Date of birth: 05/12/1939

BIOGRAPHY

A graduate of the University of Milano Medical school, Dr Silvio Monfardini has been the first coworker of Gianni Bonadonna at the Division of Medical Oncology of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan.

Then in sequence he was Scientific Director of the Centro di Riferimento Oncologico of Aviano, Scientific Director of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Napoli, Chief of the Division of Medical Oncology of the Istituto Oncologico Veneto of Padova.

He was President of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), president of the Associazione Italiana di Oncology Medica (AIOM) and president of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). Dr. Silvio Monfardini is the author of over 350 indexed publications, of whom over 100 dedicated to Geriatric Oncology. While in Aviano and in Napoli he pioneered the comprehensive geriatric assessment in older cancer patients.

He organized and directed the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Treviso advanced Course in Geriatric Oncology (2014-2020)

Monfardini received in 2006 the Paul Calabresi Memorial lecture award of SIOG, in 2015 the B.J. Kennedy ASCO award for Scientific Excellence in Geriatric Oncology, and in 2018 of the career award of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology.