Education
- 1999: PhD at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine
- 1993: Postgraduate Degree in General Surgery at the University of Milan (summa cum laude)
- 1988: MD at the University of Milan (summa cum laude)
Academic Appointments
- 2006 – 2015: Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan
- 2002 – 2006: Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan
- 1998 – 1999: Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Tokyo
- Pioneered and validated new methods for intraoperative staging with ultrasound
- He developed new surgical techniques, introducing them into clinical practice and validating their use
- Torzilli G, Procopio F, Viganò L, Costa G, Fontana A, Cimino M, Donadon M, Del Fabbro D. The Liver Tunnel: Intention-to-treat Validation of a New Type of Hepatectomy. Ann Surg. 2019 ;269(2):331-6
- Torzilli G, Belghiti J, Kokudo N, Takayama T, Capussotti L, Nuzzo G, Vauthey JN, Choti MA, De Santibanes E, Donadon M, Morenghi E, Makuuchi M. A snapshot of the effective indications and results of surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma in tertiary referral centers: is it adherent to the EASL/AASLD recommendations? An observational study of the HCC East-West study group. Ann Surg. 2013;257(5):929-37
- Torzilli G, Palmisano A, Procopio F, Cimino M, Botea F, Donadon M, Del Fabbro D, Montorsi M. A new systematic small for size resection for liver tumors invading the middle hepatic vein at its caval confluence: mini-mesohepatectomy. Ann Surg. 2010;251(1):33-9
- Torzilli G, Procopio F, Cimino M, Del Fabbro D, Palmisano A, Donadon M, Montorsi M. Anatomical segmental and subsegmental resection of the liver for hepatocellular carcinoma: a new approach by means of ultrasound-guided vessel compression. Ann Surg. 2010;251(2):229-35.
- Torzilli G, Donadon M, Marconi M, Botea F, Palmisano A, Del Fabbro D, Procopio F, Montorsi M. Systematic extended right posterior sectionectomy: a safe and effective alternative to right hepatectomy. Ann Surg. 2008;247(4):603-11