STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• To conduct in-depth research on cardiovascular risk, as well as hormonal, metabolic, and nutritional abnormalities associated with severe obesity, and their resolution and/or progression following metabolic/bariatric surgery.
• To advance the development and evolution of techniques in gastrointestinal oncological surgery, esophageal-gastric pathology, abdominal wall surgery, and pancreatic surgery, as well as innovative surgical approaches (laparoscopy, robotics, etc.).
• To investigate diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of neuroendocrine tumors and adrenal tumors, as well as their surgical treatment using modern techniques.
• To investigate novel aspects of artificial nutrition in patients with intestinal failure and cancer patients, particularly those with tumors of the digestive tract or tumors affecting it.
• To define strategies for optimizing the use of artificial nutrition-both enteral and parenteral-in the treatment of disease-related malnutrition in the hospital setting, particularly in cancer and surgical patients.

RESEARCH LINES

• Metabolic surgery for obesity and associated comorbidities.
• Malnutrition and nutritional support.
• Oncologic and non-oncologic gastrointestinal surgery.
• Neuroendocrine tumors and their surgical treatment.