Dr. Gianluca Pellino

Institutions of which it is part

General Hospital

Cardiac Surgery

Gianluca Pellino has an M.D. degree. He is Ph.D. in Traslational Medicine. He has completed two master degrees (Statistics and Methodology of Research; IBD and Colorectal Surgery). He is currently serving as staff surgeon and research coordinator at the Colorectal Unit, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona and is Associate Professor in General Surgery at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB. He has served as Colorectal Surgeon at the Unit of Colorectal Surgery of University Hospital "La Fe", Valencia, Spain, as 2017 European Coloproctology Fellow. Dr Pellino has studied medicine at the Medical University of Naples and graduated in 2008. He completed the Residency Programme in General Surgery in 2016. He completed the ESCP 6-month Fellowship 2016 at the Colorectal Surgery Unit of the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. He attended the St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow, London in 2017 with an Erasmus+ Traineeship placement. Since 2019, he is Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), and since 2022 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP). He is a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) in coloproctology upon passing the exam of the European Board of Surgical Qualification (EBSQ-c) in 2018. In 2018 he received the status of International Fellow of the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons (FASCRS), valid until 2023. In 2020 he became Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He is former Regional Representative (Campania) of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) and former Website Committee Member of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP). He served in the Guidelines Committee and Communication Committee of the ESCP, and is member of the ESCP Cohort Studies WG and of SICCR Research Committee. He has been co-chair of EuroSurg (2017-19), National co-Lead (Italy) for GlobalSurg 3 Study, and is local PI of several multicentric studies. He is vice-chair of ItSurg Collaborative. Dr Pellino was also Chairman of Young ESCP (2020-23) and Member of the Young Committee (Y-ECCO) of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), he is Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Asociación Española de Coloproctología (AECP), Asociación Española de Cirujanos (AEC), Grupo Español de Trabajo en Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis ulcerosa (GETECCU), Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IG-IBD), Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Surgery (JSGS). He has written more than 300 journal articles in peer-reviewed journals and coauthored book chapters. His special interests are in inflammatory bowel diseases, colorectal cancer, and proctology, with particular emphasis on surgical treatment and training. He is the Reviewer of several journals, including the Lancet and British Journal of Surgery. He joins the Editorial Board of BJS Open, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Surgery, Updates in Surgery and is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Surgery. He has received the 2019 BJS Editor Assistant Bursary 2019. Since 2024, he is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Colorectal Disease.

Curriculum

Short Curriculum Vitae Gianluca Pellino, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCP, FEBS (Coloproctology), FACS (d.o.b. 31/05/1984)

- 2002-2008 - Doctor of Medicine (MD) Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli SUN (110/110 cum laude)
- 2010-2016 – Residency/Specialization in General Surgery, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli SUN
- 2016-2018 Ph.D. (Doctor Europaeus) “Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Imperial College London (UK), University of Valencia (Spain) Topic: Colorectal Surgery - Supervisor: Prof S Canonico, Ext Supervisor: Prof. P. Tekkis (UK)
- 2020-2021 International master’s degree/PGD in “Colorectal & IBD Surgery”, Università Tor Vergata, Italy
Thesis: “Early predictors of surgery in patients with Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: the MASC study”
- 2022-2023 Master’s degree/PGD in “Statistical Methods for Research and Epidemiology”, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Current position
- Associate Professor (permanent) of General Surgery, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Research Coordinator, Colorectal Surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Vice director, PhD in Surgery and Morphological Sciences, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB
- TFG Coordinator Committee, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB

Summary of working and academic experience abroad
- 6-month European Society of Coloproctology ESCP Fellow, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK (2016)
- Research Fellow, Colorectal Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital and Imperial College London, London, UK (2016-2017)
- Erasmus + Traineeship Placement/Academic and Research Fellow, St. Mark’s Hospital, UK (2017)
- European Coloproctology Fellow of the Spanish Association of Coloproctology, Valencia, Spain (2017-2018)
- Consultant Surgeon, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (2019-2020)

Honours and Prizes
- Visiting Professor/Erasmus for Teachers, University of Valencia (Spain, 2018) and University of Barcelona (Spain, 2019 and 2022)
- International Career Development Scholarship, American College of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (2019)
- Fellow, European Board of Surgical Qualification, Division of Coloproctology 2018 (FEBS)
- Int’l Fellow, American College of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2018 (FASCRS)
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England 2019 (FRCS)
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons 2020 (FACS)
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London 2022 (FRCP)
- JSGE young investigators travel award, 102nd General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
- “Premio Edoardo and Vincenza Nano” 2021, Geriatric Surgery Prize of the Italian Society of Surgery SIC
- UEG Grant 2021 for Guidelines Development (Lead Applicant): European Guideline on prevention, assessment and treatment of surgical site infections following digestive surgery – European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP), The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Surgical Infection Society-Europe (SIS-E) consensus (2021-2023)
- UEG Rising Star Award 2022, United European of Gastroenterology
- Recipient of 19 prizes at international and national congresses

Participation in Congresses and International Events
- Podium Presentations at International Congresses: 75
- Participation as Faculty, Moderator, Invited Talks: 25

Editorial Work
Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Colorectal Disease; Editor Assistant Bursary 2019 British Journal of Surgery BJS; Editorial Board BJS Open, Gastroenterology Research & Practice, Surgery, World Journal of Gastroenterology, BMC Surgery, Frontiers in Surgery; Academic Editor, Medicine; Social Media Editor Techniques in Coloproctology, BJS Academy. Peer reviewer for more than 25 Journals, including the Lancet, Journal of Crohn’s Colitis, BJS, Surgery.

Participation in Committees of International Societies
Former Chair of Young European Society of Coloproctology Y-ESCP and ESCP SoMe, Former Member of ESCP Guidelines Committee, Former Steering Committee Young European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation Y-ECCO
Member of the Cohort Studies working group of ESCP and of the IBD board and Research Committee, Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery SICCR

Research experience
Colorectal Research Coordinator, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
PI of more than 15 studies at several Institutions; lead author or co-author of 20 Commissioned Guidelines or Position Statements.
Member of Operational Committee of CovidSurg Collaborative for Cancer related studies, vice-chair of the Italian Group for Surgical Research ItSurg, co-chair EuroSurg Collaborative 2015-2017. Steering committee member of several international trials.

Studies supported by competitive National and International grants:
- 2015-2017, Co-investigator/Steering Committee Preoperative oral antibiotics and surgical-site infections in colon surgery (ORALEV): a multicentre, single-blind, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial, Funded by Asociación Española de Coloprocología AECP, Spain
- 2016, National Coordinator, GlobalSurg Collaborative. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study. Funded by NIHR Global Health Research Units Grant
- 2018, National Coordinator, GlobalSurg Collaborative and National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. Funded by NIHR Global Health Research Units Grant
-2020 Co-investigator, Study Management Team. Targeting ADIPose tissue metabolic dysfunction for preventing Colorectal CAncer progRession and Cachexia (AdipCARE) Funded by VAnviteLli pEr la RicErca (VALERE 2019)
- 2021 Co-investigator, Central Study Management Team (multicentric RCT). Preoperative oral antibiotics with vs without mechanical bowel preparation to reduce surgical site infections following colonic resection: an International randomized controlled trial (ORALEV2) NCT04161599 Funded by Proyectos de investigación en salud Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain PI20/00622
- 2021 Central PI (multicentric RCT) Pelvic Drain After Rectal Resection for Mid-low Rectal Cancer (GECO1) Funded by Asociación Española de Coloprocología AECP 2021, Spain - Beca Proyectos de Investigación FAECP 2021
- 2023 Co-PI MINERVA Machine learnINg for the rElapse Risk eValuation in Acute biliary pancreatitis 202273A4YP Progetti di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)

IBD Studies/Research supported by grants
- 2019, Awardee, International Career Development Scholarship, American College of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Restorative surgery for ulcerative colitis in the elderly: an analysis of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis procedures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
- 2021, Project Lead, United European Gastroenterology, Guidelines on surgical site infections after digestive surgery (including IBD)
- 2022, Coordinating PI (cross sectional study) “An audit on fertility and pregnancy after surgery for IBD: the Fertile-IBD Study” NCT04663971 Research Funds, Tor Vergata University, Rome

Patents:
- Perfectioned vessel loop, registered in 2024, Coinventor

Academic Profiles
Scopus: 57214971249 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gianluca-Pellino ORCID: 0000-0002-8322-6421
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianluca-pellino-b55b9641/ Twitter: @GianlucaPellino

Publication and research experience
Personal 2021 IF: 16.39 (Scopus 2021 Citations/2019-2020 Publications)
# Manuscripts in 1st Decile (1D): 65
# Manuscripts in 1st Quartile (1Q): 150
# Manuscripts as first or last author: 93
# Manuscripts as corresponding author: 15

Total Number of documents (Scopus Oct 2025): 562
Total Number of Citations (Scopus Oct 2025): 18,492
Total Impact Factor (JCR 2021): 2907,553
Mean "Impact Factor" per publication (2021): 8.355
H-Index (Scopus Oct 2025) 56

Guidelines
ECCO Guidelines and Position Statements Participation

I) ECCO Workshops and Topical Reviews:
- 3rd Scientific Workshop: Neoplasia & IBD 2013
- 4th Scientific Workshop: Intestinal fibrosis 2014
- Fibrostenosing Crohn’s Disease 2015
- Complementary Medicine and Psychotherapy 2018
- Optimising reporting (surgery, endoscopy, histopathology) 2020
- Optimal peri-operative care Group Leader WG3 2020
- Scientific Workshop: postoperative recurrence in CD 2021
- SWS: AI in IBD 2024
II) ECCO Guidelines:
IBD and Neoplasia 2014
Ulcerative Colitis Guidelines, update, 2016
Crohn’s disease Guidelines, 2017-2019
Ulcerative Colitis Guidelines, 2018-2020
Deficiencies, EIM and Anaemia , 2021-2023
Pediatric UC (with ESPGHAN) 2023-2025
Opportunistic infections 2024-2025
Italian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SICCR):
- 2015 IBD Position Statements (Leader)
- 2020 IBD Position Statements (Leader)
- 2018 Consensus statement on complete rectal prolapse

European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP):
- 2020 Resuming colorectal surgery after COVID-19 (Leader) - 2021 Pilonidal Sinus

European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG):
2021 Familial Adenomatous Polyposis FAP Guidelines

Joint Guidelines ESCP, EAES, SIS-E
- 2021 Surgical Site Infection (Leader)

GETECCU
- 2024 Position Statement on non-perianal fistulising CD

Advanced methodological education and courses
- Meta-analysis in Clinical Practice, Italian Cochrane Office, Naples, Italy 18 – 19 May 2012
- International Guideline Development Credentialing & Certification (INGUIDE) Program, Guidelines International Network and McMaster University, Level 1: Guideline Group or Panel Member Course of the INGUIDE 21 June 2022
- Statistical Methods for Clinical Research and Epidemiology 2022, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Organisation of courses and events
- Organising committee, 4th-9th Y-ECCO Basic Science Workshop ECCO 2018-2023
- Organising committee, 1st Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum, Vienna 10-11 June 2022
- Organising committee, 9th National Congress of the Società Italiana di Chirurgia Colorettale, Naples, 24-26 Oct 2021
- Organising committee, I European course on colorectal surgical anatomy – “human cadaver dissection course”, Valencia, Spain 2018

Summary of participation in Research Groups and Collaboratives
Member of: -PelvEx Collaborative https://www.pelvex.org/ - EuroSurg http://eurosurg.org/ - ItSurg http://itsurg.org/ - CovidSurg https://globalsurg.org/covidsurg/ - GlobalSurg https://globalsurg.org/ - SICCR Current Status of Crohn’s Disease Surgery Collaborative -ACIE Study Collaborative - MANCTRA-1 - S-COVID COLLABORATIVE GROUP
- Steering Committee of ESCP Management of Acute Severe Colitis (MASC) Study and Fertile-IBD Study NCT04663971 (lead)
- Co-founder and vice-chairman of ItSurg (Italian Surgical Research Group) http://itsurg.org/
- Co-Chair 2017-2018 of the International Research Group EuroSurg http://eurosurg.org/ (since 2017 advisory board member)
- Steering Committee Member of GlobalSurg Randomized Controlled Trial 2017 and of Associazione Chirurghi Italiani in Europa (ACIE)
- National Coordinator International Study RETention of urine After INguinal hernia Elective Repair, RETAINER I https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34013144/
- National Coordinator (Italy) International Study Patient Reported Outcomes following Cancer of the Rectum (PROCaRe) (2021) NCT04936581
- European Coordinator with REDGerm team and ItSurg for the POSTVenTT Study Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ID 381946).
- Support to Italian Coordinators with ItSurg for the FRAGILE Study of REDGerm