Riccardo Autorino MD PhD is a fellowship trained urologic surgeon. He is currently Professor of Urology and Director of Surgical Innovation & Clinical Research in the Department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He also holds the position of Director for GU Research at Rush University Cancer Center. Native of Naples, Italy, where he received his MD degree and did his Urology residency, he completed a clinical Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery at the Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic in 2014. After graduating from fellowship, Dr. Autorino worked for 3 years as an Associate Professor of Urology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. From 2017 to 2022, he worked at Virginia Commonwealth University Health in Richmond (VA) as Director of Urologic Oncology. Dr. Autorino is diplomate of the American Board of Urology, as well as Fellow of the European Board of Urology. He published over 550 PubMed-indexed peer reviewed publications and has a 64 Scopus h-index. Dr. Autorino received many awards for his academic activity, including the 2012 Italian Society of Urology (SIU) Matula Award, and the 2017 Hans Marberger Award at EAU Meeting. Dr. Autorino has been involved in different fields of urologic research mainly related to minimally invasive treatment of genitourinary cancers, and to the implementation of new technologies in the field of uro-oncology. He led several multi-institutional multinational collaborations. He serves as Associate editor for Urology Video Journal, Minerva Urology and Central European Journal of Urology, and as editorial board member for many Urology journals. He has performed over 1000 robotic procedures, and he is among the few surgeons in the world regularly performing SP robotic surgery. Dr. Autorino participated as an invited speaker or surgeon in several regional, national, and international meetings worldwide.