Vincenzo Mazzaferro MD, PhD

Vincenzo Mazzaferro MD Ph.D. is a Full Professor of Surgery at the Department of Oncology of the University of Milan and Director of the Gastro-Intestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori (National Cancer Institute) of Milan, Italy. He graduated cum laude at the University of Turin (Italy) and was trained and board certificated cum laude in General Surgery and in Oncology at the University of Milan (Italy) and in Liver Surgery and Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh (USA).

Vincenzo Mazzaferro has developed several successful clinical and experimental projects in liver oncology and transplantation and leaded research and clinical projects focused on innovative approaches to liver diseases, particularly related to cancer. Today he is in charge of the HPB (hepato-pancreatic-biliary) oncology program in the oldest and most active comprehensive cancer Institution in Italy. Through validated results and cutting-edge clinical research, he has contributed to a large number of national and international advancements related to surgical oncology.

Vincenzo Mazzaferro has been awarded for his scientific contributions by the Italian Association of Cancer Research, the Société Française de Chirurgie Digestive, the American Association of Cancer Research, the European Association for the Study of the Liver, the Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and the City of Milan. He has served as Associated Editor and member of the board of major Journals devoted to surgery, hepatology, oncology, and transplantation.. Doctor Mazzaferro leads a busy clinical unit accounting for about 900 patients per year, mainly in need of surgical and interventional treatment of the HPB and upper gastrointestinal cancer. He has an outstanding operatory record. He is a founding member of the International Liver Cancer Association and a member of the European and American Societies of Hepatology, Surgery, and Transplantation.