About Mr Giuliani
Consultant Neonatal, Paediatric and Adolescent Surgeon
Mr Giuliani is a leading general and specialist neonatal and paediatric surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London.
Mr Stefano Giuliani
FRCS (Eng), MD (Ita), MD (USA), PhD
Consultant Neonatal, Paediatric and Adolescent Surgeon
Clinical Training
Mr Giuliani graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Udine (Italy) in 2000 and earned his Italian Medical Licence in 2001. In December 2006 he became a certified paediatric surgeon after a five-year programme at the University of Padova (Italy).
He also obtained the United States Medical Licence (USMLE) and he worked for 4 years at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, USA. In particular, from 2007 to 2009, Mr Giuliani was selected for a highly competitive clinical international fellowship in paediatric surgery at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. This is one of the best paediatric hospitals in America and the largest on the West Coast. This was an excellent clinical experience for him and he was able to develop outstanding surgical skills in the most challenging subspecialties of paediatric surgery such as neonatal surgery, surgical oncology, paediatric minimally invasive surgery, paediatric trauma, and kidney transplantation.
Mr Giuliani has been living and working in London as a Consultant pediatric surgeon since 2010. He is focusing his work in advancing the field of paediatric surgery whilst improving the quality of treatment for his young patients.
The international background makes Mr Giuliani an experienced paediatric surgeon aware of the latest and most advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques (laparoscopy and thoracoscopy) in the field.
Specialist Expertise
Mr Giuliani is a specialist neonatal and paediatric surgeon with more than 20 years of experience. He has special skills in some of the most complex operations in children’s surgery (neonatal surgery for congenital anomalies, cancer removal, re-do operations, complex intestinal reconstructions, etc). In addition, whenever possible, he is offering minimally invasive surgical techniques (keyholes surgery) to reduce scar size, pain after surgery and length of hospital stay for his young patients
Mr Giuliani's main interests and sub specialties are:
Academic Training
Mr Giuliani started being truly passionate about research at the end of his medical school. He was a Research Fellow from 2005 to 2007 at the Saban Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA He undertook a high quality research training (leading to a PhD) in Developmental Medicine and Stem Cells under the mentorship of Prof Roger De Filippo and Prof Laura Perin at the Laboratory for Organ Regenerative Research and Cell Therapeutics in Urology, Saban Research Insitute. He graduated with a PhD thesis on the role of amniotic fluid stem cells in the regeneration of renal tissue in vitro and in vivo.
At present Mr Giuliani is a passionate and enthusiastic Associate Professor at University College London in London. His team is developing important research projects in the field of fluorescent-giuded surgery to remove cancer tissue in children.
Mr Giuliani has attended multiple courses and seminars to enhance his knowledge in research and education. Few years ago he graduated from the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training (GCSRT) Program, which is a distant learning master in research and epidemiology at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Personal Life
Mr Giuliani loves spending time with his family and friends. He is really passionate about sailing and he enjoys running, skiing and scuba diving.
Selected Awards
Clinical Academic Research Fellowship (CARP) from Medical Research Council (MRC), 2019
NHS Leadership Academy Award in Leadership Foundations, April 2016
Young Investigator Award at the 8th European Congress of Pediatric Surgery (EUPSA) 2007 with the title ‘In vitro and in vivo Application of Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells for Renal Tissue Regeneration’. May 16-19 2007, Turin, Italy.
PhD Thesis with Honors: ‘Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells and Kidney Regeneration’. University of Padova, Italy, January 2010