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Federico Rea is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose career has been defined by a sustained commitment to minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery for mediastinal diseases, with a particular focus on thymoma and myasthenia gravis. His most influential contribution, the 2011 consensus paper establishing standard terms, definitions, and policies for minimally invasive thymoma resection, has garnered 191 citations and remains a foundational reference for surgeons worldwide, helping to standardize practice across institutions. Rea has been instrumental in advancing robotic thymectomy as both a technically feasible and oncologically sound approach, contributing institutional and multi-centre evidence at a time when the field was hampered by small, heterogeneous studies. His 2024 nationwide Italian study on robotic thymectomy for thymic tumours represents one of the largest datasets assembled on the topic, while his 2025 analysis of 20 years of robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis offers rare long-term outcome data. Through technical guides, comparative studies, and collaborative research, Rea has shaped how minimally invasive thymectomy is taught, performed, and evaluated globally.