Dr.Antonio Privitera

Prof. Dr. Antonio Privitera is an internationally renowned surgeon and speaker in major meetings and congresses nationally and internationally. He had extensive training in general and colorectal surgery in world-renowned institutions including The John Radcliffe in Oxford (UK), The University College of London (UK), St. Guy’s St. Thomas’ Hospital in London (UK}, and the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Rochester- Minnesota (USA).Dr. Antonio is the only surgeon in the world to have both a Mayo Clinic (Rochester-USA) Colorectal Fellowship and a London (UK) Colorectal fellowship.He worked as a consultant general and colorectal surgeon in renowned UK University Hospitals and busy district hospitals. Subsequently, he moved to Saudi Arabia where he was the Section Head of the national tertiary referral center of the whole Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and also the Program Director of the Eastern Province Colorectal Fellowship. His team performed the first robotic colorectal resection for cancer with the Xi Robot in Saudi Arabia.He was the Lead Colorectal Surgeon in Tawam Hospital- John Hopkins in Al AIn, Abu Dhabi.Dr. Antonio uses the newest minimally invasive techniques that allow to significantly reduce the pain after surgery, produce fast healing with almost immediate return to normal life and work.He was the author of the first publication in an American colorectal journal (DCR) of the hemorrhoidal artery ligation technique (HAL/THD), an established technique for the treatment of hemorrhoids.

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