Dr. Valentina Guarneri

MD, PhD
Professor of Oncology,
University of Padova,
Director of the Oncology Division,
Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Italy

Valentina Guarneri, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Oncology at the University of Padova and Director of the Oncology 2 Division at the Istituto Oncologico Veneto. She is Director of the Specialty programme in Medical Oncology, chair of the multidisciplinary Breast Unit, and Director of the Master’s Degree programme in Clinical Research in Oncology. She completed her fellowship in Oncology in 2003, and she obtained her PhD Degree in Clinical and Experimental Oncology in 2007. In 2005, she completed a research experience at the Department of Breast Medical Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, where she was also a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2009. In 2005, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Oncology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she also chaired the Breast Unit from 2011 to 2013. She moved to the University of Padova in 2013, where she was appointed Associate Professor of Oncology.