Lisa Licitra MD, PhD

Lisa Licitra is Board-certified in medical oncology, with special expertise in the treatment of head and neck cancers. She is currently Interim Director of Medical Oncology Head and Neck Cancer Department at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, Italy. Dr Licitra has been involved in clinical and translational research in the field of head and neck cancer for over 25 years.

She is conducting as PI several clinical studies but more importantly academic studies with original translational research. She has been recipient of several academic research grants on head and neck cancer; she was also awarded with the “Guido Venosta” Prize of AIRC and with the “Hubertus Wald Award” prize of University Cancer Center Hamburg.