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In this paper, we propose a mixed integer goal-programming model to support the master surgical scheduling process. In order to comply with the process stakeholders, the objective function comprises four criteria, namely (1) the respect of the patients’ priorities, (2) the balancing of the utilisation of the operating rooms, (3) the balancing of the utilisation of the post-surgical units and (4) the maximisation of the number of scheduled surgeries. The model is tested on real data coming from a leading Italian hospital. The results of the preliminary numerical experiments show how the model allows obtaining reasonable trade-off among the considered objectives.