Prof. Fausto Catena
Chief Department of Emergency and General Surgery
Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

Prof. Fausto Catena wrote more than 1000 scientific papers, (more than 500 on pubmed, H index = 85) ( 50 book chapters and 10 Books).

He won 25 national and international scientific prizes. He performed more than 4500 medium- high level surgical procedures. He is also the Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Emergency Surgery (IMPACT FACTOR 8.1) and Editor of other 30 Journals and Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

He attended more than 350 national and international Congress and 40 Postgraduate Courses. Prof Catena was an invited speaker in about 300 national and international Congress and chairman in about 100 national and international Congress. He was also a teacher in about 100 Postgraduate Courses. He organized about 80 national- international Congress and Postgraduate Courses. He is contract Professor of the School of Specialization in General Surgery of Bologna University and Surgical Instructor for Residents in General Surgery, Professor of e-Campus University Past President of the Italian Society of Young Surgeons, General Secretary of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Surgical Physiopathology, Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery, past Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Digestive Pathology and Past President of ESYS- European College of Surgeons- Italian Chapter. From 2012 he is Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons UK, Prof Catena is world opinion leader in emergency surgery: he wrote all WSES guidelines- position papers in this scientific field. From 2021 Prof Catena was inserted in the list of Top Scientists Della Stanford University.