Cesare Gridelli, MD, is currently Chief of Division of Medical Oncology and Director of Department of Oncology/Hematology at the “S.G. Moscati” Hospital of Avellino (Italy). He learned his medical degree and residencies in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the “Federico II” University of Naples (Italy). In 1993 he was Vice-Chief of Division of Medical Oncology B at National Cancer Institute in Naples. In 2001 he was promoted Chief of Day Hospital Chemotherapy Unit in the same Institute. His areas of expertise are lung cancer, cancer in the elderly, antiemetics. He is involved in the clinical development of new anticancer agents.

He is member of many national (AIOM, CTPG, GIOGer, GOIM) and international scientific societies (ASCO, IASLC, SIOG). He is member of Advisory Board of scientific journals and of several expert panels. Dr. Gridelli has been invited speaker of international conferences and educational activities of oncology societies (ASCO, ESMO etc.).

He is author or co-author of about 600 papers, of which about 280 exstended papers published on international indexed journals, and several chapters of book.