Prof. Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco is an assistant professor of gastroenterology and a director of the Endoscopy Unit in the Internal Medicine Department at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Naples "Secondo Ateneo" (1994), specialized in gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy from the University of Naples "Federico II". She completed her qualification doing a PhD in experimental immunology at the University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia" (2005) and received a level II master's degree in biliopancreatic endoscopy from University Humanitas in Milan (2019). She is responsible for managing the Gastroenterology Department and diagnostic and operative endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound. She is also the head of the multidisciplinary group for the management of biliopancreatic patients.

• Endoscopy
• Gastroenterology
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Ultrasound and ERCP
• Biliary Disease
• Pancreatic Disease

• Rizzo GEM, Apadula L, Piciucchi M, Stigliano S, Belfiori G, de Pretis N, Gabbrielli A, Barresi L, Frulloni L, Falconi M, Carrara S, Fabbri C, Capurso G; ITARECIPE study group. (Collaborators ITARECIPE study group:Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco). Italian Chronic Pancreatitis Registry (ITARECIPE): protocol for a nationwide cohort study. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2025; 12: e001747. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2025-001747.
• De Cristofaro E, Marafini I, Mancone R, Fiorillo M, Franchin M, Mattogno A, Neri B, Zorzi F, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Biancone L, Calabrese E, Giannarelli D, Monteleone G. Preventable Predictive Factors of Post-colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2025;19: jjae115. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae115.
• Troncone E, Amendola R, Gadaleta F, De Cristofaro E, Neri B, De Vico P, Paoluzi OA, Monteleone G, Anderloni A, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Indications, Techniques and Future Perspectives of Walled-off Necrosis Management.Diagnostics (Basel). 2024; 14:381. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14040381. Review.
• Stigliano S, Marocchi G, Baldaro F, Neri B, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Troncone E, Di Matteo FM. Timing of lumen-apposing metal stents removal in pancreatic fluid collections: Could we go beyond? Pancreatology. 2024; 24:1252-1256. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2024.10.011.
• Capurso G, Rizzo GEM, Coluccio C, Crinò SF, Cucchetti A, Facciorusso A, Hassan C, Amato A, Auriemma F, Bertani H, Binda C, Cipolletta F, Forti E, Fugazza A, Lisotti A, Maida M, Sinagra E, Sbrancia M, Spadaccini M, Tacelli M, Vanella G, Anderloni A, Fabbri C, Tarantino I; i-EUS working group. (Contributor as part of the i-EUS Working Group Del Vecchio Blanco G). The i-EUS consensus on the management of pancreatic fluid collections - Part1. Dig Liver Dis. 2024; 56: 1663-1674. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2024.06.030
• Capurso G, Coluccio C, Rizzo GEM, Crinò SF, Cucchetti A, Facciorusso A, Hassan C, Amato A, Auriemma F, Bertani H, Binda C, Cipolletta F, Forti E, Fugazza A, Lisotti A, Maida M, Sinagra E, Sbrancia M, Spadaccini M, Tacelli M, Vanella G, Anderloni A, Fabbri C, Tarantino I; i-EUS working group (Contributor as part of the i-EUS Working Group Del Vecchio Blanco G). The 1st i-EUS consensus on the management of pancreatic fluid collections - Part 2. Dig Liver Dis. 2024; 56 :1819-1827. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2024.06.004.
• Troncone E, Amendola R, Moscardelli A, De Cristofaro E, De Vico P, Paoluzi OA, Monteleone G, Perez-Miranda M, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Endoscopic Gallbladder Drainage: A Comprehensive Review on Indications, Techniques, and Future Perspectives. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024; 60:633. doi: 10.3390/medicina60040633. Review.
• Formica V, Riondino S, Morelli C, Guerriero S, D'Amore F, Di Grazia A, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Sica G, Arkenau HT, Monteleone G, Roselli M. HIF2α, Hepcidin and their crosstalk as tumour-promoting signalling. Br J Cancer. 2023; 129: 222-236. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02266-2. Review.
• Paoluzi OA, Troncone E, De Cristofaro E, Sibilia M, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Hemostatic Powders in Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: The Open Questions. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023; 59:143. doi: 10.3390/medicina59010143.PMID: 36676767. Review.
• Paoluzi OA, Sibilia M, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Hemostatic powders as monotherapy or a rescue therapy in malignancy-related gastrointestinal bleeding: urgent need for large randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc. 2023; 97: 378. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2022.09.013.
• De Cristofaro E, Lolli E, Migliozzi S, Sincovih S, Marafini I, Zorzi F, Troncone E, Neri B, Biancone L, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Calabrese E, Monteleone G. Frequency and Predictors of Dysplasia in Pseudopolyp-like Colorectal Lesions in Patients with Long-Standing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cancers (Basel). 2023;15: 3361. doi: 10.3390/cancers15133361.
• Argirò R, Sensi B, Siragusa L, Bellini L, Conte LE, Riccetti C, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Troncone E, Floris R, Salavracos M, Tisone G, Anselmo . Liver-Specific Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangio-Pancreatography (Ce-MRCP) in Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Iatrogenic Biliary Leakage. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 9;13: 1681. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics1310168.
• De Vico P, Biasucci DG, Aversano L, Polidoro R, Zingaro A, Millarelli FR, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Paoluzi OA, Troncone E, Monteleone G, Dauri M. Feasibility and safety of deep sedation with propofol and remifentanil in spontaneous breathing during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: an observational prospective study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2023; 23:260. doi: 10.1186/s12871-023-02218-6.
• Troncone E, Gadaleta F, Paoluzi OA, Gesuale CM, Formica V, Morelli C, Roselli M, Savino L, Palmieri G, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco Endoscopic Ultrasound Plus Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Based Tissue Sampling for Diagnosis of Proximal and Distal Biliary Stenosis Due to Cholangiocarcinoma: Results from a Retrospective Single-Center Study. Cancers (Basel). 2022; 14: 1730. doi: 10.3390/cancers14071730.
• Troncone E, Mossa M, De Vico P, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Difficult Biliary Stones: A Comprehensive Review of New and Old Lithotripsy Techniques.Medicina (Kaunas).2022; 581:120. doi: 10.3390/medicina58010120. Review.
• Mangiavillano B, Spatola F, Facciorusso A, De Nucci G, Ligresti D, Henry Eusebi L, Lisotti A, Auriemma F, Lamonaca L, Paduano D, Crinò S, Scarlata S, Troncone E, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Manes G, Traina M, Bertani A, Ofosu A, Binda C, Fabbri C, Muscatiello N, Fusaroli P, Repici A, Carrara. Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of the lung masses: a multicenter experience with fine-needle aspiration and fine-needle biopsy needles. S.Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022; 34: 757-762. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002383.
• Guida AM, Sensi B, Formica V, D'Angelillo RM, Roselli M, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Rossi P, Capolupo GT, Caricato M, Sica GS Total neoadjuvant therapy for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic minireview. .Biol Direct. 2022; 17:16. doi: 10.1186/s13062-022-00329-7.PMID: 35698084. Review.
• Morelli C, Rofei M, Riondino S, Fraboni D, Torino F, Orlandi A, Tesauro M, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Federici M, Arkenau HT, Formica V, Roselli M. Immune Response in Vitamin D Deficient Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Player That Should Be Considered for Targeted Vitamin D Supplementation. .Cancers (Basel). 2022; 14:2594. doi: 10.3390/cancers14112594.
• Del Vecchio Blanco G, Mossa M, Troncone E, Argirò R, Anderloni A, Repici A, Paoluzi OA, Monteleone G Tips and tricks for the diagnosis and management of biliary stenosis-state of the art review. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2021;13: 473-490. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i10.473.Review.
• Del Vecchio Blanco G, Palmieri G, Giannarelli D, Formica V, Portarena I, Nardecchia A, Troncone E, Benassi M, Giudice E, Anselmo A, Tisone G, Roselli M, Monteleone G, Paoluzi OA Factors influencing diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in pancreatic and biliary tumors. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2021; 56: 498-504. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2021.1880628.
• Troncone E, Salvatori S, Sena G, De Cristofaro E, Alfieri N, Marafini I, Paganelli C, Argirò R, Giannarelli D, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Low Frequency of Acute Pancreatitis in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients. Pancreas. 2021;50 :393-398. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001770.PMID: 33835971.
• Mossa M, Neri B, Scarozza P, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Giannelli M, Argirò R, Di Carlo S, Monteleone G, Petruzziello C. Super selective arterial embolization to treat radiation-induced hemorrhagic gastritis: a case report and review of the literature. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2021; 56:118-121. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2020.1853219. Review.
• Del Vecchio Blanco G, Gesuale C, Giannarelli D, Varanese M, Fiume D, Monteleone G, Paoluzi OA. Idiopathic acute pancreatitis: a single-center investigation of clinical and biochemical features.Intern Emerg Med. 2021; 16: 93-99. doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02316-0.
• Del Vecchio Blanco G, Dwairi R, Giannelli M, Palmieri G, Formica V, Portarena I, Grasso E, Di Iorio L, Benassi M, Giudice EA, Nardecchia A, Rossi P, Roselli M, Sica G, Monteleone G, Paoluzi OA. Clinical care pathway program versus open-access system: a study on appropriateness, quality, and efficiency in the delivery of colonoscopy in the colorectal cancer. Intern Emerg Med. 2021; 16: 1197-1206. doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02565-z.
• Neri B, Scarozza P, Giannarelli D, Sena G, Mossa M, Lolli E, Calabrese E, Biancone L, Grasso E, Di Iorio L, Troncone E, Monteleone G, Paoluzi OA, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Efficacy and tolerability of very low-volume bowel preparation in patients with inflammatory bowel diseasease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021; 33: 977-982. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002167.
• Paoluzi OA, Cardamone C, Aucello A, Neri B, Grasso E, Giannelli M, Di Iorio L, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Efficacy of hemostatic powders as monotherapy or rescue therapy in gastrointestinal bleeding related to neoplastic or non-neoplastic lesions. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2021; 56:1506-1513. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2021.1974088.
• Troncone E, Fugazza A, Cappello A, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Monteleone G, Repici A. Malignant gastric outlet obstruction: Which is the best therapeutic option? Teoh AYB, Anderloni A.World J Gastroenterol. 2020; 26:1847-1860. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i16.1847.PMID: 32390697. Review.
• Troncone E, Marafini I, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Di Grazia A, Monteleone G. Novel Therapeutic Options for People with Ulcerative Colitis: An Update on Recent Developments with Janus Kinase (JAK) Inhibitors. Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2020; 13:131-139. doi: 10.2147/CEG.S208020. eCollection 2020. Review.
• Calabrese E, Zorzi F, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G.Onset of ulcerative colitis during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Dig Liver Dis. 2020; 5:1228-1229.
• Troncone E, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Petruzziello C, Neri B, Mossa M, Monteleone G, Larghi A. Endoscopic retrieval through a lumen-apposing metal stent of a biflanged metal stent that had been released into a peripancreatic fluid collection. Endoscopy. 2020;52: E275-E276. doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7606.
• Del Vecchio Blanco G, Calabrese E, Biancone L, Monteleone G, Paoluzi OA The impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the colorectal cancer prevention. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2020; 35: 1951-1954. doi: 10.1007/s00384-020-03635-6.
• Pezzilli R, Buscarini E, Pollini T, Bonamini D, Marchegiani G, Crippa S, Belfiori G, Sperti C, Moletta L, Pozza G, De Nucci G, Manes G, Mandelli ED, Casadei R, Ricci C, Alicante S, Vattiato C, Carrara S, Di Leo M, Fabbri C, Giovanelli S, Barresi L, Tacelli M, Mirante VG, Conigliaro R, Antonini F, Macarri G, Frulloni L, De Marchi G, Sassatelli R, Cecinato P, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Galli A, Pezzullo A, Fantin A, Graffeo M, Frego M, Stillittano D, Monica F, Germanà B, Capurso G, Quartini M, Veneroni L, Cannizzaro R, Falconi M. Epidemiology, clinical features and diagnostic work-up of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: Interim analysis of the prospective PANCY survey. Dig Liver Dis. 2020; 52:547-554. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2020.02.003.
• Troncone E, Mossa M, De Vico P, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Difficult Biliary Stones: A Comprehensive Review of New and Old Lithotripsy Techniques. G. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022; 58: 120. doi: 10.3390/medicina58010120.
• Formica V, Riondino S, Morelli C, Guerriero S, D'Amore F, Di Grazia A, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Sica G, Arkenau HT, Monteleone G, Roselli M. HIF2α, Hepcidin and their crosstalk as tumour-promoting signalling. Br J Cancer. 2023 ;129: 222-236. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02266-2.
• Paoluzi OA, Troncone E, De Cristofaro E, Sibilia M, Monteleone G, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Hemostatic Powders in Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: The Open Questions Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 11;59: 143. doi: 10.3390/medicina5901014.
• Troncone E, Amendola R, Moscardelli A, De Cristofaro E, De Vico P, Paoluzi OA, Monteleone G, Perez-Miranda M, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Endoscopic Gallbladder Drainage: A Comprehensive Review on Indications, Techniques, and Future Perspectives. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024; 60: 633. doi: 10.3390/medicina60040633.
• Troncone E, Amendola R, Gadaleta F, De Cristofaro E, Neri B, De Vico P, Paoluzi OA, Monteleone G, Anderloni A, Del Vecchio Blanco G. Indications, Techniques and Future Perspectives of Walled-off Necrosis Management. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024;14: 381. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14040381.
• De Cristofaro E, Marafini I, Mancone R, Fiorillo M, Franchin M, Mattogno A, Neri B, Zorzi F, Del Vecchio Blanco G, Biancone L, Calabrese E, Giannarelli D, Monteleone G. Preventable Predictive Factors of Post-colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease J Crohns Colitis. 2025 Jan 11;19(1):jjae115. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae115.
• Italian Chronic Pancreatitis Registry (ITARECIPE): protocol for a nationwide cohort study. Rizzo GEM, Apadula L, Piciucchi M, Stigliano S, Belfiori G, de Pretis N, Gabbrielli A, Barresi L, Frulloni L, Falconi M, Carrara S, Fabbri C, Capurso G; ITARECIPE study group (G. Del Vecchio Blanco as a member of the ITARECIPE study group). BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2025 22;12:e001747. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2025-001747.
• Mangiavillano B, Ramai D, Fugazza A, Franchellucci G, Spadaccini M, Barbera C, Arcidiacono PG, De Nucci G, Martínez-Moreno B, Di Mitri R, Di Matteo F, Larghi A, Robles Medranda C, Anderloni A, De Luca L, Teoh AYB, Vargas-Madrigal J, Forti E, Bronswijk M, Bertani H, Lakhtakia S, Do-Cong Pham K, Crinò SF, Repici A, Facciorusso A; G. Del Vecchio Blanco as a member of the Biliary Therapeutic EUS Study Group Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder versus bile duct drainage for first-line therapy of malignant biliary obstruction: international multicenter trial. Endoscopy. 2025. doi: 10.1055/a-2650-5492. Online ahead of print.

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