Enrico Melis

Medical Director Specialist in Thoracic Surgery, in service at the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena” in Rome.

He performs daily oncological thoracic surgery as the first open operator, with minimally invasive Robotic (RATS) and Video-assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) techniques, for the following pathologies:
– Lung and mediastinal cancers
– Locally advanced chemo-radio-immune treated lung and mediastinal cancers
– Tumours of the chest wall
– Tumours of the pleura
– Malignant tumours of the esophagus

Surgical case history of 2862 documented surgeries.
Acting Deputy Director of the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena” in Rome.
Professor of “Robotic Thoracic Surgery” at the School of Specialisation in Thoracic Surgery of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.

Holder of a position of High Specialization as “Referent” for the surgery of locally advanced neoplasms of the lung and mediastinum of the National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena” in Rome.

Head of the Disease Management Team (DMT) of Thoracic and Pulmonary Neoplasms of the National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena” in Rome, aimed at the diagnostic and therapeutic pathway for the management and treatment of lung and thoracic neoplasms.

Member of the Board of the Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy.

Member of the most important national and international Scientific Societies of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology, Thoracic Endoscopy and Pulmonology.