Pietro Mascagni
Co-founder and Director, Scialytic
Dr Pietro Mascagni is a surgeon in training with a PhD in surgical data science. He leads the Video‑Based Assessment and Computer‑Assisted Intervention Research Facility at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS in Rome and serves as Clinical Research Advisor for AI and computer science at IHU‑Strasbourg.
His work focuses on AI applications that enhance surgical safety, now being translated into clinical practice through Scialytics, a company he co-founded to develop AI‑powered medical devices that measure and reduce surgical risk.
He has started several initiatives that promote surgeons’ involvement in AI, including the SDS Summer School at IHU‑Strasbourg, the AI Masterclass at EAES, and CLINICCAI at MICCAI. He also serves on the EAES Technology Committee and AI Subcommittee, and on the SAGES Surgical Data Science Task Force.
Pietro is Associate Editor at the European Journal of Surgical Oncology and NPJ Digital Surgery.