Autor: Giovanni Ruggeri

Mario Lima graduated from Medical School and specialized in Paediatric Surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy. He also completed specializations in Microsurgery and Experimental Surgery at the University of Milan, Italy. He has been a Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Bologna since 2001 and Chief of the Paediatric Surgical Unit at Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital since 2003.  He is also the Director of two University Master programs: in Paediatric Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, and more recently, in Paediatric Urology. He is the author of over 500 scientific publications,  a member of several national scientific societies, and current President of the Italian Paediatric Surgery Society (SICP). He is internationally noted for the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques for abdominal, thoracic and genitor-urinary pathologies in newborns and infants.