Prof Giorgio Scagliotti is Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Torino in Italy and is also a member of the Academy of Medicine at the same University. He is currently the Chief of the Medical Oncology Division at the S. Luigi Hospital, Orbassano(Torino) and Head of the Department of Oncology at the University of Torino. Prof. Scagliotti earned his medical degree and completed his postgraduate training in respiratory medicine, internal medicine and medical oncology at the University of Torino.
Over the last 25 years, his research interests have included experimental studies on basic and clinical applied research on lung cancer, including translational research. He has been or is currently the study coordinator of several European and international clinical trials on lung cancer chemotherapy; he has also served as a key investigator in several Italian studies examining the role of chemotherapy in early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
Prof. Scagliotti is a member of several scientific societies, including the Italian Society of Respiratory Medicine, European Respiratory Society (ERS), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer(IASLC). From 2002 to 2005, he was a member of the International Affair Committee of ASCO and, from 2003 to 2007, an Executive Board member of IASLC. He also served on the Publication Committee (2005-2008) and on the Program Committee of ASCO(2005-2007). He is currently the President-Elect of IASLC(2015-2017)