Chiti, Arturo

Prof. Dr. Arturo Chiti graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan and entered the Training Program in Nuclear Medicine, where he got his certification in 1993. In the same year, he started working as Associate Chief at the National Cancer Institute in Milan, where he began his clinic and scientific experience in Oncology.

In 1997 he was awarded the European Board of Nuclear Medicine fellowship, and in June 2000 he was called to lead the Nuclear Medicine Department at the Humanitas hospital in Milan.

He was appointed Full Professor in Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy at the Humanitas University in Milan in 2015, where he is also elected member of the Board.

He is the Director of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Humanitas University, where he also is Director of the Training Program in Radiology and a member of the Technical and Scientific Committee of the National Centre for Oncologic Adrotherapy in Italy (CNAO).

He has co-authored several scientific papers, written chapters of various books, contributed to many abstracts presented at international and national meetings and is a well-known invited speaker at numerous international congresses and conferences. He is Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Arturo Chiti was the President 2015-16 of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, where he was active for more than 10 years. He also collaborated as an expert consultant with the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is member of the board of the European Cancer Organization (ECCO) and in 2011 was awarded honorary membership of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.