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Lorenza Rimassa

Associate Professor

Medical Oncology
Associate Professor of Medical Oncology – Humanitas University Head of Hepatopancreatobiliary Oncology – Medical Oncology and Hematology Unit – Humanitas Cancer Center – IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital

Education:

1993 Medical School Degree, University of Milan, Italy

1993-1997 Residency Program in Medical Oncology, University of Milan, Italy

Academic background:

2016-2019 Adjunct Professor of Medical Oncology, Humanitas University

2020-2023 Director of the Residency Program in Medical Oncology, Humanitas University

2020-2023 Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Program in Datascience in Medicine & Nutrition (DASMEN), Humanitas University

Teaching appointments:

Oncology, Medical School, Humanitas University

Molecular Oncology, MedTec, Humanitas University

Module of Medical Oncology, Nursing Degree, Humanitas University

Module of Medical Oncology, Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Humanitas University

Residency Program in Medical Oncology, Humanitas University

Other institutional appointments: Deputy Director of the Residency Program in Medical Oncology; Member of the Residency Program Directors Coordinating Committee; Member of the Executive Committee and Academic Board of the PhD Program in Applied Clinical Research at Humanitas University; Head of Hepatopancreatobiliary Oncology at IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital

Academic honors, awards and prices

  • Treasurer, member of the Executive Committee and Governing Board of the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)
  • Chair of the EORTC Hepatopancreatobiliary and Neuroendocrine Tumors Task Force
  • Special Expert – International Trials Europe on the Hepatobiliary Task Force of the National Cancer Institute (NCI, US)
  • Member of the Management Committee of the COST Action CA22125 Precision medicine in biliary tract cancer” (Precision-BTC-Network)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Liver Cancer Foundation.
  • Co-chair of the Technical Commission of the Lombardy Oncology Network on liver and biliary tract cancer in collaboration with the Hepatogastroenterology Network (Italy)
  • Member of the Group of Experts – Strategic Committee for the National Guideline System (SNLG), Italian Ministry of Health – Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) – DM 624712343
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