Gianluca Garulli was born on 18 June 1962 in Bologna. He enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bologna, academic year 1981-1982, and graduated on 03 April 1989 with honors.
On 22 June 1994 he graduated with honors from the School of Specialization in General Surgery of the “I Clinica Chirurgica” institution, directed by prof. Domenico Marrano.
From 04 April 1990 to 20 December 1994, he worked as visiting physician for the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Luciano Liguori.
From 01 June 1995 to 20 January 1996, he was visiting physician for the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Maurizio Spangaro
From 20 January 1996 to 30 September 2000, he worked as attending physician for the Local Health Unit of Bologna in the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Maurizio Spangaro.
From 01 October 2000 to 20 March 2006, he worked as attending physician in the Division of General Surgery at the hospital Infermi in Rimini, directed by Dr. Gianfranco Francioni.
From 2002 to 2007, he was head of the Division of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at the hospital Infermi in Rimini.
From 20 March 2006 to present, he has been working as attending physician in the Division of General Surgery at the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery of the hospital Ceccarini in Riccione (part of the Local Health Unit of Rimini), directed by Dr. S. Artuso.
From 12 February 2007 to 31 December 2017t he has been head physician of the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery at the hospitals of Riccione and Cattolica, both part of the Local Health Unit of Rimini.
From 1 January 2018 to present he has been Head physician of the Dept. Of General and advanced laparoscopic surgery of the Hospital Infermi of Rimini.
He is a certified member of the Board of Medical Practitioners and Dentists of the city of Rimini
He is proficient both in written and spoken English (he earned a “Threshold level” English proficiency certification at the Wall Street Institute in Bologna), he has a basic knowledge of Spanish.
Professional experience
From 04 April 1990 to 31 December 2015 he performed and/or assisted on more than 10.530 abdominal, thoracic and vascular procedures, including emergency procedures.
From 12 April 1990 to 20 December 1994 he performed and/or assisted on 981 surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia, as part of the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Liguori
From 20 January 1996 to 30 September 2000 he performed and/or assisted on 1347 surgical procedures as part of the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Spangaro. He also performed 500 minor operations using local anesthesia.
From 01 October 200 to 31 January 2006 he performed and/or assisted on 2024 surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in the Department of General and Emergency Surgery of the hospital of Rimini, directed by Dr. Francioni. In 226 of them he served as Supervising Physician, the surgeon responsible for the operating resident during the procedure.
Since 01 February 2006 to 31 december 2017 he has performed more than 6000 procedures requiring general anesthesia, as Director of the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery of the hospitals of Riccione and Cattolica, both part of the Local Health Unit of Rimini. In 600 of them he served as Supervising Physician.
Professional experience with Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
Since 09 July 1991 he has been performing minimally invasive abdominal and thoracic surgery
He has performed and/or assisted on 501 thoracoscopic and laparoscopic procedures. He performed 315 of them before December 1994 as part of the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Luciano Liguori. He performed the remaining 186 procedures from January 1996 to September 2000, as part of the Division of General Surgery of the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna, directed by prof. Maurizio Spangaro.
From 01 October 2000 to 31 December 2005 he performed and/or assisted on 664 laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures requiring general anesthesia in the Department of General and Emergency Surgery of the hospital of Rimini, directed by Dr. Francioni.
From 2002 to 2007 he was the head of the Division of Advanced Laparoscopy at the Department of General Surgery in Rimini.
From 01 January 2006 to 31 December 2017 he performed and/or assisted on 4500 laparoscopic procedures requiring general anesthesia in the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery of the hospital of Riccione, part of the Local Health Unit of Rimini.
Laparoscopic Surgery training – Certifications
He has been a certified member of the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons (A.C.O.I.) since 1990
He has been a certified member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (E. A. E. S.) since 1994.
He is a certified member of the Italian Unitary Society of Coloproctology (S.I.U.C.P.)
He has participated to many national and international training courses in laparoscopic surgery.
Teaching experience and lectures
He taught a course in Ophtalmology for the Nursing program of the hospital Maggiore in Bologna during the following academic years : 1990-1991 and 1991-1992.
He taught a course in Pharmacology for the Nursing program of the hospital Maggiore in Bologna for the academic year 1990-1991.
He taught a course in Surgical Pathology for the Nursing program of the hospital Maggiore in Bologna during the following academic years: 1993-1994 and 1994-1995.
In 1994 and 1995 he was part of the examination board during the Nurse licensure exam for the Nursing program of the hospital Maggiore in Bologna.
On 30 June 1994 he won a grant for one year’s research on breast cancer.
He was a keynote speaker at the 5th National Workshop on thyroid surgery held at the A.C.O.I. Thyroid Surgical Institute.
He was a keynote speaker at the 6th National Workshop on thyroid surgery held at the A.C.O.I. Thyroid Surgical Institute from 25 February to 02 March 1991.
He participated as teacher to the 1st National training course in endocrine surgery held from 06 to 11 May 1991.
He was a keynote speaker at the 7th National Workshop on Surgery held at the A.C.O.I. Thyroid Surgical Institute from 11 to 16 November 1991
He was keynote speaker and co-author of audiovisual material presented during the 2ndNational Videosurgery Congress held by the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons in Madonna di Campiglio from 22 to 29 March 1992
He participated as teacher to the 2nd National training course in endocrine surgery held from 23 to 27 November 1992
He was a keynote speaker during the proceedings of the 8th Regional Meeting held by the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons in Bologna on 27 November 1992
He was a keynote speaker at the 8th Lombardy Regional Meeting, held by the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons in Lecco from 07 to 08 May 1993
He was a keynote speaker at the 95th National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgeons held from 17 to 20 October 1993.
He was a keynote speaker at the 2nd National training course in endocrine surgery held at the A.C.O.I. Thyroid Surgical Institute from 23 to 27 November 1994.
He participated as keynote speaker and operating surgeon to the Herniary Videosurgery Day, held in Pisa on 28 May 1995
He contributed to organize the conference “Chirurgia in diretta: Ernioplastica secondo Trabucco” (Live Surgery: Hernioplastic performed following the Trabucco technique), held at the Hospital Maggiore in Bologna on 05 October 1996
He was a keynote speaker at the 98th National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgeons on the following topic: “Hepatic trauma: coping with difficult hemostasis”, held from 13 to 18 October 1996.
He was a keynote speaker during the workshop “Esperienze a confronto in chirurgia generale: l’embolia polmonare” on the topic of pulmonary embolism, held at the hospital Bellaria in Bologna.
He participated as keynote speaker to the European I.H.P.B.A Congress on the topic of “Hepatic trauma: coping with difficult hemostasis”, held in Hamburg (Germany) from 08/06 to 12 June 1997
He gave a lecture on “How to cope with hemostasis after hepatic injuries” during a workshop titled: “Chirurgia del fegato: Tumori, Trapianti, Traumi” (Hepatic Surgery: Tumors, Tansplantations and Traumas) held at the hospital Maggiore in Bologna on 22 September 1998.
He participated as teacher to a training course titled “Inquadramento diagnostico e trattamento multidisciplinare del politrauma” (How to diagnose and treat multiple trauma), held by the National Academy of Medicine at the hospital Maggiore in Bologna, from 30 to 31 October 1998
He was a keynote speaker at the 9th National Congress on Videosurgery organized by the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons on the topic of “I traumi epatici: nostra esperienza su 150 casi” (Our experience with hepatic trauma in 150 cases). The congress was held in Roccaraso- L’Aquila, from 22 to 23 February 1999
He participated as teacher to a training course titled “Inquadramento diagnostico e trattamento multidisciplinare del politrauma” (How to diagnose and treat multiple trauma), held by the National Academy of Medicine at the hospital Maggiore in Bologna from 16 to 17 April 1999
He participated as keynote speaker to the event “Il politrauma: dalla strada alla sala operatoria” (multiple trauma: from the street to the O.R.), held in S. Benedetto del Tronto on 05 June 1999
He participated as teacher to the training course “Inquadramento diagnostico e trattamento multidisciplinare del politrauma”(Diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment of multiple trauma), held by the National Academy of Medicine at the hospital Maggiore in Bologna from 28 to 13 November 1999
He participated as teacher to the training course “Inquadramento diagnostico e trattamento multidisciplinare del politrauma”(Diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment of multiple trauma), held by the National Academy of Medicine at the hospital Maggiore in Bologna from 12 to 28 April 2000
He was a keynote speaker at the Simposium “I Traumi Epatici” (Hepatic injuries) during the 19th National Congress of the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons held in Turin from 24 to 27 May 2000.
He was a keynote speaker to the meeting “La chirurgia laparoscopica in urgenza: luci ed ombre” (Emergency laparoscopic surgery: pros and cons) held in V. Veneto on 23 March 2001
He was a keynote speaker during the meeting “Medicina a più voci: la Seconda opinione come nuova opportunità” (The importance of getting a second opinion on medical decisions), held in Rimini on 16 February 2002
He was a keynote speaker during the ARC meeting “La chirurgia d’urgenza: organizzazione e formazione” (emergency surgery: planning and training) held in Bologna on 23 March 2002
He taught a course in “Basic International Laparoscopic Training” for the A.C.O.I. Laparoscopic surgery Institute, accredited by the E.A.E.S. (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery). The course was held at the Aesculap Akademie GMBH in Tuttlingen from 18 to 20 July 2002
He was a teacher for the International Master Program in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, held in Tuttlingen (Germany) on 19-21 April 2004
He gave a lecture at the International Congress “La Sindrome Compartimentale” (Compartment syndrom) on the topic: “Laparostomia: complicanze chirurgiche” (Laparostomy: complications during surgery). The congress was held in Rimini on 12 November 2005.
He gave a lecture during the conference “Le emorragie del tratto digestivo inferiore” (Lower digestive tract bleeding), held in Rimini on 14 April 2007
He taught the course “Le anastomosi intestinali e uso delle suturatrici meccaniche”(Mechanical suture procedures in intestinal anastomosis) organized in Riccione on 12 May 2007
He was a teacher during the workshop “La chirurgia dell’esofago” (esophageal surgery), held on 15 November 2007 in Riccione
He was a keynote speaker at the conference “Indicazioni all’ecografia addominale in corso di colica addominale” (Guidelines to run an abdominal ultrasound examination on patients with colics), held in Riccione on 07 April 2008
He was a teacher during the workshop “La chirurgia dello stomaco” (Stomach surgery)held in Riccione on 12 June 2008
He was a keynote speaker at the XXXI National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO) on the topic of: “Pluridisciplinarietà in oncologia chirurgica” (A multidisciplinary approach to surgical oncology). The congress was held in Forlì from 19/06 to 21 June 2008
He was a keynote speaker at the conference “Aggiornamenti in medicina e chirurgica: il trattamento laparoscopico della patologia oncologica colorettale” (New practices and developments in medicine and surgey: laparoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer), held in Riccione on 15 October 2008
He gave a lecture on the topic of “Il gozzo mediastinico” (mediastinal goiter) during the workshop “Nodulo tiroideo: percorsi di diagnosi e terapia” (thyroid nodule: diagnosis and treatment), held in Rimini on 18 October 2008
For the academic year 2007/2008, he taught two courses in general surgery for the Nursing Program of the Bologna University, in Rimini. The first course on the topic of : “Le malattie dell’apparato respiratorio: i traumi toracici, le neoplasie polmonari e del mediastino e i drenaggi pleurici” (diseases of the respiratory system: thoracic trauma, pulmonary and mediastinal tumors, pleural drainage). The second on the topic of: “Malattie dell’ano: la malattia emorroidaria e i tumori dell’ano” (anus diseases: haemorrhoidal disease and anal cancer).
For the academic year 2008/2009, he taught two courses in general surgery for the Nursing Program of the Bologna University, in Rimini on the following topics: “Le malattie dell’apparato respiratorio: i traumi toracici, le neoplasie polmonari e del mediastino e i drenaggi pleurici” (diseases of the respiratory system: thoracic trauma, pulmonary and mediastinal tumors, pleural drainage) and “Malattie dell’ano: la malattia emorroidaria e i tumori dell’ano” (anus diseases: haemorrhoidal disease and anal cancer).
He gave a lecture titled “Il trattamento dei sarcomi delle parti molli dell’adulto: il ruolo del chirurgo” (Treating soft-tissue sarcoma in adults: the role of the surgeon) during the conference “I tumori maligni mesenchimali” (malignant mesenchymal tumors), held on 18 April 2009
He gave a lecture titled “Aneurisma aorta addominale e neoplasie intraddominale: quale trattamento?” (abdominal aortic aneurysm and intra-abdominal tumors: which is the best treatment?) on 12 December 2009
For the academic year 2009/2010 he taught two courses in general surgery for the Nursing Program of the Bologna University, in Rimini on the following topics: “Le malattie dell’apparato respiratorio: i traumi toracici, le neoplasie polmonari e del mediastino e i drenaggi pleurici” (diseases of the respiratory system: thoracic trauma, pulmonary and mediastinal tumors, pleural drainage) and “Malattie dell’ano: la malattia emorroidaria e i tumori dell’ano” (anus diseases: haemorrhoidal disease and anal cancer).
He gave a lecture titled “Tips and Tricks della chirurgia laparoscopica del retto” (Tips and Tricks of rectal laparoscopic surgery) at the 13th Joint Conference on Colonproctology and Stomatotherapy, held in Modena from 19/11 to 20 November 2009.
On 23 November 2009 he was appointed to teach a course for the academic year 2009/2010 at the School of Specialization in Thoracic Surgery (University of Bologna) on the topic of “Le malattie funzionali di interesse chirurgico esofago-gastriche (Functional gastroesophageal disorders), as part of the lesson plan on Disorders of the stomach, esophagus and duodenum.
On 23 November 2011 he was appointed to teach a course for the academic year 2012/2013 at the School of Specialization in Thoracic Surgery (University of Bologna) on the topic of “Le malattie funzionali di interesse chirurgico esofago-gastriche” (Functional gastroesophageal disorders) as part of the lesson plan on Disorders of the stomach, esophagus and duodenum.
He taught a course for the International Master Program in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, held in June 2013 in Tuttlingen (Germany)
In 2013 he held a cycle of six “Short Courses” in laparoscopic colon surgery for surgeons, anesthesiologists and O.R. Nurses at the hospital of Riccione.
He won the 2012 Surgeon of the Year Award, from the ACOI Institute of Laparoscopic abdominal wall surgery, world-class training center in laparoscopic surgery for abdominal wall repair.
He won the 2013 Surgeon of the Year Award, from the ACOI Institute of Laparoscopic abdominal wall surgery, world-class training center in laparoscopic surgery for abdominal wall repair.
In January, 2014 he held a “Short Courses” in laparoscopic colon surgery for surgeons, anesthesiologists and O.R. Nurses at the hospital of Riccione.
He gave a lecture titled “““LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY WICH ANASTOMOSIS?” held in Napoli on 4-6 June 2014 .
He gave a lecture titled “PARASTOMALHERNIA AND SIDE VENTRAL DEFECT”. held in Trevoux France, on 10-11 June 2014 .
He won the 2014 Surgeon of the Year Award, from the ACOI Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic surgery, world-class training center in laparoscopic surgery for colo-rectal neoplasms.
He taught a course for the International Master Program in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, held in June 2014 in Tuttlingen ,Germany.
In 2014 he held a cycle of eight “Short Courses” in laparoscopic colon surgery for surgeons, anesthesiologists and O.R. Nurses at the hospital of Riccione.
He taught a course for the International Master Program in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, titled “Laparoscopic Distal gastrectomy with d2 lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer.”held on 1-3 October 2014 in Berlin ,Germany.
He was a keynote speaker at the Symposium “ Hepatic metastatic diseases. during the 19th National Congress of the Italian Society of Hospital Surgeons held in Rimini on 10 October 2014.
He was a keynote speaker at the Internatinal Master in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery , titled “Laparoscopic right colectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis” held in Turin on December 2014.
He won the 2015 Surgeon of the Year Award, from the ACOI Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic surgery, world-class training center in laparoscopic surgery for colo-rectal neoplasms.
In 2015 he held a cycle of six “Short Courses” in laparoscopic colon surgery for surgeons, anesthesiologists and O.R. Nurses at the hospital of Riccione.
He was a keynote speaker at the Symposium EUROAMERICAN MULTISPECIALITY SUMMIT VII LAPAROSCOPIC & MINMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, titled ““LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY OF COLON : A REPORT OF 1000 CASES”. Held in ORLANDO , FLORIDA USA, from 11 to 14 February 2015.
He was a keynote speaker at the EUROPEAN COLORECTAL CONGRESS , titled:” Eras in colorectal cancer: a lesson learned from1802 cases.” Held in ST.GALLEN , on 1-4 december 2015.
He was a keynote speaker at the EUROPEAN PARLAMENT, titled:” Enhanced Rehabilitartion after surgery( Eras): for CRC: saving money creating happy patients?”held in Brussels on 2 March 2016.
He was a keynote speaker at the EUROPEAN COLORECTAL CONGRESS ESSO, titled:” Our experience with Eras in colorectal surgery: a lesson learned after 2000 laparoscopic resections..” held in Cracovia, Poland , on 15 September r 2016.
He was a keynote speaker at the EUROPEAN COLORECTAL CONGRESS ESCP, titled:” Our experience with Eras in colorectal surgery: a lesson learned after 2000 laparoscopic resections..” held in MILAN, Italy , on 29 September 2016.
Postgraduate Education
He attended 60 national and international training courses in general surgery, minimally-invasive surgery, laparoscopy and trauma surgery
Research activity
He is the author of more than 85 scientific publications and 125 audiovisual productions.
His research activity focuses on gastroenterological surgery, in particular on: pancreatic surgery, surgery in the treatment of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic diseases, gastric and hepatic surgery .
He has also researched endocrine surgery, focusing on parathyroid glands, thyroid gland and adrenal glands
Many of his papers and audiovisual works focus on video-assisted laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery
He has also published articles on the treatment of abdominal trauma and liver trauma injuries.
