Maurizio is a triple-qualified (Italy, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand) academic surgeon working as a specialist paediatric surgeon at Monash Children’s Hospital and as a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. He has been working in the field of paediatric surgery for more than 20 years. Maurizio obtained his medical degree in Italy at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 2000. He completed his training in paediatric surgery in Italy in 2005 and moved to the United Kingdom to focus on his career in clinical research. Maurizio was granted membership in the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2006 and completed additional training in paediatric surgery in the United Kingdom at various hospitals, including Great Ormond Street Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital, and Oxford University Hospital. He also trained for one year at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. In 2010, Maurizio obtained a higher degree (MD Research) from University College London for his research on minimally invasive surgery in children. He completed his second training in the United Kingdom and achieved the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Paediatric Surgery in 2015. In 2017, Maurizio joined Monash Children’s Hospital and Monash University, and in 2022, he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Maurizio has a keen interest in minimally invasive techniques for paediatric and neonatal surgery, as well as colorectal surgery, including anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease. He is also particularly interested in vascular anomalies, such as haemangiomas and lymphatic malformations, and he established the vascular anomaly multidisciplinary team at Monash Children’s Hospital. Maurizio is passionate about clinical research, with a focus on minimally invasive surgery and randomised controlled trials. His research has earned him numerous awards, including prizes from the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Peter Paul Rickham Prize by the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Maurizio has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, contributed 5 chapters to books, and authored more than 150 presentations at international conferences.