Giuseppe Dodi, MD

Born in Venice , Italy , Aug 4^th 1946. Married, five children. Graduated in Medicine in 1971, University of Padova , Italy . Research Fellow, University of Padova (1973‑1984). Research Fellow, Washington University , St. Louis , Mo , USA (1976‑1977). Associate Professor of General Surgery in the Department of Surgery of the University of Padova (1985).

Member of the Advisory Boards of the Italian Society of Coloproctology (1997‑2002), Italian Society of Urodynamics (1998‑2006),  Interdisciplinary Society of the Pelvic Floor (1996‑2007), national chairman of the A.I.STOM.  (Associazione Italiana Stomizzati) (2006- ).

Author of over 400 scientific articles and of a Textbook of Coloproctology (2 Italian and one English editions, Piccin Ed.). Coeditor of the iournal “Pelviperineology”, editor of the “Rivista Italiana di Coloproctologia”, member of the Editorial Board of  following journals: "Techniques in Coloproctology",  "International Journal of the Proctological and Perineal Diseases", "Urodinamica, Neurourology, Continence and Pelvic Floor", Colorectal Disease).

Main fields of clinical experience and research: physiopathology and surgery of colorectal and pelvic floor diseases.