Guido Costamagna

Chair of Digestive Endoscopy (Associated Chair, 2015-2018)

Guido Costamagna is Professor of Surgery and Head of the Digestive Endoscopy Unit at the Gemelli Hospital of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC) in Rome, Italy. He is a world-renowned endoscopist with special expertise in therapeutic bilio-pancreatic endoscopy. He is the Scientific Director of the European Endoscopy Training Center at the UCSC (which he founded in 2002), Director of the Institute of Clinical Surgery, Past-President of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy and Past President of the ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy). He has performed approximately 20 surgical world premieres in Italy. From 2015-2018, he is chair of digestive endoscopy at USIAS and member of the Institute for Research into Cancers of the Digestive System (IRCAD).

Guido Costamagna has authored over 600 publications, including journal articles, book chapters and abstracts. He has held the functions of athlete, President of the Jury, Tournament Director, and doctor for Italy's national fencing team in fourteen world championships and two preparatory Olympics phases (1984, 1988).