Robe rt o Be r gama s chi ob t ained hi s MD deg r ee and com p le t ed hi s sur ge ry r e s idenc y a t S tr a s bo ur g Uni v e rs i ty , F r ance and a t Cen tr al Middle s e x Ho sp i t al , in London , w he r e he ob t ained hi s FRCS ( Engl . ), and con t in u ed hi s tr aining in colo r ec t al sur ge ry a t t he NTNU in T r ondheim , No rw a y. Be r gama s chi ob t ained a PhD in colo r ec t al cance r a t Be r gen Uni v e rs i ty , No rw a y in 1995 u nde r Pa u l H . S u ga r bake r , MD men t o rs hi p. Hi s PhD di ss e rt a t ion w a s incl u ded b y Commande r Colonel Ba s il A . P ru i tt , MD in t he r efe r ence file us ed b y t he U . S . A r m y In st i tut e of S ur gical Re s ea r ch , Fo rt Sam , Ho ust on , TX , USA on No v embe r 8 , 1995. Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a s a ss ocia t e pr ofe ss o r , and ele v a t ed t o f u ll pr ofe ss o r and stu den t cle r k s hi p di r ec t o r a t Be r gen Uni v e rs i ty in Be r gen , No rw a y in 1997. Be r gama s chi ob t ained FASCRS in San Diego 2001 and w a s di r ec t o r of t he Minimall y In v a s i v e S ur ge ry Cen t e r and pr og r am di r ec t o r of t he MIS fello ws hi p a t Alleghen y Gene r al Ho sp i t al in Pi tts b ur gh , PA a s w ell a s pr ofe ss o r of sur ge ry a t Hahnemann Uni v e rs i ty in Philadel p hia , PA . Af t e r ob t aining FACS in Ne w O r lean s in 2004 , Be r gama s chi acce pt ed t he Ind ru Kh u bchandani Endo w ed Chai r in colo r ec t al sur ge ry a t Penn S t a t e Uni v e rs i ty in 2005. In 2007 Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a ss ocia t e edi t o r of Di s ea s e s of t he Colon & Rec tu m , official jo ur nal of t he ASCRS . In 2008 Be r gama s chi acce pt ed t he p o s i t ion of pr ofe ss o r of sur ge ry w i t h t en ur e and chief of t he Di v i s ion of Colo r ec t al S ur ge ry a t S t a t e Uni v e rs i ty of NY a t S t on y B r ook . In 2009 Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a s s enio r edi t o r of Colo r ec t al Di s ea s e , official jo ur nal of ACPGBI . The EAES nomina t ed Be r gama s chi chai r man of t he Ed u ca t ion and T r aining Commi tt ee in 2012. In 2013 Be r gama s chi w a s nomina t ed fello w of t he Ame r ican S ur gical A ss ocia t ion . C urr en t l y , Be r gama s chi i s s ec t ion edi t o r of S ur g . Tech . In t e r na t ional , a ss ocia t e edi t o r in U p da t e s in S ur ge ry , g u e st edi t o r in C urr en t P r oblem s in S ur ge ry , and ha s o v e r 300 P u bMed inde x ed p a p e rs w i t h a Hi rs ch inde x of 36. November 2023
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