Prof. Ferdinando De Vita is a Professor at the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine ‘F. Magrassi’, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Naples, Italy). He received his degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University “Federico II” of Naples in 1987, and his PhD degree in Broncopneumology in 1997. He obtained his qualification to practice as a physician–surgeon at the University of Naples in 1988 and worked as a Visiting Researcher at the Laboratory of Immunochemistry of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology of the University of Bari in 1992, and as an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology (MED 06) at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” in 1999. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Oncology Society (2009–2010), the Vice President of the Oncology Group of Southern Italy (GOIM) (2014–2017), and the President Elect of the Oncology Group of Southern Italy (GOIM) (2017–2019). He has 249 publications with more than 8900 citations (from Scopus, 12 April 2024) and an h-index of 51. His main research interests include pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer, small bowel cancer, cancers of the biliary systems, and clinical oncology.