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Dr. Fulvio Calise is a pioneering figure in minimally invasive liver surgery, with a career dedicated to advancing robotic and laparoscopic techniques for hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HPB) procedures. His research centers on the safe adoption and dissemination of these complex surgeries, particularly through innovative training models. Dr. Calise’s major contribution is the development and validation of the “Referral Centre Hub & Spoke Learning Program,” a structured proctoring system that enables general surgery units to safely perform robotic liver resections. This work, detailed in his 2018 study on his first 70 consecutive patients (35 citations), demonstrated the feasibility and safety of the approach, showing comparable outcomes to high-volume centers. He also led the first national survey on Italian minimally invasive liver surgery (57 citations), providing a crucial benchmark for the field. More recently, Dr. Calise spearheaded the I Go MILS registry (2023, 12 citations), a national tool for data dissemination and networking, and conducted a multicenter propensity score matching analysis (2024, 11 citations) comparing robotic versus open resection for colorectal liver metastases. With over 100 cumulative citations, his work has been instrumental in democratizing access to advanced HPB surgery, proving that with proper training, robotic liver surgery can be safely performed outside of elite referral centers.