Andrea Segalin, MD,
Attending Surgeon , General Surgery Unit
Liver Transplantation Center
Department of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

Largo Barozzi, 1
24127 Bergamo, Italy
Phone: (035) 269-361
Fax: (035) 266898
E-mail: asegalin@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it

Education and Training:
Dr. Segalin earned his medical degree in 1982, and served his residency in General Surgery and in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Padova, in Padova, Italy. Dr. Segalin holds medical license in Italy and in the countries of the European Community.
In 1988 he served a research fellowship in the Department of General Surgery of the University of Chicago in Chicago IL, in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center in New York NY and in the Department of General Surgery of the University of Nevada LV, USA 
Dr. Segalin has been Attending Surgeon in the Department of Surgery of the University  of Padova between 1989 and 1992, and in the Department of Surgery of the University of Milan, Ospedale Policlinico between 1992 and 1997. 
Since 1997 Dr. Segalin is Attending Surgeon at the General Surgery Unit, Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, of the Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo. 
He has performed more than 500 surgical procedures in general surgery, thoracic surgery and liver transplantation surgery and holds a large experience in minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery.

Clinical and Cognitive Interests:
Dr. Segalin is member of the International Society for the Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE). He has authored or co-authored 346 publications, including 234 refereed articles, 112 abstracts. Dr. Segalin current research interests reflect clinical problem in esophageal and thoracic surgery, minimally invasive surgery and  solid organs transplantation.

Selected Publications:
·	Segalin A, Little AG, Ruol A, Ferguson MK, Bardini R, Norberto L, Skinner DB, Peracchia A: SURGICAL AND ENDOSCOPIC PALLIATION OF ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA. Ann Thor Surg 48:267-271,1989.
·	Segalin A, Granelli P, Bonavina L, Siardi C, Peracchia A: SELF-EXPANDING ESOPHAGEAL PROSTHESIS, EFFECTIVE PALLIATION FOR INOPERABLE CANCER OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS. Surg Endosc 8:1343-1345,1994.
·	Altorky NK, Skinner DB, Segalin A, Stephens JK, Ferguson MK, Little AG: INDICATIONS FOR ESOPHAGECTOMY IN NON MALIGNANT BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE. Ann Thor Surg 49:724-727,1990.
·	Bardini R, Segalin A, Ruol A, Pavanello M, Peracchia A: THORACOSCOPIC ENUCLEATION OF ESOPHAGEAL LEYOMIOMA. Ann Thor Surg 54:576-577,1992.
·	Ancona E, Peracchia A, Zaninotto G, Rossi M, Bonavina L, Segalin A: HELLER LAPAROSCOPIC CARDIOMYOTOMY WITH ANTIREFLUX ANTERIOR FUNDOPLICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL ACALASIA. Surg Endosc 7:459-461,1993.
·	Segalin A, Ruol A, Panozzo M, Bonavina L, Chieco Bianchi L, Peracchia A: FLOW CYTOMETRIC DNA ANALYSIS DOES NOT PREDICT THE RADIO-CHEMORESPONSIVENESS OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. J Surg Oncol 54:87-90,1993.
·	Bardini R, Segalin A, Asolati M, Bonavina L, Pavanello M: THORACOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF BENIGN TUMOURS OF THE OESOPHAGUS. End Surg 1:277-279,1993.
·	Segalin A, Bonavina L, Ruol A, Boccasanta P, Salamina G, Peracchia A: SECONDARY ESOPHAGEAL TUMORS: TREATMENT AND OUTCOME IN 115 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS. Diseases of the Esophagus 7:118-121,1994.
·	Bonavina L, Segalin A, et Al.: EARLY ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: RESULTS OF A EUROPEAN MULTICENTRE SURVEY. Brit J Surg 82:98-101,1995.
·	Segalin A, Bonavina L: THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY OF BENIGN ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES. In ”Modern Approach to Benign Esophageal Disease” Editors CG Bremner, TR DeMeester, A.Peracchia; Quality Medical Publishing Inc St Louis, Missouri USA 1995,173-182.
·	Segalin A, Bonavina L, Carazzone A, Ceriani C, Peracchia: IMPROVING RESULTS OF ESOPHAGEAL STENTING A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON 160 PATIENTS. Endoscopy, 29:701-709,1997.