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S. Signori is a pioneering surgical researcher whose work has profoundly shaped the field of minimally invasive pancreatic and transplant surgery. Operating at the intersection of robotic technology and complex abdominal procedures, Signori has been instrumental in establishing the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted techniques for some of surgery's most demanding operations. Their landmark investigations into robotic and laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy — together accumulating nearly 400 citations — demonstrated that faithful reproduction of established open surgical techniques was achievable using robotic assistance, fundamentally challenging prior assumptions about the limits of minimally invasive approaches. Signori's contributions extend boldly into transplantation, having performed the first European robotic renal transplantation in 2010 and achieving the first world experience in laparoscopic robot-assisted pancreas transplantation — milestones recognized with over 120 and 90 citations respectively. Their work directly addresses high surgical morbidity rates that have historically deterred pancreas transplantation, offering patients meaningful improvements in postoperative recovery. With additional contributions examining total pancreatectomy outcomes and instrument traffic dynamics in robotic surgery, Signori's cumulative body of work represents a foundational contribution to the global adoption of robotic-assisted abdominal surgery.