Alessandro Repici was born in Messina, Sicily in 1966 and grew up in Sicily, where he attended the Medical School and graduated in 1990.
He continued his residency at University of Torino, Molinette Hospital where he spent a two-year fellowship in Internal Medicine and two years in Gastroenterology. He attained an advanced fellowship in Therapeutic Endoscopy at American Hospital in Paris and Altona Hospital in Hamburg in 1995-1996.
In 1998, Dr. Repici did a research fellowship at Wellesley Hospital in Toronto under the tutelage of Dr. Norman Marcon, working on new technologies for endoscopic delivery of nano-particles for palliation of esophageal tumors.
In 1999, Dr. Repici became a staff gastroenterologist at Molinette Hospital in Turin, where he started performing the most advanced endoscopic procedures such as ERCP, mucosal resection and submucosal dissection, treatment of Zenker diverticulum and stenting.
In 2002, Dr. Repici became assistant professor of gastroenterology, and in 2004 he became a member of the governing board of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy and chairman of the research committee.
In 2005, he moved to Milano where he took the position of Director of the Digestive Endoscopy Department at Humanitas Research Hospital, one of the largest private facilities of the country. Since 2015, he has been a professor of Gastroenterology at Humanitas University School of Medicine, in Milano.
Dr. Repici currently holds the position of Chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Division Chief of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy at Humanitas Research Hospital in Milano.
Since 2020, Dr Repici has been a founder and co-chairman of Endoscopy On Air, a digital platform devoted to promote virtual education for advanced endoscopic procedures educational and training.
He is married to his wife Marilena, and they have four children, Alberto, Matteo, Benedetta and Ludovica.