - Dapri curved needle holder II

Actually


  • Assistant Professor at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Consultant at the Obesity Center, Sint-Blasius Hospital, Dendermonde, Belgium
  • Secretary of the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Course-Chair of "Single Access Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop", "Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop", "Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Workshop", "Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Surgery", and "General Laparoscopic Surgery Course" of the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
     
  • Associate Editor of the European Journal of Coelio-Surgery - Le Journal de Coelio-Chirurgie, Valence, France
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Global Journal of Surgery
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Obésité - Springer Verlag France
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Interventional Oncology Society
  • Member of the Editorial Board of World Journal of Surgical Procedures
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Case Reports in Surgery
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) for "Guidelines", "Bariatric", "Flex Endoscopy" and "Research"
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) for "International Development"
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) for "New Technologies"
  • Faculty Member of Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif (IRCAD) Single-Port Surgery Courses, Strasbourg, France
  • Faculty Member of International Institut of Endoscopic Surgery (LapSurg Institut), Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Faculty Member of Cleveland Clinic International Bariatric Club, Cleveland OH, US
  • Co-Founder of Strategic Laparoscopy for Improved Cosmesis (SLIC) group
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
  • Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
  • Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)
  • Member of the Belgian Association of Bariatric Surgery (BABS)
  • Member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
  • Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
  • Member of the Belgian Group for Endoscopic Surgery (BGES)
  • Member of the Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC)
  • Member of the International Club of Young Laparoscopic Surgeons (ICYLS)
  • Honorary Member of the Sociedade Portoguese de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva (SPCMIN)
     
  • Personal realization of more than 1700 laparoscopic procedures as surgeon