Dott. Francesco Colombo

• 2004: Laurea specialistica in Medicina e Chirurgia conseguita presso la Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell’Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2010: Specializzazione in “Chirurgia Generale” conseguita presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2017: Master II Livello di Chirurgia delle Malattie Infiammatorie Intestinali conseguito presso l’Università di Roma- Tor Vergata
• Dal 2019: Professore a Contratto del Corso di Specializzazione di Chirurgia Generale dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. Tutor nell’attività clinica e chirurgica degli Specializzandi in Chirurgia Generale; Cultore della Materia di Chirurgia d’Urgenza c/o Corso di Laurea in Scienze Infermieristiche

• 2002-2004: medico interno frequentatore presso la cattedra di Chirurgia Generale II dell’Ospedale L.Sacco di Milano
• 2005-2006: medico specializzando presso l’unità di Chirurgia Generale della Clinica S.Siro di Milano
• 2006-2008: medico specializzando presso la Divisione di Chirurgia Generale del Policlinico S.Marco di Zingonia (Bg)
• 2008-2009: medico specializzando (ST3 Registrar) presso la Colo-Rectal Surgery Unit del Whipps Cross University Hospital- London (UK)
• 2009-2020: Dirigente Medico I livello specialista in Chirurgia Generale e Colo-rettale c/o cattedra di Chirurgia Generale II dell’Ospedale L.Sacco di Milano
• Mar-Apr 2013: vincitore ECCO Travel Award presso Colo-Rectal Department di AMC Hospital di Amsterdam (Netherlands). Restorative Procto-colectomy in elderly patients. 
• 2020- ad oggi: Titolare di Incarico di Alta Specializzazione Fascia 1 di “Chirurgia Mininvasiva” Chirurgia Laparoscopica Mini-invasiva nel trattamento della patologie neoplastiche colo-rettali e delle malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali presso Chirurgia Generale dell’Ospedale L.Sacco di Milano

affiliazioni a società scientifiche

• Socio della ECCO (European Crohn and Colitis Organization)
• Socio dell’ESCP (European Society of ColoProctology)
• Socio della SICCR (Società Italiana di Chirurgia ColoRettale)

attività scientifica e principali pubblicazioni

• Pinkney T, Colombo F within ESCP Enhanced Recovery Collaborating Group. An International Assessment of the Adoption of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS® ) Principles Across Colorectal Units in 2019/20. Colorectal Dis. 2021 Aug 8. doi: 10.1111/codi.15863. Online ahead of print.
• Gallo G, Colombo F within Telemedicine in Colorectal Surgery Italian Working Group. E-consensus on telemedicine in colorectal surgery: a RAND/UCLA-modified study. Updates Surg. 2021 Jul 26:1-8. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01139-8. Online ahead of print.
• Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score. Br J Surg. 2021 Jul 6:znab183. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab183. Online ahead of print.
• Sampietro GM, Maconi G, Colombo F, Dilillo D, Fiorina P, D’Addio F, Loretelli C, Mantegazza C, Nebuloni M, Corsi F, Zuccotti G, Ardizzone S, Corona A, Foschi D. Prevalence and significance of mesentery thickening and lymph nodes enlargement in Crohn’s disease. Dig Liver Dis. 2021 Jul 19:S1590-8658(21)00365-0. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2021.06.030
• Rottoli M, Pellino G, Tanzanu M, Baldi C, Frontali A, Carvello M, Foppa C, Kontovounisios C, Tekkis P, Colombo F, Sancho-Muriel J, Frasson M, Danelli P, Celentano V, Spinelli A, Panis Y, Sampietro GM, Poggioli G. Inflammatory bowel disease patients requiring surgery can be treated in referral centres regardless of the COVID-19 status of the hospital: results of a multicentric European study during the first COVID-19 outbreak (COVID-Surg). Updates Surg. 2021 Jun 26. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01119-y. Online ahead of print.
• Colombo F, Bonomi A Letter in response to John Bunni. Colorectal Dis. 2021 May 25. doi: 10.1111/codi.15751.
• Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 24:znab101.doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101. Online ahead of print
• Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing for surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia 2021 Mar 9.doi: 10.1111/anae.15458. Online ahead of print.
• Bonomi A, Colombo F, Frontali A, Ferrario L, Danelli P. Laparoscopic appendectomy for a large appendiceal mucinous neoplasm- a video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2021 May 23. (5) doi:10.1111/codi.15612.
• Sampietro GM, Colombo F, Frontali A, Baldi C, Conti L, Dilillo D, Penagini F, Nebuloni M, D’Addio F, Fiorina P, Maconi G, Corsi F, Zuccotti G, Ardizzone S, Foschi D. Strictureplasties performed by laparoscopic approach for complicated Crohn’s disease. A prospective, observational, cohort study. Dig Liver Dis. 2021 Feb 21:S1590-8658(21)00038-4. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2021.01.023.
• Colombo F within GlobalSurg Collaborative and National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. Lancet. 2021 Jan 21:S0140-6736(21)00001-5. Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00001-5.
• Celentano V, Pellino G, Spinelli A, Selvaggi F, Colombo F; SICCR Current status of Crohn’s disease surgery collaborative. Anastomosis configuration and technique following ileocaecal resection for Crohn’s disease: a multicentre study. Updates Surg 2021 Jan 6. doi: 10.1007/s13304-020-00918-z. 
• Colombo F within SICCR Current status of Crohn’s disease surgery collaborative. Surgical treatment of colonic Crohn’s disease: a national snapshot study. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1007/s00423-020-02038-
• Celentano V, Pellino G, Rottoli M, Colombo F, Sampietro G, Spinelli A, Selvaggi F; SICCR Current status of Crohn’s disease surgery collaborative. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for the treatment of ileocolonic Crohn’s disease: a propensity score-matched analysis. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2020 Dec 23. doi: 10.1007/s00384-020-03821-6.
• Colombo F within EUROSurg Collaborative. Timing of nasogastric tube insertion and the risk of postoperative pneumonia: an international prospective cohort study. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Dec 22 (12): 2288-2297. doi: 10.1111/codi.15311.
• Truffi M, Sevieri M, Morelli L, Monieri M, Mazzucchelli S, Sorrentino L, Allevi R, Bonizzi A, Zerbi P, Marchini B, Longhi E, Sampietro GM, Colombo F, Prosperi D, Colombo M, Corsi F. Anti-MAdCAM-1-Conjugated Nanocarriers Delivering Quantum Dots Enable Specific Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Int J Nanomedicine. 2020 Nov 2;15:8537-8552. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S264513. eCollection 2020.
• Bhangu A, Li E, Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative. Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Nov 15. doi: 10.1111/codi.15431. Online ahead of print.
• Bellato V, Konishi T, Pellino G, Colombo F within S-COVID Collaborative Group. Screening policies, preventive measures and in-hospital infection of COVID-19 in global surgical practices. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec;10(2):020507. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020507.
• Sampietro GM, Colombo F, Corsi F. Sequential Approach for a Critical-View COlectomy (SACCO): A Laparoscopic Technique to Reduce Operative Time and Complications in IBD Acute Severe Colitis. J Clin Med. 2020 Oct 21;9(10):3382. doi: 10.3390/jcm9103382.
• Ielpo B, Podda M, Pellino G, Pata F, Caruso R, Gravante G, Di Saverio S, Colombo F within ACIE Appy Study. Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study Collaborative. Br J Surg. 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11999. Online ahead of print.
• Glasbey JC, Bhangu A, Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Oct 6:JCO2001933. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01933. Online ahead of print.
• Colombo F within COVIDSurg Collaborative Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection Br J Surg 2020 Sep 25. doi: 10.1002/bjs.12050. Online ahead of print.
• Colombo F within SICCR Current Status of Crohn’s Disease Surgery Collaborative. National variations in perioperative assessment and surgical management of Crohn’s disease: a multicentre study. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Sep 17.doi: 10.1111/codi.15334. Online ahead of print.
• An Y, Bellato V, Konishi T, Pellino G, Sensi B, Siragusa L, Franceschilli M, Sica GS, Colombo F within S-COVID Collaborative Group. Surgeons’ fear of getting infected by COVID19: A global survey. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug 18. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11833. Online ahead of print.
• Bellato V, Konishi T, Pellino G, An Y, Piciocchi A, Sensi B, Siragusa L, Khanna K, Pirozzi BM, Franceschilli M, Campanelli M, Efetov S, Sica GS, Colombo F within S-COVID Collaborative Group. Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug 6. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11800. Online ahead of print
• Morasso C, Truffi M, Vanna R, Albasini S, Mazzucchelli S, Colombo F, Sorrentino L, Sampietro G, Ardizzone S, Corsi F. Raman analysis reveals biochemical differences in plasma of Crohn’s Disease patients. J Crohns Colitis. 2020 Apr 28. pii: jjaa080. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa080
• Mege D, Stellingwerf M, Germain A, Colombo F, Pellino G, Di Candido F, Maggiori L, Foschi D, Buskens CJ, Adegbola S, Spinelli A, Warusavitarne J, Bemelman W, Sampietro G, D’Hoore A, Panis Y. Management of rectal stump during laparoscopic subtotal colectomy for IBD. A comparative cohort study from 6 referral center. J Crohns Colitis. 2020 Mar 11. pii: jjaa046. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa046. [Epub ahead  of print]
• Pellino G, Keller DS, Sampietro GM, Angriman I, Carvello M, Celentano V, Colombo F, Di Candido F, Laureti S, Luglio G, Poggioli G, Rottoli M, Scaringi S, Sciaudone G, Sica G, Sofo L, Leone S, Danese S, Spinelli A, Delaini G, Selvaggi F; Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery SICCR on behalf of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) position statement of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR): Crohn’s disease. Tech Coloproctol 2020, doi.org/10.1007/s10151-020-02183-z [Epub ahead of print]
• Pellino G, Keller DS, Sampietro GM, Carvello M, Celentano V, Coco C, Colombo F, Geccherle A, Luglio G, Rottoli M, Scarpa M, Sciaudone G, Sica G, Sofo L, Zinicola R, Leone S, Danese S, Spinelli A, Delaini G, Selvaggi F on behalf of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) position statement of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR): ulcerative colitis. Tech Coloproctol 2020,  doi.org/10.1007/s10151-020-02175-z [Epub ahead of print]
• Pellino G, Keller DS, Sampietro GM, Annese V, Carvello M, Celentano V, Coco C, Colombo F, Cracco N, Di Candido F, Franceschi M, Laureti S, Mattioli G, Pio L, Sciaudone G, Sica G, Villanacci V, Zinicola R, Leone S, Danese S, Spinelli A, Delaini G, Selvaggi F on behalf of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) position statement of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR): general principles of IBD management.Tech Coloproctol 2020,  doi.org/10.1007/s10151-019-02145-0 [Epub ahead of print]
• Lorenzon L, Evrard S, Beets G, Gonzalez-Moreno S, Kovacs T, D’Ugo D, Polom K, Colombo F within CORSiCA Study – EYSAC.1 Study Group. Global variation in the long-term outcomes of ypT0 rectal cancers. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar;46(3):420-428. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.10.010. Epub 2019 Oct 12.
• Colombo F within EuroSurg Collaborative. Safety of hospital discharge before return of bowel function after elective colorectal Surgery. Br J Surg 2020, Jan 24; 10.1002/bjs.11422. Doi:10.1002/bjs.11422 [Epub ahead of print]

• Diagnosi e terapia chirurgica laparoscopica ed open dei difetti della parete addominale (ernie inguinali, ernie ombelicali, laparoceli, inguinal disruption…)
• Diagnosi e terapia chirurgica delle patologie proctologiche (emorroidi, ragadi, fistole, condilomi…)
• Diagnosi e terapia chirurgica laparoscopica ed open delle patologie colorettali (neoplasie, malattia diverticolare, malattie infiammatorie croniche…)