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Stefano Pontone is an Associate Professor of General Surgery (GSD 06/MEDS-06, SSD MEDS-06/A) at Link Campus University in Rome. He is the elected President of the Lazio Regional Executive Council of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED) for the three-year term 2025–2028 and a member of the SIED Scientific Committee—Guidelines Subgroup. He holds a Ph.D. in “Advanced Technologies in Surgery” and graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery and completed his residency in General Surgery, both with honors, at Sapienza University of Rome. He attained a II Level Master in Operative Digestive Endoscopy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.

From 2019 to 2026, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgical Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome. From 2010 to 2026, he served as Medical Director of the General Surgery Unit at the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, where he performed surgical and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, specializing in the endoscopic treatment of benign biliary-hepatic tract stenosis. At Sapienza, he directed the I Level Master in Nursing Care in Digestive Endoscopy and was a member of the teaching staff of the Ph.D. in “Advanced Technologies in Surgery.” He also taught in the Specialization School in General Surgery and in Degree Courses in Medicine and Surgery and Healthcare Professions.

He was a member of the expert panel for the ESGE/ESGENA European guidelines on sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy and has been a member of the DICA International Group on diverticular disease since 2014. He authored more than 100 publications indexed in Scopus. He serves on the editorial boards of international journals.

His main research interests include endoscopic and colorectal surgery, diverticular disease of the colon and its biomarkers, therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy quality, sedation, and the psychological determinants of endoscopic tolerance.
 

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