Professor Paolo De Coppi is a distinguished Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, England. His extensive career includes roles as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest Institute since 2009 and as an Honorary Assistant Professor in paediatric surgery at the University of Padua, Italy, since 2005.

Professor De Coppi has a profound interest in congenital malformations and their treatment using minimally invasive techniques. He aims to develop new treatments for complex congenital anomalies. During his tenure at Boston Children's Hospital, he identified the potential of using cells from amniotic fluid for therapeutic applications. This groundbreaking discovery led to an international patent and was featured as the cover story of Nature Biotechnology in January 2007.

More recently, Professor De Coppi and his team have demonstrated that these cells can differentiate into various tissues, restoring functional activity in animal models of diseases. In 2010, he was part of the pioneering team that performed the first successful transplantation of a tissue-engineered trachea on a child at the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Conditions Treated:
- Hernia
- Undescended testes
- Oesophageal atresia
- Diaphragmatic hernia

Professor De Coppi's innovative work and dedication to paediatric surgery and regenerative medicine continue to make significant impacts in the field, offering new hope and improved outcomes for children with complex medical conditions.