Augusto Tommaso Giovanni Caraceni

Born in Milan (8.8.1960), living in Milan and married with Cinzia Martini since 13.2.1993, father of Davide since 28.7.1999

He is director of the “Virgilio Floriani” Hospice and palliative care unit at the National Cancer Institute of Milan.

After graduating from medical school at the Università degli Studi di Milano in 1985, he was board certified in Neurology and in Clinical Neurophysiology from the Università di Pavia.While training in pain therapy and in palliative care at the National Cancer Institute of Milan in 1986 with Vittorio Ventafridda he participated in the WHO program to test and disseminate the WHO ladder for cancer pain relief.

Clinical fellow in Neurology and Palliative care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York in 1994, he served for many years as member of the board of directors of the Italian Association of Palliative Care and of the European Association of Palliative Care. Editor of the Italian Journal of Palliative Care. Recently appointed as a member of the National Committee on Pain therapy, palliative care and dignity at the end of life of the Italian Ministry of Health.

His clinical and research experience include the neurological complications of cancer, cancer pain and opioid analgesics, pain assessment and measurement, symptom control in advanced cancer, with a special interest on delirium which lead to the publication of a monographic textbook written by Caraceni A & Grassi L (Delirum: acute confusional states in palliative medicine, Oxford University Press 2003) . Has published about 70 articles on indexed journals and more than 60 other publications both in Italian and in English including 3 books.