Savio Barreto

Associate Professor Savio Barreto is a renowned academic, researcher, and surgeon affiliated with Flinders University in South Australia. He serves as Deputy Director of the Flinders MD Program and Coordinator of MD Advanced Studies, while also working as a Consultant Surgeon in the Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Unit at Flinders Medical Centre. His career spans clinical practice, education, and groundbreaking research in pancreatic diseases.

• Research Focus: Acute pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, and young-onset cancers.
• Contributions: Developed techniques for studying pancreatic exocrine secretion and contributed to global surgical quality guidelines.
• Publications: Over 300 clinical and basic science papers and book chapters.
• Editorial Work: Editor of three books on pancreato-biliary and abdominal surgery.

Scientific Awards & Recognition:

• 2024 Outstanding Student-centered Teaching and Learning Award
• Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists’ list (2022–2024)
• Burns-Alpers Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching (2022, 2020)
• Pfizer Scroll of Honour (2002)
• Goa University Certificate of Merit (2002)