ONCOLOGYMEET2023

Marco G. Patti was born and raised in Catania, Italy. He graduated from the University of Catania, School of Medicine in 1981. Between1983 and 1986 he did research at the University of California San Francisco, studying gastrointestinal physiology(Dr. Carlos Pellegrini and Dr. Lawrence Way). Between 1986 and 1993, he completed a Residency in General Surgery at UCSF. After completion of his residency, he did a fellowship in esophageal cancer at the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong (Professor John Wong). Subsequently he practiced at the University of California San Francisco, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Carolina. Presently he is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. Dr. Patti’s clinical activity focuses on foregut disorders. Over the years, he has given major contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of GERD and achalasia.Dr. Pattihas published more than 330 manuscripts in peer review journalsand 11 books. He has been an invited speaker more than 220 times in the US. He is Past President of the International Society for Digestive Surgery and Past President of the International Society of Surgery. He was President for the World Congress of Surgery in August 2017 in Basel, Switzerland. He has been an invited speaker in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, giving more than 160 lectures.

Dr. Suryakanta Acharya is a clinical oncologist with 14 years of clinical experience. After completing MD degree in 2008, he had worked in CMC, Vellore and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He had worked abroad (Kenya) and at present he is working in Assam Cancer Care Foundation at Lakhimpur, Assam. He is interested in peer review, scholarly publication and attending international oncology conferences worldwide. He is a member of IMA, AROI, AMPI, KMA (Kenya), WMA, ESMO, ICPCN, IAO and SIO.