Giuseppe Argenziano

Giuseppe Argenziano is Full Professor and Head of the Dermatology Unit at the University of Campania, Naples, Italy; Editor-in-Chief of Dermatology Practical and Conceptual Journal; Co-founder and past president of the International Dermoscopy Society; Co-founder of the Italian Federation of Dermatological Societies; and past president of the Italian Society of Dermatology.

His main research field is dermato-oncology, being author of numerous scientific articles and books concerning dermoscopy, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. As coordinator of the Melanoma Unit at the Campania University, he has established a successful tertiary, multidisciplinary, referral center particularly devoted to the diagnosis and management of patients with skin cancer.

Over the past 30 years he has supervised over 500 foreign and Italian residents in Dermatology, established scientific collaborations with 1500+ colleagues from more than 50 Nations, and organized more than 500 national and international didactic meetings, courses and conferences.

Professor Argenziano has authored more than 1000 full scientific articles and produced landmark primary publications and books in the field of skin cancer and dermoscopy. Over the past 30 years he has been invited as speaker and/or chairman in more than 1000 national and international conferences in the field of dermatology. His combined publications have received a sum total of 30.000+ citations with an h-index value of 83 (Scopus 2026).