Silvana PERRETTA

Dr. Silvana Perretta is an upper gastrointestinal surgeon, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Foregut and advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division at Strasbourg’s Nouvel Hôpital Civil (NHC). She also serves as Director of IHU education and Surgical Endoscopy fellowship program. Her fields of interest include upper gastrointestinal surgery, gastrointestinal physiology, bariatric surgery, interventional endoscopy, surgical education, and innovation. Dr. Silvana Perretta has been a pioneer in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), has been actively developing endoscopic platforms, flexible robotics, and endoscopic simulators. She authored 146 peer-reviewed publications, has an h-index of 41, and holds 9 patents. She was named Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor on January 1, 2021 and recently elected Chair of the EAES Flexible Endoscopy committee, advisor for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Emerging Surgical Technologies and Education (CESTE) and of the AMEE (An International Association for Medical Education) Surgery Track Steering Committee.