Dr. Sergio Rizzo is a board-certified medical oncologist with a PhD in Oncopathology from the University of Palermo in 2011. He received a fellowship from the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) and served as visiting physician and research fellow with Dr. Lodovico Balducci at Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, from 2011 to 2012. In 2012, he joined the Medical Oncology Unit at Paolo Giaccone University Hospital in Palermo as staff physician, specializing in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical investigation of solid tumors, particularly thoracic, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic cancers.
Over the years, Dr. Rizzo has established a strong multidisciplinary collaboration with IRCCS ISMETT, including active participation in regular tumor board boards. This multidisciplinary approach is essential to defining integrated diagnostic, treatment, and care pathways for patients with cancer managed collaboratively.
He was PI and Co-Investigator in more than 30 multicenter and clinical trials conducted in accordance with GCP standards.
Dr. Rizzo has taught Oncology at the Sicilian Region’s General Practice Training Program and served as tutor in the Medical Oncology Residency Program at the University of Palermo. He was also a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He was unanimously awarded the Italian National Scientific Qualification for the role of University Professor of Medical Oncology.
He has authored approximately 70 full-length articles published in indexed international oncology journals, with over 1,890 citations and an h-index of 25. He contributed 10 chapters to scientific books published in Italy and numerous abstracts at major national and international oncology conferences, including those organized by ASCO, AACR, ESMO, ECCO, ICACT, AIOM, and GOIM.
