Dr. Deraco is currently Director of the Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Unit at the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milan-Italy. He is Co-Director of the European School of Peritoneal Surface Oncology (ESPSO). He has been Scientific Director of many events including the PSOGI Consensus Conference in 2006, thus contributing to the drafting of international recommendations on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the national AIOM and international PSOGI guidelines on Peritoneal Malignancies.