About Our Speaker

Prof Carmelo Rizzari is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. His main research interests are in the field of pediatric leukemias with a special focus on both traditional and innovative chemotherapy agents. He is currently head of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit in Monza (MBBM Foundation, ASSTMonza, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), which is one of the largest centers for the diagnosis and treatment of hematological malignancies in Italy. Prof Rizzari is Chairman of the AIEOP (Associazione Italiana di Ematologia ed Oncologia Pediatrica) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Committee and the President of SIOP Europe (European Society of Paediatric Oncology).