Andrea De Censi graduated in Medicine and Surgery with first class honours at the Medical School University of Pavia in 1984. He went on to specialise in Medical Oncology at the Postgraduate Medical School, University of Genoa, Italy in 1987. In 2008 he earned the ESMO European Certification in Medical Oncology.

Dr De Censi did his PhD at the National Institute for Cancer Research in Genoa and since 1998 he has been working as Medical Doctor and Clinic Researcher at the same Institute.

Between 1995 and 2003 Dr De Censi was Medical Director of the Cancer Prevention and Genetics Division of the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy.

Since 2004 Dr De Censi has been Director of the Medical Oncology Unit of the National Hospital E.O. Ospedali Galliera – S.C. Oncologia Medica in Genoa.

In 2013 he received the National Scientific Quaalification as University Full Professor issued by ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes), an affiiliate of ENQA (European Association for Quaality Assurance in Higher Education).

Dr De Censi is the author of more than 260 peer reviewed publications with a H-index = 58 and reviewer for the most important oncology journals.

He is a Member of ESMO, ASCO, ISCaP and AACR and he is Honorary Professor for the Wolfson Institure ok Preventive Medicine, Quaeen Mary, University of London.

Dr De Censi is principal investigator in more than 50 clinical trials and holder of a Master agreement with the National Cancer Institute for phase I and phase II clinical trial for the year 2004 up today. Since 1st January has been Director of the Dep. Medicine and Geriatric.