Biography

He is a radiation oncologist who studied at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), in New York, and at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO), located in Milan, he has a vast experience in single-dose radiotherapy, or SD-IGRT, or high-precision radiation therapy. He He is a radiation oncologist who studied at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), in New York, and at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO), located in Milan, he has a vast experience in single-dose radiotherapy, or SD-IGRT, or high-precision radiation therapy. He was the Chairman of the Department of Radiotherapy and Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pisa, in Italy. He is currently Director of Clinical Research and Director of the Department of Radiotherapy at the Centre Champalimaud and world leader in SD-IGRT. He is a member of the scientific council for radiosurgery at Varian Medical Systems. He is directing several clinical trials aiming at the application of extreme hypofractionated treatments. He is the author of many indexed scientific publications and he regularly takes part in scientific congresses and symposia