American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences aims to promote communication among clinical researchers worldwide. This journal publishes original works within the area of clinical medicine. It is academically peer-reviewed and designed for all doctors, researchers, and health workers regardless of their medical specialties, or type of employment.

Alessandro Pasculli

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

Dr., University of Bari "A. Moro", Italy

Research Areas

General surgery, endocrine surgery, emergency surgery, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, surgical training, surgical oncology

Education

2005-2013Degree in Medicine and Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari – final evaluation 110/110 with honours
2014-2019Degree in General Surgery University Medical School “A. Moro” of Bari – final evaluation 70/70 with honours
2019-2022PhD in Public Health, Clinical Medicine and OncologyDepartment of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari “A. Moro”

Experience

December 2020 – TodayGeneral surgeon at the Unit of Academic General Surgery “V. Bonomo”, Polyclinic Hospital, Bari, Italy

Academic Achievement

2023-2034 Italian National Scientific Qualification as associate professor for General Surgery

Membership

President of the Italian Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC).
Member of the Young Commission of the Italian Society of Surgery (SIC).
Member of the Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery (SIUEC), Italian Society of Ultrasonology in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB), Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO), Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma (SICUT).
Member of the European Society of Surgical Research (ESSR), World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), European Society of Endocrine Surgery (ESES), and European Society of Clinical Investigation (ESCI).

Publications: Journals

[1]  1. De Simone B, Abu-Zidan FM, Podda M, Pellino G, Sartelli M, Coccolini F, DI Saverio S, Biffl WL, Kaafarani HM, Moore EE, Dhesi JK, Moug S, Ansaloni L, Avenia N, Catena F; CO-OLDER Collaborators. The management of complicated colorectal cancer in older patients in a global perspective after COVID-19: the CO-OLDER WSES project. Minerva Surg. 2024; 79: 273-285.
[2]  2. Podda M, Di Martino M, Pata F, Nigri G, Pisanu A, Di Saverio S, Pellino G, Ielpo B; LIONESS study group. Global disparities in surgeons' workloads, academic engagement and rest periods: the on-calL shIft fOr geNEral SurgeonS (LIONESS) study. Updates Surg. 2024; 76: 1615-1633.
[3]  3. Fugazzola P, Carbonell-Morote S, Cobianchi L, Coccolini F, Rubio-García JJ, Sartelli M, Biffl W, Catena F, Ansaloni L, Ramia JM; S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C. Collaborative Group. Textbook outcome in urgent early cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: results post hoc of the S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C study. World J Emerg Surg. 2024; 19: 12. doi: 10.1186/s13017-024-00539-6.
[4]  4. Soriero D., Pugliese G., Amisano M., Pertile D., Pasculli A., Sperotto B., Losco L., Maruccia M., Meniconi R., Ratti F., Serenari M., Vizzielli G., Restaino S., Frascio M. Enhancing Surgical Training in Italy: Proposing a Standardized Multidisciplinary Curriculum for Residency Programs. A four years experience of the SPIGC-AIMS working group. European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS. 2024; art. no. 006. Doi: 10.46354/i3m.2024.emss.006
[5]  5. Sartelli M, Coccolini F, Labricciosa FM, Al Omari AH, Bains L, Baraket O, Catarci M, Cui Y, Ferreres AR, Gkiokas G, Gomes CA, Hodonou AM, Isik A, Litvin A, Lohsiriwat V, Kotecha V, Khokha V, Kryvoruchko IA, Machain GM, O'Connor DB, Olaoye I, Al-Omari JAK, Pasculli A, Petrone P, Rickard J, Sall I, Sawyer RG, Téllez-Almenares O, Catena F, Siquini W. Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Proposal for a Global Evidence-Based Bundle. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024; 13: 100. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics13010100.
[6]  6. Malerba S., Puglisi G.R., Panzera P., Pasculli A., Prete F.P., Gurrado A., Testini M. Wandering gallbladder wrapping hepatoduodenal ligament and mimicking gastrointestinal stromal tumor at imaging. Case report and literature review. Ital J Anat Embryol. 2023: 127; 13 – 17. doi: 10.36253/ijae-14548.
[7]  7. Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Avenia N, Bellantone R, Boniardi M, Merante Boschin I, Calò PG, Camandona M, Cavallaro G, Cianchi F, Conzo G, D’Andrea V, De Crea C, De Pasquale L, Del Rio P, Di Meo G, Dionigi G, Dobrinja C, Docimo G, Famà F, Galimberti A, Giacomelli L, Graceffa G, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, Materazzi G, Medas F, Mullineris B, Oragano L, Palestini N, Perigli G, Pezzolla A, Prete FP, Raffaelli M, Renzulli G, Rosato L, Scerrino G, Sgaramella LI, Sorrenti S, Testini C, Veroux M, Gasparri G, Testini M, pTrani Study Group. Parathyroid Retrospective Analysis of Neoplasms Incidence (pTRANI Study): An Italian Multicenter Study on Parathyroid Carcinoma and Atypical Parathyroid Tumour. J Clin Med. 2023; 12: 6297. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196297.
[8]  8. Di Meo G, Panzera P, Pasculli A, Prete FP, Gurrado A, Testini M. Aberrant hepatic artery in an elderly patient with pancreatic head tumor. Surg Open Sci. 2023; 16: 98-99. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.09.011.
[9]  9. Fugazzola P, Cobianchi L, Dal Mas F, Cicuttin E, Dominioni T, Frassini S, Tomasoni M, Viganò J, Catena F, Ansaloni L; S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C. Collaborative Group. Prospective validation of the Israeli Score for the prediction of common bile duct stones in patients with acute calculous cholecystitis. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct 4. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10442-x. Epub ahead of print.
[10]  10. Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Coccolini, Federico; Tolonen, Matti; Minor, Samuel; Catena, Fausto; Gois, Emanuel; Doig, Christopher J.; Hill, Michael D.; Ansaloni, Luca; Chiarugi, Massimo et al.. The unrestricted global effort to complete the COOL trial. World J Emerg Surg. 2023; 18: 33. doi: 10.1186/s13017-023-00500-z.
[11]  11. Fabio Medas; Chiara Dobrinja; Ebtesam Abdullah Al-Suhaimi; Julia Altmeier; Said Anajar; Akif Enes Arikan; Irina Azaryan; Lovenish Bains; Giancarlo Basili; Hakan Bolukbasi et al.. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgery for indeterminate thyroid nodules (THYCOVID): a retrospective, international, multicentre, cross-sectional study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2023; 11: 402-413. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(23)00094-3.
[12]  12. Fugazzola P, Cobianchi L, Di Martino M, Tomasoni M, Dal Mas F, Abu-Zidan FM, Agnoletti V, Ceresoli M, Coccolini F, Di Saverio S, Dominioni T, Farè CN, Frassini S, Gambini G, Leppäniemi A, Maestri M, Martín-Pérez E, Moore EE, Musella V, Peitzman AB, de la Hoz Rodríguez Á, Sargenti B, Sartelli M, Viganò J, Anderloni A, Biffl W, Catena F, Ansaloni L; S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C. Collaborative Group. Prediction of morbidity and mortality after early cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: results of the S.P.Ri.M.A.C.C. study. World J Emerg Surg. 2023; 18:20. doi: 10.1186/s13017-023-00488-6.
[13]  13. Gallo G, Guaitoli E, Barra F, Picciariello A, Pasculli A, Coppola A, Pertile D, Meniconi RL; SPIGC Surgical Training Working Group. Restructuring surgical training after COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide survey on the Italian scenario on behalf of the Italian polyspecialistic young surgeons society (SPIGC). Front Surg. 2023; 9: 1115653. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1115653.
[14]  14. Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Toma A, Maruccia M, Elia R, Moschetta M, Telegrafo M, De Luca GM, Lavermicocca W, Poli E, Prete FP, Sgaramella LI, Giudice G, Testini M. Mastectomy with one-stage or two-stage reconstruction in breast cancer: analysis of early outcomes and patient's satisfaction. Updates Surg. 2023; 75: 235-243. doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01416-0.
[15]  15. Prete F, De Luca GM, Pasculli A, Di Meo G, Poli E, Sgaramella LI, Panzera P, Vittore F, Filoia A, Catena F, Testini M, Gurrado A. Retrospective Study of Indications and Outcomes of Open Abdomen with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Technique for Abdominal Sepsis in a Tertiary Referral Centre. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022; 11: 1498. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11111498.
[16]  16. Mengardo V, Weindelmayer J, Veltri A, Giacopuzzi S, Torroni L, de Manzoni G; Italian Gastric Cancer Research Group (GIRCG), the Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC). Current practice on the use of prophylactic drain after gastrectomy in Italy: the Abdominal Drain in Gastrectomy (ADiGe) survey. Updates Surg. 2022; 74: 1839-1849. doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01397-0.
[17]  17. Prete FP, Panzera PC, Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Sgaramella LI, Calculli G, Dimonte R, Ferrarese F, Testini M, Gurrado A. Risk factors for difficult thyroidectomy and postoperative morbidity do not match: retrospective study from an endocrine surgery academic referral centre. Updates Surg. 2022; 74: 1943-1951. doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01371-w.
[18]  18. Pasculli A, Rega D, Depaoli F, Mazzari A, Meniconi RL, Guaitoli E. Experiences of Italian surgical residents in low-income countries: an analysis from the Italian Polyspecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC). Chirurgia. 2022; 35: 95-100. doi: 10.23736/S0394-9508.21.05281-5.
[19]  19. Polistena A, Prete FP, Avenia S, Cavallaro G, Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Rondelli F, Sanguinetti A, Sgaramella LI, Avenia N, Testini M, Gurrado A. Effect of Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Surgical Site Infection in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022; 11: 290. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11030290.
[20]  20. Dobrinja C, Samardzic N, Giudici F, Raffaelli M, De Crea C, Sessa L, Docimo G, Ansaldo GL, Minuto M, Varaldo E, Dionigi G, Spiezia S, Boniardi M, Pauna I, De Pasquale L, Testini M, Gurrado A, Pasculli A, Pezzolla A, Lattarulo S, Calò PG, Graceffa G, Massara A, Docimo L, Ruggiero R, Parmeggiani D, Iacobone M, Innaro N, Lombardi CP, de Manzini N. Hemithyroidectomy versus total thyroidectomy in the intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer: the Italian Societies of Endocrine Surgeons and Surgical Oncology Multicentric Study. Updates Surg. 2021; 73: 1909-1921. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01140-1.
[21]  21. Rondelli F, Pasculli A, De Rosa M, Avenia S, Bugiantella W. Is routine splenic flexure mobilization always necessary in laparotomic or laparoscopic anterior rectal resection? A systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis. Updates Surg. 2021; 73: 1643-1661. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01135-y.
[22]  22. Melaccio A, Sgaramella LI, Pasculli A, Di Meo G, Gurrado A, Prete FP, Vacca A, Ria R, Testini M. Prognostic and Therapeutic Role of Angiogenic Microenvironment in Thyroid Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021; 13: 2775. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112775.
[23]  23. Prete FP, Sgaramella LI, Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Calculli G, Protopapa G, Gurrado A, Testini M. Introducing routine intraoperative nerve monitoring in a high-volume endocrine surgery centre: a health technology assessment. Updates Surg. 2021; 73: 2263-2273. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01104-5.
[24]  24. Di Meo G, Prete FP, De Luca GM, Pasculli A, Sgaramella LI, Minerva F, Logoluso FA, Calculli G, Gurrado A, Testini M. The Value of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Selective Lateral Cervical Neck Lymphadenectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Pilot Study. Cancers (Basel). 2021; 13: 2737. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112737.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  1. 11th Congress of the WSES, Rhodes, June 25-28, 2024 - Complicated jejunal diverticulitis: a misleading cause of acute abdomen (invited speaker).
[2]  2. 26th Annual Congress of the ESS, Batumi, June 20-22, 2024 - State of art of surgery for parathyroid cancer in Italy. Results of the pTRANI Study Group on 7957 parathyroidectomies (invited speaker).
[3]  3. 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ESCI, Barcelona, June 5-7, 2024 - Gender approach into thyroid cancer, from pathogenesis to treatment (invited speaker).
[4]  4. 10th Biennial Congress of the ESES, Rome, May 23-25, 2024 - Parathyroid Fluorescence during Parathyroid Procedures: Is this Worthwhile? (invited speaker)
[5]  5. 10th Congress of the WSES, Pisa, June 20-23, 2023 – Surgical site infections prevention in high-risk patients (invited speaker).
[6]  6. 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ESCI, Bari, June 8-10, 2022 - Metabolomics and thyroid cancer: a pioneering field (invited speaker).

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Pasculli A, Sgaramella LI, Di Meo G, Prete FP, Gurrado A, Ria R, Vacca A, Testini M. (2023) The Angiogenic Microenvironment of Thyroid Cancer: An Insight into the Research of New Prognostic Markers. In Testini M, Gurrado A (Editors) Thyroid Surgery (pp 197-185). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (CH). ISBN 978-3-031-31145-1.
[2]  Gurrado G, Prete FP, Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Poli E, Sgaramella LI, Testini M. (2023) Retrosternal, Forgotten, and Recurrent Goiter. In Testini M, Gurrado A (Editors) Thyroid Surgery (pp 197-185). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (CH). ISBN 978-3-031-31145-1.
[3]  Testini M, Prete FP, Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Poli E, Sgaramella LI, Gurrado A. (2023) Conventional Open Thyroidectomy. In Testini M, Gurrado A (Editors) Thyroid Surgery (pp 197-185). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (CH). ISBN 978-3-031-31145-1.
[4]  Di Meo G, Pasculli A, Testini M. (2023) Management of Neck Surgery Complications. In Coccolino F, Catena F (Editors) Textbook of Emergency General Surgery (pp 665-688). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (CH). ISBN 978-3-031-22598-7.
[5]  Sgaramella LI, Pasculli A, Di Meo G, Gurrado A, Testini M. (2022) Colecistite acuta e infezioni della via biliare. In Minni F (Editor) Chirurgia Specialistica (pp 97-102). Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Rozzano (MI). ISBN 978-88-08-22007-3.