Associate Professor
University of Padova, Italy
Prof. Gaya Spolverato received her undergraduate and medical degrees from University of Padova, Italy and completed her surgical training at the University of Padova and Verona. During the residency in general surgery, she worked as surgical oncology research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prof. Spolverato completed her training in surgical oncology as international surgical oncology fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is now Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Padova, Italy and surgical oncologist at the University Hospital of Padova. Prof. Spolverato’s research focuses on gastrointestinal diseases and sarcoma, with a particular interest on models predictive of cure, which can assist patients and surgeons in therapeutic decision making. Prof. Spolverato has a demonstrated record of successful and productive research projects in this field and is Secretary General of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology. Prof. Spolverato has published over 200 papers (h-index 45) and presented her research projects at both national and international meetings, winning international research awards. Prof. Spolverato is member of a number of professional societies and is the co-founder and Past-president of Women In Surgery Italia.