Massimo Rugge

Massimo Rugge, MD, FACG, is a pathologist and oncologist and Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Padua, Italy, where he chaired the Pathology Department from 2001 to 2019. His main scientific interests are the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, focusing on non-neoplastic, pre-neoplastic, neoplastic and transplant pathology.

His academic and research contributions are extensive, including:

• Academic leadership: At the University of Padua he was in charge of the Residency Programmes in Anatomic Pathology (2007–2017) and Radiation Therapy (2018–2019).
• International appointments: Since 1998 he has been Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA, and he is Honorary Professor at St. Martin de Porres University and Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru, receiving an honorary degree in Medicine from St. Martin de Porres University in 2018.
• International experience: Trained in pathology and oncology at the Universities of Genoa and Padua, he has been visiting professor at the Universitaire Ziekenhuizen in Leuven, the University of Edinburgh, Louisiana University in New Orleans and the Veterans Administration Hospital–Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Professor Rugge has authored over 700 scientific articles, with a Scopus H-index of 80 (2024) and more than 45,000 citations.