ITALIAN SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY (SICO) (Societa Italiana di Chirurgia Oncologica)

Brief history and facts:

Founded 11/03/1976

Membership: 350

Joined ESSO in 2010

ESSO liaison person: Prof. Donatto Nitti (Executive Committee Member)

Web page: http://www.sicoonline.org

Official Journal: EJSO

Current Officers and Board Members (term 2009-2011):

President: Prof. Francesco Tonelli (Firenze)
Incoming President: Prof. Alfredo Garofalo (Roma)
Vicepresident : Prof. Luigi Bucci (Napoli)– Prof. Mario Santinami (Milano)
Secretary: Dr Massimo Dessena (Cagliari)
Treasurer: Dr Pasquale Perri (Roma)

Board Members: Corrado Amodeo (Catania), Tommaso Berardi (Bari), Maria Cristina Cucchi (Bologna), Domenico D’Ugo (Roma), Achille Lucio Gaspari (Roma), Francesco Ionna (Napoli), Francesco Izzo (Foggia), Gennaro Liguori (Trieste), Severino Montemurro (Bari), Valerio Parisi (Napoli), Donato Nitti (Padova), Franco Roviello (Siena), Rosario Sacco (Catanzaro), M. Antonio Scanu (Sassari), Sergio Sandrucci (Torino)

Key Scientific Activities:

Society’s annual congress
Last: XXXII CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SICO – Bari, 4th – 6th June2010
Next: XXXIII CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SICO – Milano, 10th -12th June 2010

Other scientific activities:

SPECIAL EVENTS (ANNUAL)
Workshop 2010.com Chirurgia Oncologica Mininvasiva Focus su stomaco e retto, Rome, January 28th – 29th, 2010
Trattamento Integrato del carcinoma del colon e retto superiore, Rome, May 18th-19th, 2010

MONOTEMATIC CONFERENCE (ANNUAL)
News in pleural diseases - Approccio multidisciplinare nelle patologie pleuriche Rionero in Vulture (POTENZA), April 15th-16th, 2010

REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
During the year the regional contact persons of the Society organized courses and scientific activities related to a topic that is established during the National Congress.
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