Prof. Giuseppe Malleo received his MD degree cum laude in 2006 from the University of Messina. In the same year, he was awarded the “Bonino-Pulejo” research fellowship grant and conducted different projects on experimental acute pancreatitis between the HPB unit of the Manchester Royal Infirmary (UK) and the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Messina. He obtained his certification in General Surgery at the University of Verona in 2013. He received a grant from the Italian Ministry of Health to study the genomic alterations of pancreatic neoplasms (2013-2016). Furthermore, Prof. Malleo earned a Ph.D in surgical sciences and pancreatobiliary diseases at the University of Verona, and was a Research Physician at the Clinical Research Center of the University of Verona Hospital Trust. He has been an attending surgeon at the Unit of Pancreatic Surgery since 2016, and served from 2018 to 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Verona.

Prof. Malleo performed more than 1800 procedures in General and Vascular Surgery, including more than 850 pancreatic resections (also with minimally invasive techniques). His research interests are focused on pancreatic adenocarcinoma. He is an author/coauthor of more than 380 full-text papers in peer-reviewed journals (see the publication list here), with more than 21,000 citations and an H-index of 73 (Scopus). Furthermore, he is the author of 17 book chapters, and has participated in more than 100 national and international meetings as a faculty member.

He was awarded the AISP prize (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Pancreas) in 2007, the European Pancreatic Club travel grant in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014; the European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association young investigator award in 2013; and the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association best oral presentation award in 2014. He was the 2019 European Pancreatic Club YOUPPIE awardee, an honorific appointment for clinical or basic pancreatologists under 45 years. He was included in the list of top Italian scientists (www.topitalianscientists.org) and in the World’s Top 2% scientists network. He was the secretary of the Italian Association of Pancreatology (AISP) and the co-chair of the scientific committee of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (EAHPBA). He also serves as associate editor of Digestive Surgery. He served on the Verona Ethical Committee for Clinical Experimentations from 2016 to 2023 and is currently a member of the Regional Ethical Committee (CET-ASOV).  

Prof. Malleo is also interested in statistical analysis. He has attracted research funds from different national and international bodies, including: 

- Research projects of national interest (PRIN) 2022, “Dissecting the genetic landscape of pancreatic cancer to improve precision prevention.” 250000 Euros, principal investigator

- Ministry of Health, goal-oriented research 2024: “Enhancing safety, quality of care, and professional wellbeing: A pragmatic RCT on a group intervention to support, in-person or online, surgical staff involved in adverse events.” 350000 Euro, co-principal investigator.

- Horizon EU: Mission Cancer 2025: PALACROS (Prioritizing multimodal surgical care for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer across Europe). 10000000 Euro, co-principal investigator

Contact information

Prof. Giuseppe Malleo MD, Ph.D

Unit of General and Pancreatic Surgery

G.B. Rossi Hospital

P.Le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy

Tel: +39 0458126008

Fax: +39 0458124622

Email: giuseppe.malleo@aovr.veneto.it