Paolo A. Ascierto

Paolo A. Ascierto obtained his medical degree from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, where he subsequently earned his board certification in oncology. He went on to serve consecutive positions as a postdoctoral fellow and then as Vice Director of the Department of Clinical Immunology at the National Cancer Institute IRCCS, Fondazione G. Pascale, in Naples, Italy. He is currently Director of the Department of Skin Cancers, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics at that same institution. Professor Ascierto has been the coordinator of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) clinical practice guidelines for melanoma since 2011 and of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) clinical practice guidelines for melanoma and skin cancers since January 2022. He is also part of the panel for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) melanoma guideline. Professor Ascierto is an Associate Editor of Annals of Oncology for Onco-Immunology and the Journal