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He is consultant surgeon at Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Area Vasta 3, ZT n°9 (Italy) - Coordinator of Scientific Activities - Member of the Hospital Infection Control Committee.
He has performed more than 3,500 operations of general and emergency surgery.
His scientific activity is documented by publications in international scientific journals (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=sartelli). He is author/co-author of nine manuals of emergency surgery.
In the last years he has devoted his updating to the study of surgical infections and sepsis.
He coordinated WSES Guidelines for Management of Intra-abdominal Infections, WSES Guidelines for Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and WSES Guidelines for Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Surgical Patients.
He designed and coordinated four multicenter prospective studies (CIAOW Study, CIAO Study, WISS Study and PIPAS study) involving medical institutions worldwide defining epidemiological and management profiles of intra-abdominal infections worldwide.
In 2016 he designed AGORA Project. A global Alliance for Rational and appropriate use of antibiotics in managing intra-abdominal infections with the participation of clinicians from 79 countries worldwide.
He is deputy editor of the "World Journal of Emergency Surgery" and member of the Board of Directors of the "World Society of Emergency Surgery".
He is founder and acting director of the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery is an independent alliance promoted in 2016 by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), for a cohesive and global approach to promoting research and education in the field of infections in surgery. Experts from 86 countries worldwide joined the International Advisory Board of the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery.