Dr Giuseppe ‘Peppe’ Sasso is currently the Clinical Director of the Radiation Oncology Department at the Northern Regional Cancer and Blood Services, Auckland City Hospital and Auckland District Health Board (ADHB), having moved to New Zealand, from Italy with his family in 2010. As a clinician he enjoys contributing to university teaching and cancer research. He was clinical associate professor at Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences of the James Cook University (Queensland, Australia); and currently holds an honorary appointment at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of the University of Auckland (NZ). Peppe, who is the author of 30 original manuscripts, has a research interest in modern technology for radiation oncology and minimally invasive techniques of radiotherapy, including adaptive, stereotactic (SRT/SBRT) and intra-operative radiotherapy. He is also an expert in the use of advanced imaging such as PET and MR in oncology. Dr Sasso’s current clinical activity focuses on head and neck, prostate and breast cancers. He also has a special interest in the use of ablative radiotherapy for early metastatic cancers.