I am a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Christie and Manchester University Hospital both in Manchester, United Kingdom. I am also Honorary MAHSC Professor at The University of Manchester.
I have a special interest in thoracic malignancies and clinical cancer research and I am an active member of the Manchester Lung Cancer Group.
I graduated in Medicine and Surgery, summa cum laude, from the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2003 and completed my Specialist Training in Medical Oncology in 2007. From 2008 to 2012, I worked as Clinical Research Fellow with the Lung and Melanoma Team at The Christie in Manchester where I trained in advanced trial design and management.
I have been a Consultant in Medical Oncology since 2012, leading on National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) badged clinical trials evaluating immunotherapy and molecularly-driven targeted therapies in lung cancer and mesothelioma.
I have been the Principal Investigator for several clinical trials and also served as Chief investigator for the UK on several trial steering committees where I contributed to design, conduct and analyse practice-changing research.
My research leadership for these global trials has ensured that patients at The Christie and elsewhere in the UK have had the opportunity to receive highly effective drugs much earlier than approval by NICE.
I am the author of several article published in indexed peer-reviewed international journals, and I have been an invited speaker to several national and international oncology meetings.
I am internationally recognised as an expert in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma and I have held several positions with international scientific societies:
OFFICES HELD IN A LEARNED SOCIETY OR PROFESSIONAL BODY
- Member of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Educational Publication Working Group (2020-present).
- Member of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer – Lung Cancer Group (2017-present)
- Chair of the ESMO Educational Publication Working Group (2016-2019).
During my term as Chair, I have overseen the delivery of 12 books, contributed to 3 book chapters and have been the Editor of the Handbook of Immuno-Oncology.
- Member of the Career Development and Fellowship Committee of the International Association for Study of Lung Cancer (2015-2019).
- Member of ESMO Educational Committee Steering Group (2013-2019).
- Chair of the ESMO Young Oncologists Committee (2013-2015).
LEAD ORGANISATIONAL ROLES IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
- Member of the Scientific Committee for European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in 2018.
- Member of the Scientific Committee for European Lung Cancer Conference in 2018.
- Chair of ‘Thoracic Cancers’ track at ESMO Asia Congress 2018.
- Chair of ‘Small cell lung cancer’ track at World Conference Lung Cancer in 2019.
- Chair of ‘Small cell lung cancer’ track at World Conference Lung Cancer in 2022.