Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti
  • Lloyd Nyhus Professor of Surgery
  • Head and Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Vice-Head, Department of Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Program Director of General Surgery Fellowship Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS
As the world’s leading robotic surgeon,
Dr. Giulianotti is using new technology to change the way surgical procedures are performed.
He is committed to perfecting technology applications to advance the practice of general,
colorectal and abdominal surgeries.
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti - 4th IESS, Honk Kong, China
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THE FIRST SURGEON TO PERFORM COMPLEX ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES:
LIVER PROCEDURES:

2001 robotic liver resection

2002 robotic bisegmentectomy

2003 robotic left hepatectomy

2005 robotic right hepatectomy

2008 robotic living donor hepatectomy

2008 robotic right extended hepatectomy

2009 robotic extended left hepatectomy

2011 robotic left hepatectomy with caudate lobe resection

OTHER SURGERIES:

2000 robotic total gastrectomy

2001 iliac-femoral bypass

2001 robotic splenic artery aneurysm repair

2002 robotic pneunomectomy

2003 robotic lung lobectomy

2003 robotic renal artery aneurysm repair

2009 fully robotic kidney transplant in obese recipient

2011 robotic donor parathyroidectomy for transplant

PANCREAS PROCEDURES:

2001 robotic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy

2001 robotic Whipple procedure with biliary and digestive reconstruction

2003 robotic middle pancreatectomy

2005 robotic Whipple with pancreatojejunal anastomosis

2007 robotic Whipple with portal vein reconstruction

2007 robotic pancreatectomy with auto-islet transplant

2010 robotic Appleby pancreatectomy

The experience in robotic surgery:
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti with DaVinci Robot
1739 major robotic procedures
up to December 2013
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100 Most Creative People in Business 2009
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2014 June, Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Advanced Course IRCAD Institute, Strasbourg, France
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Learn & Teach
As a moderator or as a speaker, Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti participate in congresses, meetings and seminars all over the world.
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THE TEN MOST DISTINGUISHED ITALIANS IN THE USA TODAY
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2014
Mario Andretti - Chris Botti - Regina Calcaterra - Mariafrancesca Carli - Mauro Ferrari - Mario Fratti Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti - Sylvester Stallone - Rosemarie Truglio - Luigi Zingales
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Prof. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti Worlwide Master in Robotic Surgery.
China, May 2015
Prof. Giulianotti in Shanghai receiving Honorary Fellowship from the Chinese Society of Surgery September, 2015
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Professor Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti is a pioneer and world renowned surgeon in the field of robotic-assisted surgery, which he continues to develop on the ground of a 35-year long experience in general surgery.

  Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti is:
  • The first ever surgeon to produce a significant series of complex robotic procedures and has personally performed more than 2,000 robot assisted surgeries;
  • Honored with  the Lloyd Nyhus Chair in Minimally-invasive and Robotic Surgery at University Illinois Chicago (present);
  • The Director of the  Robotic Clinical Fellowship Program at the same University;
  • Proctor of many teams  around the world;
  • The founder of the International School of Robotic Surgery, the first if its kind in Europe, which from 2003 to date has trained more than 750 surgeons from da 24 countries;
  • The mind and soul of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA), the most important robotic surgical association which every year in the US gathers the vast majority of practising robotic surgeons worldwide;

Under Prof. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti’s leadership the University of Illinois has become the first center in the world to officially conduct robotic training for surgical residents.
The first robotic training laboratory in the Midwest also provides training for surgeons and residents around the world.

 

He has authored many peer reviewed articles on robotic surgery including several first reports of robot-assisted pancreatic and liver surgery.   
Professor Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti dedicated his entire career to develop novel minimally invasive techniques that have translated into improved patients' care and outcomes.

What is Robotic Surgery?

Robotic Surgery refers to any surgical intervention carried out with a computerized technology which is able to reproduce the surgeons hands movements
in a miniaturized fashion within the human body or within any surgical field...

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