Dr. Lucia Moletta graduated at the University of Padua Medical School in 2008, and finished her Residency in General Surgery (2015) at the same University. Since 2017, she had been working as research associateand then assistant professor at the Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences (DISCOG), Clinica Chirurgica 3, University and Hospital of Padua. She attended in 2015 as a visiting physician the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit at the Academisch Medisch Centrum (Amsterdam). Her main interest lies in the oncologic diseases of the pancreas, as far as both the diagnosis and surgical treatment are concerned and in the oncologic diseases of the esophagus and stomach. She carries out research into new treatment methods for pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive pancreatic surgery, and new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for pancreatic cysts, pancreatic carcinoma, esophageal and gastric tumors. She is member of several national and international scientific societies: the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP), the European Pancreatic Club (EPC) , The Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP), the Italian Association of Oncologic Surgery (SICO), the Italian Society for the Study of Esophageal Diseases (SISME). She is member of the Editorial Board for the journal “EC Gastroenterology and Digestive System”. She has been a reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Clinical Medicine, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Research and Practice and Cancers. She is Author and Co-Author of 27 papers dealing with oncologic surgery.