Stefano Partelli

Professor Stefano Partelli is Associate Professor of Surgery at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Senior Consultant at the Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery Unit of IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, directed by Professor Massimo Falconi.

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery (University of Verona, 2004) and specializing in General Surgery (University of Verona, 2010), he obtained a PhD in Surgical Sciences and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases (University of Verona, 2014). During his training, he carried out research and clinical activities abroad, including at the Royal London Hospital (Queen Mary University, UK), Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA), and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA). In 2022, he was appointed Honorary Consultant at the Oxford Transplant Centre (Churchill Hospital, UK), and in 2025 Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto – Sunnybrook Hospital and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Clinically, Prof. Partelli focuses primarily on pancreatic and transplant surgery, with particular expertise in:

• Pancreatic neoplasms (adenocarcinoma, cystic and neuroendocrine tumors)
• Inflammatory pancreatic diseases (acute and chronic pancreatitis)
• Benign and malignant biliary tract diseases (gallstones, cholangiocarcinoma)
• Neuroendocrine tumors (entero-pancreatic and adrenal)
• Abdominal wall diseases (hernias and incisional hernias)
• Kidney transplantation
• Kidney and pancreas transplantation

His surgical experience includes over 1,000 general surgery procedures, among which more than 400 pancreatic resections, including vascular reconstructions and laparoscopic approaches.

He routinely performs minimally invasive procedures such as:

• Distal pancreatectomy with or without splenectomy
• Pancreatic enucleation
• Central pancreatectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Adrenalectomy

He is also a member of the multidisciplinary group for neuroendocrine tumors certified as an ENETS Center of Excellence since 2019, where he coordinates surgical activities.

In research, Prof. Partelli is Principal Investigator or Study Coordinator of numerous prospective clinical trials, including ASPEN, Neo.Lu.Pa.NET, BioSteP, and FIRENEN, and has presented his results as an invited speaker at over 100 national and international conferences.

He is the author of more than 290 publications (original articles, reviews, and editorials) indexed on PubMed, with an h-index of 52 and over 9,700 citations (Scopus, August 2025).

He is an active member of several scientific societies, including ENETS, ESSO, ESOT, E-AHPBA, EPC, SIC, AISP, and It.a.NET, where he serves on international scientific and educational committees.