Francesca Ratti

Francesca Ratti is a Fixed-term Researcher at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, affiliated with the Department of General Surgery within the School of Medicine. Her research focuses on hepatocellular carcinoma, surgical oncology, and minimally invasive liver surgery, with a particular emphasis on prognostic modeling and clinical outcomes.

Recent publications highlight her work on:

• Prognostic biomarkers in liver resection
• AI ethics in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery
• Comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic vs. open surgical techniques
• Robotic surgery feasibility in complex anatomical regions
• Dynamic risk stratification models for postoperative complications

Her clinical research includes collaborations on the ORANGE II PLUS trial and international multicenter studies, applying advanced statistical methods like inverse probability weighting to improve recurrence-free survival prediction. She contributes to surgical education through internship programs while maintaining active involvement in translational research and clinical trial analysis.