Pierpaolo Sileri (; born 25 August 1972) is an Italian politician, surgeon and academic professor and since 13 September 2019 Deputy Minister of Health in the government of the Italian Republic. He received the Knight of the Order of Labour on 27 December 2013. Biography He graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery in 1998 at the Tor Vergata University of Rome where he obtained his specialization in Surgery of the digestive system in 2004 and the PhD in Robotics and computer science applied to surgery (2005). Fellow from 1999 to 2002 at University of Illinois of Chicago where he obtained the Master in Surgical Sciences, and where from 2017 he obtained the title of Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. From 2019, he is Associate Professor at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele of Milan. He has contributed to more than 167 scientific publications. He tested positive for infection with the coronavirus on 14 March 2020. Political activity In the political elections of March 2018, he was elected to the Senate of the Republic in the uninominal college of Rome-Collatino, supported by the 5 Star Movement, defeating closely the candidate of the center-right Lavinia Mennuni. On 21 June 2018 he was elected President of the 12th Senate Permanent Hygiene and Health Commission of the Senat of the Italian Republic On 31 October 2018, he was appointed member of the Senate Parliamentary Committee for Children and Adolescents of the Senat of the Italian Republic During the XVIII legislature, he presented as a first signatory a set of law proposal inherent: the teaching of health education in schools, the donation of the body for research purposes, the treatment of endometriosis and the modification of article 117 of the Constitution. He also promoted the institution of the national day of human health and that for adherence to therapy, finally he dealt with measures on autism and the protection of stomata and incontinent patients. On 2 February 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he left for Wuhan as coordinator of a team of doctors and nurses in the mission that will allow the recovery of 56 Italian countrymen present in the Chinese city. However, due to health problems, it was not possible to allow the repatriation of an Italian citizen, Niccolò, who will return to Italy on 15 February 2020 with an Air Force flight in which Sileri has taken part again. On