Gaetano Finocchiaro

Gaetano Finocchiaro, MD Present position: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy. Coordinator, Disease Unit of Neuro-Oncology, Education 1988 Milan University, Board in Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry 1984-1987 Yale University, Research Fellow in Human Genetics 1983 Milan University, Board in Neurology 1979 Milan University, degree in Medicine and Surgery The main field of activity of GF is translational research in neuro-oncology, with special emphasis on cancer immunology and immunotherapy, and genetics and genomics of gliomas and other brain tumors. GF was the chief of the Unit of Molecular Neuro-Oncology at IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Besta in Milan from July 2007 to December 2020. GF pioneered the use of viral vectors for gene therapy of brain tumors (Benedetti et al, Nature Medicine 2000) and was the first to introduce in Italy immunotherapy strategies for preclinical and clinical immunotherapy of glioblastomas. GF obtained many grants from Italian and International Agencies for his research work: MDA, AIRC, European Community, TeleThon, Italian Minister of Health, Italian Minister of Research and University. He acted as the European Editor of Neuro-Oncology; he is now on the Editorial Board of Journal of Neuro-Oncology and Neuro-Oncology. Reviewer of the most relevant journals in his field of research and reviewer of National and European grants. GF authored more than 250 papers https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3583-4040. His H-index is 83 (Scopus). Milano, October 13, 2025